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FICTITIOUS NEWS!
Ray Buckland loves to write and although he is best known for non-fiction, he actually prefers to write fiction.
Ray has completed a lengthy novel which is a "what if . . . ?" story . . . what if Japan had won the Second World War? A great story.  Ray has also done a fantasy of the Tolkien genre. It's called THE TORQUE of KERNOW and is the first of a series of books about The Chronicles of Kernow. IT IS NOW AVAILABLE.

 

Order now from www.chroniclesofkernow.com or get both the fantasy and ATOMIC SUNRISE from orders@galdepress.com

NOTE: There is an interview with Ray, about The Torque of Kernow, on www.paganpages.org There is also a similar, though different, interview at SFX, a science-fiction and fantasy web site: www.sfx.co.uk/page/sfx?entry=author_interview_raymond_buckland

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Soon another three novels will also become available (also from Galde Press . . . ask/email about them). One is a young adult novel . . . The Liberty Squadron. It is a World War Two adventure story. The second is also WWII and is called Churchill's Secret Spy, based on a true story. The third is called Atomic Sunrise and is loosely based on WWII, being a "what if?" type of story.STOP PRESS! . . . All three of these new novels should be available by the spring (keep your fingers crossed!). You can pre-order them from www.galdepress.com  

Ray's two earlier, very successful, novels are about to be re-done by Labyrinth Press (www.labyrinthhouse.com). They are the two psychic thrillers THE COMMITTEE and CARDINAL'S SIN. Watch for their release! 

Ray's first Victorian mystery novel IS NOW AVAILABLE, from Pendraig Publishing. It is called GOLDEN ILLUMINATI. It involves the Order of the Golden Dawn, The Illuminati, and a search for an alchemical manuscript. Lots of mystery and action taking place back in 1899. See the dedicated web site: www.goldenilluminati.com STOP PRESS! . . . Order NOW from www.pendraigpublishing.com  or from www.amazon.com (book form or Kindle edition), or through any good bookstore (distributed by Ingram). 

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Listen to Ray and watch him on You Tube

You can see great interviews with Ray.
The first was made at the October 2007 Universal Light Expo, in Columbus, OH: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2w1Cuo0kngQ
The second You Tube interview is from Denver INATS West 2008 and can be seen at http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=skuNxbKRGok
There is also a brief segment that includes Ray at an historic signing taking place in Louisiana: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KvrSlKKAug
The latest radio show is the one from the "Black Cat Lounge", hosted by Rev. Tim Shaw. You can hear the whole one hour show at
Raymond Buckland-YULE-12-15-11  blackcatlounge.podomatic.com
and then an earlier one at http://blackcatlounge.podomatic.com/entry/eg/2009-03-09T20_16_16-07_00

An excellent 2-hour interview on WitchTalk Radio, recorded on June 19, 2011, can be seen and heard (audio plus video) at 
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/15493182
 
 
And if you go to www.knickerbockerlinesville.com you can listen to a half-hour radio interview Ray did from The Knickerbocker Hotel on May 17, 2008.
Ray did an earlier interview program at the Knickerbocker, this time with Rev. Jane as interviewer. Check out her web site at www.revjane.net


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BROOMSTIX and other Web Interviews!

Something that should have been done some time ago is to give the link to BROOMSTIX, the excellent pagan/Wicca magazine for young folks. In a back issue, #5, is an interview with Ray: http://www.broomstix.com/5%202007%20Summer%20Solstice/SS07MagicalLives.htm

Check it out.

Also check out a new interview at Cyber Witchcraft.com See it at
http://www.cyberwitchcraft.com/raymond-buckland.html
 
The latest interview can be found at  http://www.naufana.com/articles/mm-raymondbuckland.html

 

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Visit the new web site for my Victorian mystery-thriller.  Go to www.goldenilluminati.com where you can read a brief synopsis of the book, also read an extract, and -- most importantly! --  order the book. There is also an on-going BLOG that I have added. Check it out!
 
*** BACK IN PRINT DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND
There have been a lot of enquiries about Ray's tarot deck, the
BUCKLAND ROMANI TAROT KIT. Although this popular deck-and-book was out of print for a while, it is now available again - expanded, with a new Introduction . . . by a new publisher, Galde Press.
*** YOU CAN ORDER NOW FROM GALDE PRESS - Contact:
orders@galdepress.com
ISBN: 978-1-931942-62-1
Size: Book - 6 x 9, 240 pgs. • Deck - 78 cards
Price: $34.95 (postage $5.00)

Another book back in print (first published in 1974) is HERE IS THE OCCULT. One or two copies of the original have shown up on the Internet at prices as high as $200. Now you can order yours. Available now from Amazon.com,  Abebooks.com, BookSurge.com, and Alibris.com   See "Recent Books" for details.

