Joscelyn Godwin (born 16 January 1945 at
Kelmscott
Kelmscott is a village and civil parish on the River Thames in West Oxfordshire, about east of Lechlade in neighbouring Gloucestershire. Since 2001 it has absorbed Little Faringdon, which had been a separate civil parish. The 2011 Census reco ...
, Oxfordshire, England) is a composer,
musicologist
Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...
, and translator, known for his work on
ancient music
Ancient music refers to the musical cultures and practices that developed in the literate civilizations of the ancient world. Succeeding the music of prehistoric societies and lasting until the Post-classical era, major centers of Ancient musi ...
, paganism, and music in the occult.
Biography
He was educated as a
chorister
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at
Christ Church Cathedral School
Christ Church Cathedral School is an independent preparatory school for boys in Oxford, England. It is one of three choral foundation schools in the city and educates choristers of Christ Church Cathedral, and the Chapels of Worcester College ...
,
Oxford
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, then at
Radley College
Radley College, formally St Peter's College, Radley, is a public school (independent boarding school for boys) near Radley, Oxfordshire, England, which was founded in 1847. The school covers including playing fields, a golf course, a lake, and ...
(Music Scholar), and
Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College ( ) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary ...
(Music Scholar; B.A., 1965, Mus. B., 1966, M.A. 1969).
Bibliography
Books authored or co-authored
* ''
Robert Fludd
Robert Fludd, also known as Robertus de Fluctibus (17 January 1574 – 8 September 1637), was a prominent English Paracelsian physician with both scientific and occult interests. He is remembered as an astrologer, mathematician, cosmologis ...
. Hermetic Philosopher and Surveyor of Two Worlds.'' London:
Thames & Hudson
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, 1979; also published in French, Greek, Spanish and Japanese. Currently available from
Adventures Unlimited Press
David Hatcher Childress (born June 1, 1957) is a French-born American author, and the owner of Adventures Unlimited Press, a publishing house established in 1984 specializing in books on unusual topics such as ancient mysteries, unexplained pheno ...
.
* ''
Athanasius Kircher
Athanasius Kircher (2 May 1602 – 27 November 1680) was a German Jesuit scholar and polymath
A polymath ( el, πολυμαθής, , "having learned much"; la, homo universalis, "universal human") is an individual whose knowledge spans ...
. A Renaissance Man and the Quest for Lost Knowledge.'' London: Thames & Hudson, 1979; also published in French, German, Spanish & Japanese.
* ''Mystery Religions in the Ancient World.'' London: Thames & Hudson, 1981, ; pbk, 1982, ; also published in Greek, Japanese.
* ''Harmonies of Heaven and Earth. The Spiritual Dimension of Music from Antiquity to the Avant-Garde.'' London: Thames & Hudson, 1987; also published in French, German, Japanese; partly published in Spanish. Currently in print from
Inner Traditions
Interior may refer to:
Arts and media
* ''Interior'' (Degas) (also known as ''The Rape''), painting by Edgar Degas
* ''Interior'' (play), 1895 play by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck
* ''The Interior'' (novel), by Lisa See
* Interior de ...
International.
* ''Music and the Occult. French Musical Philosophies 1750–1950.'' Rochester:
University of Rochester Press
Boydell & Brewer is an academic press based in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, that specializes in publishing historical and critical works. In addition to British and general history, the company publishes three series devoted to studies, edition ...
/London:
Boydell & Brewer
Boydell & Brewer is an academic press based in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, that specializes in publishing historical and critical works. In addition to British and general history, the company publishes three series devoted to studies, edition ...
, 1995; previously published in French; also published in Japanese.
* ''The Mystery of the Seven Vowels in Theory and Practice.'' Grand Rapids:
Phanes Press, 1991; also published in Italian.
* ''Arktos'' (1993 subtitled "The Polar Myth in Science, Symbolism, and Nazi Survival"). Grand Rapids:
Phanes Press, 1993, also published in German (two different editions), Japanese, Greek, French, Italian and Spanish. Currently in print from Adventures Unlimited Press.
* ''The Theosophical Enlightenment.'' Albany:
State University of New York Press
The State University of New York (SUNY, , ) is a system of public colleges and universities in the State of New York. It is one of the largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the United States. Led by c ...
, 1994.
* ''Johann Friedrich Hugo Von Dalberg (1760–1812): Schriftsteller, Musiker, Domherr.'' Co-authored with Michael Embach. Mainz: Gesellschaft für mittelrheinische Kirchengeschichte, 1998. (In German)
* ''The Pagan Dream of the Renaissance.'' Grand Rapids: Phanes Press/London: Thames & Hudson, 2002.
