Peter Mark Adams
Peter Mark Adams is an author, poet and essayist specialising in the ethnography of ritual, sacred landscapes, esotericism, consciousness and healing.
Peter’s non-fiction has been published by Inner Traditions and Scarlet Imprint; his literary prose and poetry regularly appears in Corbel Stone Press’ literary journal, ‘Reliquiae: Journal of Landscape, Nature & Mythology’.
“I have always had an acute sensitivity to subtle energies & fields; a sense of distinct and powerful presences; of events about to unfold and of the changes in atmosphere that accompany prescience & synchronicities. I grew up in East Africa. In my early teens I took to the roads, walking alone, hitch hiking & sleeping rough, to walk the ancient pathways & visit the ancient sites of England.
As a Philosophy BA Hons. student I specialised in formal logic, the philosophy of science and the theory of meaning; in parallel and since graduating I have continued to make an extensive study of literature, art and modernism.”
“My esoteric affiliations have been formed over the course of fifty years through a mixture of both Eastern and Western traditions including Shotokan Karate, Tai Chi, Vajrayana, Kabbalistic and Thelemic ritual. My partner and I have shared an energy healing practice for the last 20 years focusing on energy and meridian therapies, breathwork and meditation. I am an Associate Member of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE).”
Bibliography
Books
The Healing Field: Energy, Consciousness & Transformation. Inner Traditions (forthcoming 2020)
Mystai: Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysos. Scarlet Imprint (2019)
A Guide to the Trumps and Court Cards of the Sola-Busca Tarocchi. Scarlet Imprint (2017)
The Game of Saturn: Decoding the Sola-Busca Tarocchi. Scarlet Imprint (2017)
Essays in Peer Reviewed Academic Journals
‘Ritual as Therapy: Steps towards an Ethnography of the Invisible.’ Paranthropology: The Journal of Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal, Volume 5, No 3 (2014).
‘Healing Interventions Involving Deceased Persons’. The Journal of Exceptional Experiences and Psychology, Volume 1, No 2 (2013).
‘Lord of the Flies: The Phenomenology of a Possession’. Paranthropology: The Journal of Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal, Volume 4, No 3 (2013).
Literary Prose, Poetry & Book Reviews
‘On the Fourth Kind of Madness: A Palimpsest of Plato’s Phaedrus 249c-250c’ by Peter Mark Adams. A Beautiful Resistance Journal, August 2020.
‘Star Axis, New Mexico / Reflections’ by Peter Mark Adams. Reliquiae: Journal of Landscape & Nature, Vol.8 No.1, 2020.
‘Gobekli Tepe, 10,000 BCE / A Reading’ by Peter Mark Adams. Reliquiae: Journal of Landscape, Nature & Mythology, Vol.7 No.2, 2019.
‘The ‘Knowing-Field: Morphic Resonance and Egregores’ by Peter Mark Adams. Watkins Mind Body & Spirit Magazine. October 2019.
‘The Mistress of the Labyrinth’ by Peter Mark Adams. Reliquiae: Journal of Landscape, Nature & Mythology, Vol.7 No.1, 2019.
‘An Almost-Gone Radiance’ by Autumn Richardson. Poetry review by Peter Mark Adams on ‘The Poetry Shed’ April, 2019.
‘The Crane Dance’ by Peter Mark Adams. Reliquiae: Journal of Landscape, Nature & Mythology, Vol.6 2018.
Presentations & Talks
‘Mystai: Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysos’. Treadwell’s Bookshop, London, October 2019
‘Elite Illuminism & Saturnian Ritual in Renaissance Italy’. Dew of Heaven: Ritual Magic Conference, Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, Boscastle, May 2018
‘The Game of Saturn: the Sola-Busca Tarocchi’, Treadwell’s Bookshop, London, April 2017
‘Ritual as Therapy: Steps Towards an Ethnography of the Invisible’, International Ritual Studies Symposium, Sah University, Istanbul, May 2014
‘Altered States / Parallel Worlds’, Brain to Consciousness Conference, Istanbul, May 2011
TV & Online Digital Media Appearances
‘Magical Egypt’. Documentary Series 3. Expert contributor on
Peter’s non-fiction has been published by Inner Traditions and Scarlet Imprint; his literary prose and poetry regularly appears in Corbel Stone Press’ literary journal, ‘Reliquiae: Journal of Landscape, Nature & Mythology’.
