Watkins Books
Watkins Books is London's oldest esoteric bookshop specializing in esotericism, mysticism, occultism, oriental religion and contemporary spirituality.[1] The book store was established by John M. Watkins, a friend of Madame Blavatsky, in 1897 at 26 Charing Cross. John Watkins had already been selling books via a catalogue which he began publishing in March 1893.[2] The first biography of Aleister Crowley mentions that Crowley made all of the books in Watkins disappear and magically reappear.[3]
Geoffrey Watkins (1896–1981) owned and managed the store after his father.[4] He was also an author[5] and publisher, with notable books including first publishing Carl Gustav Jung's 1925 edition of Septem Sermones ad Mortuos.[6]
In 1901, Watkins Books moved to 21 Cecil Court where it has been continuously trading ever since. It publishes a magazine called the Watkins' Mind Body Spirit magazine, which has featured leading authors from mind-body-spirit and esoteric fields. Watkins Books has been owned by Etan Ilfeld since March 2010.[7][8] Since then, a new website has been launched, and the store regularly hosts book launches and signings. Additionally, the Watkins website has integrated a spiritual map of London that everyone is invited to contribute to. Watkins Books has also published a free Mind Body Spirit app that is available on the iPhone/iPad and Android devices. [9]
Watkins' Spiritual 100 list for 2012
The February 2012 issue (Number 29) of Watkins Mind Body Spirit ranks the world's top 100 most spiritually influential living people.[10] The three main factors used to compile the list were:
- the person has to be alive;
- the person has to have made a unique and spiritual contribution on a global scale; and
- the person is frequently googled, appears in Nielsen Data and is actively talked about on the Internet.
The list follows:
References
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- ↑ Watkins Review, Issue 24, June 2010
- ↑ Page 268, 1952 edition of The Great Beast by John Symonds
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- ↑ http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3403804790.html
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- ↑ http://www.thebookseller.com/news/deal-agreed-over-watkins-books.html
- ↑ Kindred Spirit, Issue 109
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