Legendary London: And the Spirit of Place

New Light on the Great Changes of our Times

Contributors: Peter Dawkins; Chris Street; Louise Coe; Anthony Thorley

Editor: Anthony Thorley

Illustrations: Ian Thorp; Peter Dawkins; Chris Street; Anthony Thorley

How does the energy of a great city like London respond to the challenging times we are all facing in the early years of the twenty-first century? Why should London be the city that hosts the Olympic Games in the pivotal year of 2012? In this book, you will discover a host of subtle and secret processes born out of myth and legend which challenge our ideas of history in the making. London is shown to be a living sacred landscape which expresses its own genius loci or spirit of place. A spirit nurtured by its rivers and ancient hills, influenced by its traditional gods and goddesses and strengthened in history by personalities as diverse as William Shakespeare and Sir Christopher Wren. After centuries of development and preparation, the essential folk-soul of London as a great international city has reached out and called the global family to come and experience the warmth of our welcome, the richness of our culture and offer the world real hope for the future. If the spirit of London can have its own dream time, dreaming great festivals into reality, then these are the times of the Olympic Dream. After reading this book you will never experience London in the same way again.

Extremely Interesting and Beautifully Illustrated I loved this book! Just my sort of thing. As a London born person, who is now a practising pagan living in the West Country, learning about 'the other' side of London was intriguing. The book is divided into 8 chapters, covering the waters of London, it's Zodiac and other secrets. These are things you are not going to read about in your daily newspaper! If you're into esoteric happens, enjoy that which is not 'normal', and would like to know more about the history of London and it's sacred landscape, then this wonderful book has all that....and more. I am making a pilgrimage to my home-town this week, blessed with a different viewpoint of my city of birth, and this book firmly in my grasp.

• Pages: 144 with numerous colour illustrations and photographs
  
• Dimensions: 252 x 203 x 10 mm
• Weight: 0.450 kg