* ''The Real Rule of Four.'' New York:
The Disinformation Company
The Disinformation Company (abbreviated as Disinfo) was a privately held, limited American publishing company until 2012 when it was sold to Red Wheel/Weiser/Conari. It also owned ''Disinformation Books'', which focused on current affairs titles ...
, 2004; also published in French and Portuguese.
* ''The Golden Thread: The Ageless Wisdom of the Western Mystery Traditions.'' Wheaton, IL:
Quest Books
A quest is a journey toward a specific mission or a goal. The word serves as a plot device in mythology and fiction: a difficult journey towards a goal, often symbolic or allegorical. Tales of quests figure prominently in the folklore of e ...
, 2007.
* ''Athanasius Kircher's Theatre of the World.'' London: Thames and Hudson, 2009. .
* ''Atlantis and the Cycles of Time: Prophecies, Traditions, And Occult Revelations.'' Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, 2011. .
* ''Upstate Cauldron: Eccentric Spiritual Movements in Early New York State.'' Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2015. .
* ''The Forbidden Book, a Novel.'' Co-authored with
Guido Mina di Sospiro
Guido Mina di Sospiro is a novelist, essayist, and author of narrative nonfiction.
Early life and education
Guido Mina di Sospiro was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, into an ancient Italian family, which relocated to Italy three months after his ...
. Revised edition, New York: The Disinformation Company, 2011 (electronic book). Print edition: San Francisco: Disinformation (an imprint of RedWheel/Weiser), 2013. . Foreign language editions in Spanish, Danish, Russian, Greek, Bulgarian, Polish, Romanian, and Thai.
* ''Forbidden Fruits, an Occult Novel.'' Co-authored with
Guido Mina di Sospiro
Guido Mina di Sospiro is a novelist, essayist, and author of narrative nonfiction.
Early life and education
Guido Mina di Sospiro was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, into an ancient Italian family, which relocated to Italy three months after his ...
. Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, 2020. .
Books edited
* Alessandro Scarlatti, ''Marco Attilio Regolo.'' Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1975 (Series: The Operas of Alessandro Scarlatti, vol. 2).
* ''Schirmer Scores. A Repertory of Western Music.'' New York: Schirmer Books, 1975.
* ''Music, Mysticism and Magic: A Sourcebook.'' London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986; Harmondsworth: Penguin Arkana.
* ''
Michael Maier
Michael Maier ( la, Michael Maierus; 1568–1622) was a German physician and counsellor to Rudolf II Habsburg. He was a learned alchemist, epigramist, and amateur composer.
Early life
Maier was born in Rendsburg, Holstein, the son of a spe ...
, Atalanta Fugiens: an Edition of the Fugues, Emblems and Epigrams.'' With an Introductory Essay by Hildemarie Streich. Tysoe: Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks, 1987; Grand Rapids: Phanes Press. Included a cassette tape of the first complete recording of the fifty Fugues, sung by Rachel Platt, Emily Van Evera,
Rufus Muller
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Given name
Politicians
* Rufus Ada George (born 1940), Nigerian politician
* Rufus A ...
, and Richard Wistreich. The recording has been remastered and issued on compact disc by Claudio Records. Spanish edition with expanded Introduction, La Fuga della Atalanta, Girona: Ediciones Atalanta, 2007.
* Marius Schneider, Rudolf Haase, and Hans Erhard Lauer, ''Cosmic Music. Three Musical Keys to the Interpretation of Reality, translated by Marton Radkai and Joscelyn Godwin.'' Rochester, Vt.: Inner Traditions International, 1989.
* ''
Paul Brunton
Paul Brunton is the pen name of Raphael Hurst (21 October 1898 – 27 July 1981), a British author of spiritual books. He is best known as one of the early popularizers of Neo-Hindu spiritualism in western esotericism, notably via his be ...
: Essential Readings.'' Co-edited with Randall Cash and Timothy Smith. Wellingborough: Crucible Books, 1990.
* ''Harmony of the Spheres. A Sourcebook of the Pythagorean Tradition in Music.'' Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions International, 1993; also published in Spanish (Girona: Atalanta, 2009), with illustrations and a new introduction.
* ''The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor. Historical and Initiatic Documents of an Order of Practical Occultism.'' Co-edited with Christian Chanel and John Patrick Deveney. York Beach: Samuel Weiser, 1995. Also published in French and Italian.
* ''Ésotérisme, gnoses & imaginaire symbolique. Mélanges offerts à
Antoine Faivre
Antoine Faivre (5 June 1934 – 19 December 2021) was a French scholar of Western esotericism. Until his retirement, he held a chair in the École Pratique des Hautes Études at the Sorbonne, University Professor of Germanic studies at the Univer ...
