Peter J Morris

Peter J Morris (Author of The Power of the Ankh)

Peter J Morris has studied metaphysics, the occult and the Tarot for over 35 years.

He has written articles on the occult and paranormal for Gloucestershire Earth Mysteries, 3rd Stone and Un-X Magazine.

He has given many lectures throughout the UK on subjects such as dreamwork, Kabbalah, earth mysteries, esoteric astrology and UFOs. He has been interviewed on local radio about his researches into crop circles and his work as an esoteric counsellor.

Peter is currently working on a book about the magic, mythology, occult significance and spiritual influence of the Dog Star – a stellar body that is more commonly known as Sirius.

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The Star Sirius in Ancient Egypt By as early as 3285 B.C.E., the culture of ancient Egypt had developed a pronounced emphasis on a star then called Sothis, Sept, or Sepdet, today called Sirius. Sirius is a highly noticeable star in the heavens, the brightest star in the night sky. It’s prominently positioned just southeast of dramatic and easily distinguished Orion. Sky viewers in the northern hemisphere can most readily observe Sirius in the winter and early spring night sky, while viewers in the southern hemisphere will Pnd Sirius most readily viewed in the summer and early fall night sky. In either case, viewers can Pnd Sirius by locating the constellation of Orion, the Hunter, and following the line made by Orion’s belt stars to the left and downward to the obvious bright star southeast of Orion. That’s Sirius. By the early third millennium B.C.E., Sirius had become a major star of orientation to the night… …

Alice Bailey, Twentieth-Century Sirian Channel Who Was Alice Bailey? A spiritual leader and innovator within the Theosophical tradition established by famed nineteenth century occultist H.P. Blavatsky, Alice Bailey was a prolific twentieth-century British metaphysical writer whose twenty-four works have done much to shape the world of modern metaphysical spiritual literature. In fact, Bailey’s contribution to global spiritual culture has been so great that the respected American scholar of religion J. Gordon Melton has claimed that Bailey’s books are the single most important source which set the stage for the rise of the worldwide New Age Movement.i Given the pervasive planetary extent of the New Age Movement and its unparalleled effect on religion and spirituality, this claim elevates Alice Bailey to the status of a leading figure in contemporary world religion and spirituality. Throughout the twenty-four books published under the name of Alice Bailey, there runs the theme of the star Sirius and its unmatched importance… …

A Brief History of Dursley Railway (1854-1970) Dursley is a small market town located in the Cotswold Hills of South Gloucestershire, South-West England. Today it is a quiet suburban off-shoot of its near city neighbours Gloucester and Bristol but for over two centuries it was an independent township with its own rural customs, rich community celebrations and highly successful woollen trade. With the coming of the railways to Bristol and Birmingham in the 1820s the town’s dominance in the cloth industry began to wane as other towns and cities in the UK were able to take advantage of a rail connection were able to operate at lower overheads as raw materials became cheaper to import. At the risk of losing their businesses, mill-owners and other businessmen around Dursley — a town somewhat isolated and forgotten in the initial 1840’s railway goldrush — decided to bring their own rail connection from the main Bristol to Gloucester route directly… …

Why is Sirius Important? Image Credit: NASA, ESA and G. Bacon (STScI) The star Sirius is also known as the “Dog Star” by virtue of it being prominant in the constellation of Canis Major, or ‘Big Dog’ and is thought to be around 2–300 million years old It can be seen easily from the Northern Hemisphere by the naked eye between 30 and 73 degres of latitude and sometimes its luminosity is so great that it can be seen in daylight. About Canis Major Canis Major is one of the eighty-eight modern constellations and was included in the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy’s classification of 48 constellations. Sirius is often referred to as one of the dogs following Orion the hunter – the other one being Canis Minor or the ‘lesser dog’. It can be located quite easily by following the line that is naturally formed by the stars of Orions’ Belt down and tp the… …

What is Tarot? – A Short Introduction to This Ancient Divination System The Tarot is a deck of 78 picture cards that are used for divination throughout the World. Most people know of the Tarot as a form of fairground, fortune-telling amusement but todays' modern Tarot has become much more than simply a way of determining the future. In the hands of a skilled reader, the Tarot can be used in many different ways many of which have caused the Tarot to become a popular self-development tool. Where Did the Tarot Come From? The origins of the Tarot are largely unknown. Many believe the cards originate from early fifteenth-century Italy but there is some historical evidence to suggest that its roots date much older—maybe even as far back as the time of the Ancient Egyptians. The Tarot's Roots What historians are sure of is that the Tarot was a popular card game that quickly spread from the Mediterranean and through Europe. It… …