Book Description
The Golden Web is a novel with a pagan theme, but one that can be enjoyed by anyone, no matter what their beliefs or religion.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
From the Publisher
The paperback was published in 2004 in an edition of 1,000, and we have very few remaining. This is the first printing in hardback of Nell Grey's pagan novel and has been produced especially for collectors in a limited edition of 500. The inside cover is of black Wibalin in a fine linen finish with an unusual design based on the dust jacket in gold blocking on the front and the title and author's name in gold on the spine. All copies are signed by the author on the title page.
From the Author
The Golden Web grew from a deep love of the land, a lifetime's interest in myth and magic and my fascination for esoteric religions. It is Ellie's story, but in many ways it is my story too, and perhaps the story of all those who recognise the spiritual and mystical in themselves and set out to find it.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
From the Inside Flap
Ellie is a child to whom the spirits speak, and who possesses a mystical connection to the earth and an instinctive feeling for its magic and that of the gods and goddesses of our ancestors. Her parents, concerned for the health of her small brother, cannot begin to understand her; she seems to them almost alien, and when they catch her in an act of bloodless sacrifice to a beautiful marble statue in the garden beneath the light of the new moon she is sent away to boarding school.
This is the story of her quest to find some unbroken thread of belief from those ancient times, and a people with whom she feels at one, and to come to terms with the consequences of the practice of the Art Magick, and the implications of the Witches’ Law: 'An it harm none, Do what ye will.'
About the Author
Nell Grey has published two novels – Solitary Pleasures and The Golden Web – as well as poems, short stories, articles and reviews. She has a passion for archaic mystery, myth and legend and most of her stories are conceived while walking with her dog on the Sussex Downs.
