Nevill Drury

Drury authored many readable books on the esoteric, and the like. RS

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Nevill Drury (1 October 1947 – 15 October 2013) was an English-born Australian editor, publisher, and professional in many aspects of the publishing business, as well as the author of over forty books on subjects ranging from shamanism and western magical traditions to art, music, and anthropology. His books have been published in fifteen languages. ^[1]

Contents

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• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
  • 2.1 Writing and lecturing
• 3 Bibliography
• 4 Notes
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Early life[edit]

Born in Hastings, England in 1947, Drury moved to Australia at the age of nine. He attended Sydney University in the late 1960s and later earned his Master of Arts (honours) degree in anthropology from Macquarie University. He received his PhD from the University of Newcastle in 2008 for a dissertation on the visionary art and magical beliefs of Rosaleen Norton.^[2]

Career[edit]

Drury worked in the Australian book industry starting in 1976. A former managing editor for Harper & Row and Doubleday in Australia, he helped found the specialist visual arts publishing company Craftsman House in 1981, which became Australia's leading art book imprint. Drury worked full-time as publishing director of this company from 1989 to January 2000. He also co-edited Australian Painting Now, which was published in the UK and US by Thames & Hudson. He was briefly the manager of Adyar Bookshop in Sydney (1888-2012).

Writing and lecturing[edit]

Drury was a prolific author of books on shamanism, spirituality, and different forms of magical practice. His many books include the first serious overview of occultism in Australia: Other Temples, Other Gods (co-written with Gregory Tillet). Others include Don Juan, Mescalito and Modern Magic, The Occult Experience (the book of a major documentary released in 1985 featuring, among others, Margot Adler, Selena Fox, Alex Sanders, Janet and Stewart Farrar, and H. R. Giger), and Pan's Daughter: the first biography of Australian artist and witch Rosaleen Norton.
He authored several books on Australian art, including the three-volume Images series. Artist Matthew Tobin (Creative Director, Urban Arts Projects [2]) describes Nevill Drury as

...one of those most responsible for Aboriginal art's growth (he discovered Rover Thomas, Clifford Possum and Emily Kame Kngwarreye)^[3]

His books have been translated into 15 languages.^[4] Since 1980 he was a speaker and workshop facilitator on subjects such as magical visualization and shamanic drumming. He was both an interviewer and a guest on several programs on Australian television,^[5] includingCompass (ABC-TV) as a spokesperson for the New Spirituality.

Bibliography[edit]

