The debut poetry collection from Alex
Langstone
is now available. The book is packed with some of the author's most stunningly descriptive and evocative poetry, along with beautiful artwork and photography by some of
todays
leading occult illustrators.
The Last Angel by Nicholas Roerich
A personal view by Alex Langstone
The front cover features
The Last Angel
by
renowned
Russian mystical artist and philosopher Nicholas
Roerich
. It was painted in 1912, and is representative of the feeling of the era just before the first world war, where prophets and visionaries
saw
the madness of the world closing all around. I chose the cover art, not because of it's pervading sense of gloom, but for it's profound visionary appeal.
Roerich
the visionary mystic painter, along with many of his contemporaries felt this sense of disaster around in the early 20
th
century. There are many echoes of this today in the early 21st century. The doom and gloom of the 2012 prophecies, the crazy materialistic secular society we live in, conspiracy theories, suicide bombers,
corrupt
governments everywhere, crazy
fundamentalist
religions,
fascism;
the list goes on and on. But there is hope! Within the darkness of humanity there is a spark of beauty and creativity that hosts the divine peaceful and nurturing spirit of the universe. Through my writing, I hope many will glimpse this beauty of the natural world, be uplifted by it and come to realise that we need to try to foster a positive optimistic outlook, where each of us are free to express our own spiritual voice. Therefore
the last angel becomes morphed into a being of transformation, light and hope, who leads us along the shimmering pathway to where we each need to be!
The write up below is from the back cover.
Lucifer
Bridge
is the debut poetry collection b
y Alex
Langstone. Featuring modern poetry of a surreal, mystical, esoteric, and romantic nature,
partly inspired by the diverse beauty of the British landscape and also
by the dark visionary esoteric-poetic adventures of the author. Alex
Langstone has previously seen his
work in print through various publications including The Heritage Journal,
Meyn
Mamvro and The
Mirr
or of Isis, and in anthologies published by Forward Press. This debut collection, hand picked by the
author, promises to inspire, excite, delight and stimulate!
The Last Angel is reproduced with kind permission of The Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York.
Buy the book from the publishers website here
www.spiritofalbionbooks.co.uk or from Amazon
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