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Joyce Collin-Smith

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Joyce Collin-Smith
OF FIRE AND MUSIC

This wonderfully written historical novel follows the fortunes of the MacLeods, the great chiefs of Dunvegan and Harris, and Lewis in the Hebrides, during the 16th-17th Century. Based on thoroughly researched events, the turbulent and violent lives of the Western Island Clans of Scotland and their bloody battles are depicted as is their gradual loss of independence. The story touches on great themes and archetypes as the decline of a set of values, a way of life and a form of masculinity unknown to modern eyes is witnessed through the shattering of the spirit of a great man. This is adventure story and authentic history, a remembrance of a long-lost way of life, a personality study and a valuable lesson in philosophy. Rich and resonant, sweeping and profound, Joyce writes with the same fresh, insightful eye and lively spirit she did in her bestseller, ‘Locusts and Wild Honey’ – a real treat. Johnny Fincham www.johnnyfincham.com   Colin Wilson writes: 'I found OF FIRE AND MUSIC deeply moving - and with a quality that reminded me of one of my favourite novelists Walter Scot! This is a novel of such unusual quality that I feel it deserved to be brought out by a major publisher and televised as a TV series. It is a major work. Warm congratulations.'

OF FIRE AND MUSIC Price £11.95 - $17.95 ISBN 0-7552-0504-9 Kempton Marks Available from most bookshops & www.authorsonline.co.uk www.amazon.co.uk www.amazon.com

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Joyce Collin-Smith
CALL NO MAN MASTER

This is the fascinating story of a woman's life and spiritual search that touches on all the great esoteric movements of the last century. Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, her brother-in-law Rodney Collin, and other spiritual supermen fired Joyce Collin-Smith's imagination from a young age and she literally 'sat at the feet' of many such masters and esoteric teachers. Joyce is a former Fleet Street journalist, from a long line of journalists and writers (including her great grandfather, William Hartley who first initiated in his book: 'The Philosophy of the Human Mind', the possible existence of two brain hemispheres). Among many amazing experiences, she recounts following the Indonesian mystic Pak Subuh; driving the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi round London in her car when he was virtually unknown, and later heady days when he swept up Mick Jagger, Mia Farrow and the Beatles in the flower power era. Her zest for living, her traumas and tragedies along the path, and her lively sense of humour make this a riveting read. ‘A minor classic. I don’t have the least doubt that it will still be read in a hundred years from now’ Colin Wilson ** *	CALL NO MAN MASTER Price £11.99 ISBN 0-7552-0116-7 Available from most bookshops & www.authorsonline.co.uk www.amazon.co.uk www.amazon.com *
CALL NO MAN MASTER AUDIO BOOK
Call No Man Master CD £7.99 (+ £2.50 P&P) CD is MP3 format: suitable for playing on most media players and CD/DVD players that support MP3 discs The book was read and recorded by Joyce in 2004/5 especially for sale on this website buy on-line safely & securely ** Excerpts from Audio CDs can be heard by clicking here **

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Joyce Collin-Smith
THE PATHLESS LAND

Joyce Collin-Smith has spent a life time working with the greatest spiritual masters of the last century. She began in the 1930's, studying the works of Rudolf Steiner, then began a period of 'listening to God' with Frank Buchman (founder of the Oxford Group and Moral Rearmament); she moved on to Pak Subuh (the Indonesian mystic and founder of Subud);  before spending six years with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi being initiated by him in the practice of Transcendental Meditation in his early days in the West. She then moved on to ideas of the Fourth Way, introduced by the mystic Gurdjieff with her brother-in-law, Rodney Collin (author of The Theory of Celestial Influence), working and travelling with his Gurdjieff/Ouspensky-inspired group in Mexico. Joyce has remained one of the U.K.'s leading Astrologers and Tarot readers for decades, as well as been an esoteric writer and spiritual teacher of her own development groups. Joyce's fascinating experiences are recorded in her autobiographical work 'Call No Man Master'. * A second edition of Call No Man Master with photographic illustrations is now available. * ** *	THE PATHLESS LAND Price £9.99 ISBN 0-7552-0095-0 Available from most bookshops & www.authorsonline.co.uk www.amazon.co.uk www.amazon.com
THE PATHLESS LAND AUDIO BOOK
The Pathless Land on CD £7.99 (+ £2.50 P&P) CD is MP3 format: suitable for playing on most media players and CD/DVD players that support MP3 discs The book was read and recorded by Joyce in 2004/5 especially for sale on this website buy on-line safely & securely ** Excerpts from Audio CDs can be heard by clicking here **
The Pathless Land is the fruition of a lifetime's work emerging from the one who has herself emerged from the shadow of great spiritual masters. The tremendous range and depth of this work takes you through the spectrum of esoteric experience from Astrology to Zaphkiel. This is a classic text from a true master, one who has known and practised with the greatest gurus and enlightened teachers. ‘The Pathless Land’ will not take you step by didactic step to a promised Nirvana but will take the place of a wise and learned friend, gently helping you find your own way. The land of the inner plains has no signpost and no paths, the way is yours alone to find, guided only through the yearning to grow. No master but self-mastery, no path but your own, aided by this book, a masterpiece of gentle wisdom, to illuminate the way. ‘A wonderful book, truly illuminating.’ Johnny Fincham ‘Britain's Greatest Hand Reader’-author of ‘Palmistry Today’ (Daily Mail). ‘An immensely impressive book, and a worthy follow-up to her classic autobiography CALL NO MAN MASTER’ Colin Wilson **
An introduction to both Call No Man Master and The Pathless Land, especially written by Colin Wilson for this website can be read by clicking here.

Discoveries, Tools and Beauty

‘......I nicknamed Joyce Collin-Smith Miss Marple of the occult......Like Agatha Christie's famous figure......she is very much to the point in a similar kind and gentle but firm fashion......asking the reader to test her knowledge and not to believe......This approach had an interesting effect......I started to make discoveries myself.....

The book is full of the writer's own discoveries.....It is a beautiful book.’
Reijo Elsner, Denmark
Full review can be found by clicking here.

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Joyce Collin-Smith
The Spiral of Life
and Astrology

The late John Addey wrote in his Foreword to this small book:

'Joyce Collin-Smith.......shows how intimately (the spiral) must be related to....developing life processes....this book must surely provide a source of inspiration for years to come.'

The Spiral of Life and Astrology is available to read on-line by clicking here.
Or you can download a copy of the book for reading / printing by clicking here.
(Note: the download is a zipped file and will require Adobe Reader to view)

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Joyce Collin-Smith's article on the Life and Work of her brother-in-law Rodney Collin, author of 'The Theory of Eternal Life', 'The Theory of Celestial Influence' etc is called
BELOVED ICARUS.
Icarus in Greek legend made himself wings of wax and flew too near the sun.
To read this article click here

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James Webb, the brilliant young historian of ideas, died by his own hand at the age of 34. His books 'Flight From Reason', 'The Occult Establishment' and 'The Harmonious Circle' are well known....He was a close friend to Joyce Collin-Smith.
To read the article
AN APPRECIATION OF JAMES WEBB
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Joyce asks:
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
To read about The Question Unasked
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For other works by Joyce Collin-Smith
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