.'' Co-edited with Richard Caron, Wouter J. Hanegraaff, and Jean-Louis Vieillard-Baron. Leuven: Peeters, 2001.
*
John Michell
John Michell (; 25 December 1724 – 21 April 1793) was an English people, English natural philosophy, natural philosopher and clergyman who provided pioneering insights into a wide range of scientific fields including astronomy, geology, opti ...
, ''Confessions of a Radical Traditionalist.'' Waterbury Center, VT: Dominion, 2005.
* Petrus Talemarianus, ''Natural Architecture,'' translated by Ariel Godwin. Sacred Science Institute, 2006.
* ''The Starlight Years: Love and War at
Kelmscott Manor
Kelmscott Manor is a limestone manor house in the Cotswolds village of Kelmscott, in West Oxfordshire, southern England. It dates from around 1570, with a late 17th-century wing, and is Listed building#England and Wales, listed Grade I on the ...
, 1940–1948. The Paintings, Drawings and Writings of Edward and Stephani Scott-Snell/Godwin.'' Stanbridge: Dovecote Press, 2015. https://www.amazon.com/The-Starlight-Years-Kelmscott-Manor/dp/0992915112
Books translated
* Werner Walcker-Meyer, ''The Roman Organ of Aquincum.'' Ludwigsburg: Musikwissenschaftliches Verlagsgesellschaft, 1972.
* Salomon Trismosin, ''Splendor Solis.'' Edinburgh: Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks, 1981; Grand Rapids: Phanes Press. 1991. Another version: Splendor Solis: Harley Ms. 3469. Barcelona: Moleiro, 2011, 53–69.
*
René Guénon
René Jean-Marie-Joseph Guénon (15 November 1886 – 7 January 1951), also known as ''Abdalwâhid Yahiâ'' (; ''ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Yaḥiā'') was a French intellectual who remains an influential figure in the domain of metaphysics, having writte ...
, ''The Multiple States of Being.'' Burdett, NY: Larson Publications, 1984.
*
Fabre d'Olivet
Antoine Fabre d'Olivet (8 December 1767, Ganges, Hérault – 25 March 1825, Paris) was a French author, poet and composer whose Biblical and philosophical hermeneutics influenced many occultists, such as Eliphas Lévi, Gérard Encausse ("Papus") ...
, ''The Secret Lore of Music.'' Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions International, 1988. Originally entitled Music Explained as Science and Art.
* Johann Valentin Andreae, ''The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz.'' Grand Rapids: Phanes Press, 1991. Reissued in Rosicrucian Trilogy: The Three Original Rosicrucian Documents in New English Translations. Translation of the Fama Fraternitatis by Christopher McIntosh and Donate Pahnke McIntosh; translation of the Confessio Fraternitatis and Chymische Hochzeit by JG. Newburyport: RedWheel/Weiser, 2016.
* Antoine Faivre, ''The Eternal Hermes.'' Grand Rapids: Phanes Press, 1994.
* Francesco Colonna, ''Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: The Strife of Love in a Dream.'' London & New York: Thames & Hudson, 1999 and re-editions.
[Adapted as part of an opera libretto by the German composer Alexander Moosbrugger; premiere at th]
Bregenz Festival (Lake Constance) in 2021
*
Julius Evola
Giulio Cesare Andrea "Julius" Evola (; 19 May 1898 – 11 June 1974) was an Italian philosopher, poet, painter, esotericist, and radical-right ideologue. Evola regarded his values as aristocratic, masculine, traditionalist, heroic, and defiantly ...
, ''Ride the Tiger.'' Co-translated with Constance Fontana. Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions International, 2003.
* Hans Kayser, ''Textbook of Harmonics.'' Co-translated with Ariel Godwin. Sacred Science Institute, 2006
* Marco Baistrocchi, ''Agarttha: A Guenonian Manipulation?'' Fullerton, Ca.: Theosophical History, 2009 (Theosophical History Occasional Papers, No. XII).
* Julius Evola and The
UR Group
UR Group was an Italian esotericist association, founded around 1927 by intellectuals including Julius Evola, Arturo Reghini and Giovanni Colazza for the study of Traditionalism and Magic.Joscelyn Godwin (2010)''Atlantis and the Cycles of Time: Pro ...
, ''Introduction to Magic, Volume II: The Path of Initiatic Wisdom.'' Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions International, 2019.
References
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1945 births
Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
People educated at Christ Church Cathedral School
Cornell University alumni
English musicologists
English translators
English composers
Historicist composers
Living people
People educated at Radley College
People from West Oxfordshire District
Cleveland State University faculty
Colgate University faculty
Western esotericism scholars