• Australian Painting Now (with Laura Murray Cree) (2000)
• Bodywork Book (1984)
• Creating Good Karma: Release Your Karmic Burdens and Change Your Life (2003)
• Creative Visualization - To Attain Your Goals and Improve Your Well-Being (2001)
• Dictionary of Mysticism and the Esoteric Traditions (1992) ABC Clio, (1992) Prism Press, (1994) Ferenczy Konyvkiado, (2002) Watkins (republication of Dictionary of Mysticism and the Occult) ISBN 0-87436-699-2
• Dictionary of Mysticism and the Occult (1985) Harper & Row ISBN 0-06-062093-5, (1988) Droemer Knaur
• The Dictionary of the Esoteric: Over 3,000 Entries on the Mystical and Occult Traditions (2002) Simon & Schuster (Australia) Pty Ltd ISBN 1-84293-041-9, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN 1-84293-108-3
• Don Juan, Mescalito and Modern Magic: The Mythology of Inner Space (1988) Arkana, Penguin (Non-Classics) (1 November 1988) ISBN 0-14-019016-3, ISBN 978-0-14-019016-8
• Echoes From the Void: Writings on Magic, Visionary Art and the New Consciousness (1994)
• The Elements of Human Potential (1989) Element, (1993) Edizione Crisalide, (1994) Xenia, (1995) Zysk, (1996) Votobia
• The Elements of Shamanism (1989) Element, (1991) Tirion, (1991) Jouvence, (1994) Karisto Oy, (1994) Edesviz Kiado, (1994) Rebis, (1995) Xenia, (1996) Forum, (1996) Okyanus, (1997) Floros (republished 2000 by Element as New Perspectives: Shamanism)
• Everyday Magic (9 April 2002) Simon & Schuster, Australia ISBN 0-7432-2919-3
• Exploring the Labyrinth: Making Sense of the New Spirituality (1999) Continuum, 1999 Allen & Unwin (Sydney), 1999 Gill & Macmillan / Newleaf ISBN 1-86448-644-9
• Fire & Shadow: Spirituality in Contemporary Australian Art (with Anna Voigt) (1996)
• The Gods of Rebirth (1988)
• Healing Music: The Harmonic Path to Inner Wholeness (with Andrew Watson) (1987)
• The Healing Power: A Handbook of Alternative Medicine and Natural Health (1981)
• The History of Magic in the Modern Age (2000) Carroll & Graf, 2000 Constable, 2000 Simon & Schuster Australia
• The Illustrated Dictionary of Natural Health (with Susan Drury) (1988) David & Charles ISBN 0-7153-9313-8
• Images in Contemporary Australian Painting (1992)
• Images 2: Contemporary Australian Painting (1995)
• Images 3: Contemporary Australian Painting (1998)
• Inner Health: The Health Benefits of Relaxation, Meditation and Visualization (1985)
• Inner Visions: Explorations in Magical Consciousness (1995) Arkana, (1995) Penguin Group (US) Incorporated ISBN 0-14-019283-2
• Magic and Witchcraft: From Shamanism to the Technopagans (2004)
• Merlin's Book of Magick and Enchantment (with Linda Garland) (2001) Barnes and Noble, (1997) Lansdowne, (1998) Raincoast, (2002) Edaf
• The New Age: The History of a Movement (2004)
• New Art (1990)
• New Art One (1987)
• New Art Two: New Directions in Contemporary Australian Art (1980)
• New Art Four: Profiles in Contemporary Australian Art (1990)
• New Art 5: Profiles in Contemporary Australian Art (1991)
• New Art Six: Profiles in Contemporary Australian Art (1992)
• New Art Seven (1992)
• New Art Eight: Profiles in Contemporary Australian Art (1993)
• New Perspectives: Shamanism (2000)
• New Sculpture: Profiles in Contemporary Australian Sculpture (1994)
• Occult Experience (1989)
• The Occult Sourcebook (with Gregory Tillett) (1978) Routledge & K. Paul ISBN 0-7100-8875-2
• Other Temples, Other Gods: the Occult in Australia (1980)
• Pan's Daughter: the Strange World of Rosaleen Norton (1988)
• The Path of the Chameleon: Man's Encounter with the Gods and Magic (1973)
• Reincarnation: Exploring the Concept of Reincarnation in Religion, Philosophy and Traditional Cultures (2002) Barnes & Noble, New York ISBN 0-7607-3234-5
• Sacred Encounters: Shamanism and Magical Journeys of the Spirit (2003)
• The Search for Abraxas (with Colin Wilson) (1972)
• The Shaman and the Magician: Journeys Between the Worlds (1988) Arkana, Penguin (Non-Classics); New Ed edition (1 November 1988) ISBN 0-14-019056-2, ISBN 978-0-14-019056-4
• The Shaman's Quest: Journeys in an Ancient Spiritual Practice (with Tom Cowan) (2002)
• Stealing Fire From Heaven: The Rise of Modern Western Magic (February 2011) New York: Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-975100-5
• The Tarot Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Discovering the Wisdom of the Cards (Divination and Energy Workbooks) (2004)
• Vision Quest: A Personal Journey Through Magic and Shamanism (1989)
• The Visionary Human: Mystical Consciousness and Paranormal Perspectives (1991)
• The Watkins Dictionary of Magic: Over 3,000 Entries on the World of Magical Formulas, Secret Symbols, and the Occult (28 July 2006) Watkins ISBN 1-84293-152-0, ISBN 978-1-84293-152-3
• A Way Forward: Spiritual Guidance for Our Troubled Times (with Anna Voigt) (2003)
• Wisdom from the Earth: the Living Legacy of the Aboriginal Dreamtime (with Anna Voigt) (1998) Shambhala, (1997) Simon & Schuster Australia, (1998) Droemer / Delphi (Germany)

Notes[edit]

1. Jump up ^ Nevill Drury homepage
2. Jump up ^ [1] Biography
3. Jump up ^ in Dream Traces: A Celebration of Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art by Paul Canning European Network for Indigenous Australian Issues: Brighton, 22 April - 24 May 2003
4. Jump up ^ Find Articles Website
5. Jump up ^ "The Ark - 12 December 2004 - Early Pioneers of the New Age". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 6 May 2008. 

References[edit]

• Early Pioneers of the New Age – ABC Radio National: Interview by Rachael Kohn on 12 December 2004.

External links[edit]

• Nevill Drury at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Drury, Nevill
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Date of birth	1947
Place of birth	Hastings, England
Date of death	2013
Place of death	Australia

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