New edition

 

Originally published in 2012, this new edition of Spirit Chaser features a foreword by Ogham Grove author and prolific Glastonbury artist, Yuri Leitch. Plus, a brand-new preface, some amendments and new information by the Author.

Spirit Chaser is the true story of a spiritual quest that turned into an inspirational occult pilgrimage. In June 1989, the author began following a series of psychic messages and significant synchronicity that led him to discover the enigmatic mystery of St Bega, the sacredness of the British landscape and ultimately to experience the divine reality of the Celtic tradition of mysticism, miracles, and magic. Spirit Chaser takes us on a magnificent journey into the twilight past of seventh century Britain and Ireland, and on a contemporary expedition of re-enchantment. This ultimately led into the heart of a modern-day quest, which uncovered the mystery that is the Sancta Bega, the sacred ring at the mystical centre of the British Isles.

Spectacular Cover art: © Paul Atlas-Saunders

“A glimpse into the spiritual worlds that overlay our landscape.” The Whitehaven News

“Well researched. Engaging. Fascinating.” Audible.com

The spectacular front cover art is by Paul Atlas-Saunders. Based upon a stained-glass window in St Bees Priory, it illuminates St Bega’s moment of arrival upon the beach below the adjacent headland. As her boat lands, she purposefully places her foot on the sacred spot at the very epicentre of the archipelago, which constitutes modern Britain and Ireland.

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List of illustrations featured in the Troy Books edition

Lindisfarne Thomas Girtin, 1796

Elen Yuri Leitch

Cover of ASH magazine, No. 1 Auhor’s collection

Flyer: Mind, Body & Spirit, 1979 Auhor’s collection

Celtic Cross 1 & 2 Paul Atlas-Saunders

St Bega’s Arrival Paul Atlas-Saunders

Long Meg Paul Atlas-Saunders

Gosforth Cross Collingwood, 1927

St Bega’s Church Paul Atlas-Saunders

St Martin’s Cross, Iona Old postcard, author’s collection

St Bees Head engraving W. Mossman

St Bees Priory Paul Atlas-Saunders

Luck of Edenhall Samuel Lysons, Copperplate, 1816

Stone with Cross, at lona Joseph Anderson, (1881)

Dragon Spiral Paul Atlas-Saunders

Bewcastle Cross Paul Atlas-Saunders

Triple Spiral

Bewcastle Cross Samuel Lysons 1816 

Ouroboros Paul Atlas-Saunders

St Bees Priory Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, 1739

The Three Crowns Paul Atlas-Saunders

St Bridget’s Cross Paul Atlas-Saunders

Adder Paul Atlas-Saunders

Night Edward Robert Hughes

The Serpent Stone Paul Atlas-Saunders

Kemp How, Shap Anon, 1844

Stone Avenue Paul Atlas-Saunders

St Piran/Ciarán Line to Legend Land, 1922 

St Helen’s Oratory Paul Atlas-Saunders

St Cedd’s Chapel Paul Atlas-Saunders

Cross & Ouroboros Paul Atlas-Saunders

St Cedd window, Bradwell Author’s photo