“I have always had an acute sensitivity to subtle energies & fields; a sense of distinct and powerful presences; of events about to unfold and of the changes in atmosphere that accompany prescience & synchronicities. I grew up in East Africa. In my early teens I took to the roads, walking alone, hitch hiking & sleeping rough, to walk the ancient pathways & visit the ancient sites of England.
As a Philosophy BA Hons. student I specialised in formal logic, the philosophy of science and the theory of meaning; in parallel and since graduating I have continued to make an extensive study of literature, art and modernism.”
“My esoteric affiliations have been formed over the course of fifty years through a mixture of both Eastern and Western traditions including Shotokan Karate, Tai Chi, Vajrayana, Kabbalistic and Thelemic ritual. My partner and I have shared an energy healing practice for the last 20 years focusing on energy and meridian therapies, breathwork and meditation. I am an Associate Member of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE).”
Bibliography
Books
The Healing Field: Energy, Consciousness & Transformation. Inner Traditions (forthcoming 2020)
Mystai: Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysos. Scarlet Imprint (2019)
A Guide to the Trumps and Court Cards of the Sola-Busca Tarocchi. Scarlet Imprint (2017)
The Game of Saturn: Decoding the Sola-Busca Tarocchi. Scarlet Imprint (2017)
Essays in Peer Reviewed Academic Journals
‘Ritual as Therapy: Steps towards an Ethnography of the Invisible.’ Paranthropology: The Journal of Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal, Volume 5, No 3 (2014).
‘Healing Interventions Involving Deceased Persons’. The Journal of Exceptional Experiences and Psychology, Volume 1, No 2 (2013).
‘Lord of the Flies: The Phenomenology of a Possession’. Paranthropology: The Journal of Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal, Volume 4, No 3 (2013).
Literary Prose, Poetry & Book Reviews
‘On the Fourth Kind of Madness: A Palimpsest of Plato’s Phaedrus 249c-250c’ by Peter Mark Adams. A Beautiful Resistance Journal, August 2020.
‘Star Axis, New Mexico / Reflections’ by Peter Mark Adams. Reliquiae: Journal of Landscape & Nature, Vol.8 No.1, 2020.
‘Gobekli Tepe, 10,000 BCE / A Reading’ by Peter Mark Adams. Reliquiae: Journal of Landscape, Nature & Mythology, Vol.7 No.2, 2019.
‘The ‘Knowing-Field: Morphic Resonance and Egregores’ by Peter Mark Adams. Watkins Mind Body & Spirit Magazine. October 2019.
‘The Mistress of the Labyrinth’ by Peter Mark Adams. Reliquiae: Journal of Landscape, Nature & Mythology, Vol.7 No.1, 2019.
‘An Almost-Gone Radiance’ by Autumn Richardson. Poetry review by Peter Mark Adams on ‘The Poetry Shed’ April, 2019.
‘The Crane Dance’ by Peter Mark Adams. Reliquiae: Journal of Landscape, Nature & Mythology, Vol.6 2018.
Presentations & Talks
‘Mystai: Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysos’. Treadwell’s Bookshop, London, October 2019
‘Elite Illuminism & Saturnian Ritual in Renaissance Italy’. Dew of Heaven: Ritual Magic Conference, Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, Boscastle, May 2018
‘The Game of Saturn: the Sola-Busca Tarocchi’, Treadwell’s Bookshop, London, April 2017
‘Ritual as Therapy: Steps Towards an Ethnography of the Invisible’, International Ritual Studies Symposium, Sah University, Istanbul, May 2014
‘Altered States / Parallel Worlds’, Brain to Consciousness Conference, Istanbul, May 2011
TV & Online Digital Media Appearances
‘Magical Egypt’. Documentary Series 3. Expert contributor on