NEW BOOKS
-- Ray's book The Weiser Field Guide to GHOSTS - Apparitions, Spirits, Spectral Lights, and Other Hauntings of History and Legend, published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This just recently won the First Annual Occult Detective Award – Best Paranormal Release 2010. (See "Recent Books")
Also:  Buckland's Book of Gypsy Magic  is now available. See full details at   http://redwheelweiser.com/detail.html?session=3d367504fc865ef7491f6b2b770c9b74&id=9781578634675
Also:  Buckland's Domino Divination is now available. See full details at   http://www.pendraigpublishing.com/  
Ray's first Victorian mystery-thriller now available from Pendraig Publishing. GOLDEN ILLUMINATI.  Pendraig has also reprinted Ray's popular Color Magic which can be ordered now. Check out  http://www.pendraigpublishing.com/  All three titles can be ordered at the site.

BOOK and SPIRIT BOARD - Ray's book on the Talking Board, OUIJA - "Yes! Yes!" is now available. It is marketed by Doorway Publications & Gifts together with Ray's new design BUCKLAND SPIRIT BOARD; a professional talking board that comes with a solid wood planchette. Buy them both together and save.

COVER GUY Issue #46 of PanGaia magazine has a great photo of Ray on the cover and an inside featured interview with him. Don't miss it.

One of Ray's main Spiritualist works: THE SPIRIT BOOK: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CLAIRVOYANCE, CHANNELING AND SPIRIT COMMUNICATION (Visible Ink Press). With 500 entries and 100 illustrations rich with details that will fascinate and astonish, this book includes accounts of ghosts and hauntings, levitation and trances, astral projection, psychic surgery, self-painting portraits, crystal gazing, predictions, and poltergeists, Mediums, clairvoyants, telepaths, and other well-known people connected to the field worldwide are profiled, as are notorious fakes and frauds. Spirit beliefs among the famous, including Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, and Mae West, are examined. This is a fascinating book! FATE Magazine, July 2005, carried an excerpt from The Spirit Book in the form of an article: "The Mediumship of the Eddy Brothers: Horatio and William." NOTE: The October 31, 2005, edition of PEOPLE Magazine carried a (brief) review of THE SPIRIT BOOK (page 56).

IN THE WORKS Also, due to frequent requests, Raymond is currently working on his autobiography. He has been blessed with a long, varied, and successful career (spanning over a half century) and throughout this time he has witnessed - and had a hand in - the emergence of Wicca as a major religious force. This book is sure to find a place on the history shelves and will be an eye-opener to younger generations of Witches. It will also correct the erroneous information that is given on some web sites and in some books.


UPCOMING APPEARANCES

 
March 10, 11, 2012 - Gift of Light Expo, Columbus, OH  Details to follow
 
April 6, 2012 - Lily Dale, NY Ray will be the Speaker at the 10:30am service of the Church of the Living Spirit. He will also be presenting a 3-hour workshop on "Gypsy Spirit Contact".  
 
July 20, 2012 - Lily Dale, NY. Ray will be teaching a workshop "Spiritualism 101" in the Leolyn Garden Room
          from 9:00am till noon. Full details from www.lilydaleassembly.com
 
July 20, 2012 - Lily Dale, NY. Ray will be one of the featured mediums at the annual Victorian Seance,
          7:00pm - 10:00pm. Full details from www.lilydaleassembly.com
 
August 18, 2012 - Lily Dale, NY.  SPECIAL EVENT:  "Communicating With Spirit" workshop by Ray
                                                  in the Auditorium; 2:00pm-5:00pm. 
                                                  SPECIAL EVENT:  "Solitary Seances" workshop by Ray in the
                                                  Auditorium; 7:00pm-10:00pm.
                                                  Full details from www.lilydaleassembly.com
 
September 28, 29, 30, 2012 - Camp Chesterfield, IN.  SPECIAL EVENT:  Special Raymond Buckland Weekend - Ray will be presenting two 3-hour workshops, a 2-hour lecture, and doing a book-signing. Details to follow.
 
 October 13, 14, 2012 - Universal Light Expo at the Veterans Memorial Building, Columbus, OH   Ray will have a booth with all of his books. He will also be giving a lecture and leading a workshop.
 
 

FOREIGN EDITIONS Raymond's books have been translated into seventeen foreign languages. We recently came across copies of some of these and offer them, hopefully giving people in countries other than the U.S. a chance to get Ray's books in their own language and signed by him.

Note: There was Russian edition of the Buckland Romani Tarot Cards produced without permission. We have been unable to contact the publisher. Ray would love to have a copy of that edition (it was produced in a smaller size than most tarot decks - about the size of a regular poker deck). If you have one or know of one, please get in touch with Ray at raymond@raybuckland.com Many thanks.

WITCHCRAFT DVD Don't miss this fabulous new release of his original video (but now in DVD format) titled Witchcraft: Rebirth of the Old Religion. It features an extra hour (total of two hours) of material, including "music videos", blooper reel, commentaries on the changes to Wicca since the first release, current interview with Raymond and "behind-the-scenes extras" footage.

RAYMOND BUCKLAND LIBRARY . . . Do, please, check out http://www.doorwaypublications.com/bucklandlibrary.html

 
 
 

This site was last updated on: February 7, 2012

You can contact Ray at raymond@raybuckland.com