Welcome to Shuttered Lamp Publishing

Honoring the Mystery at the heart of the Myth

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Within the myths that survive down through generations, lies a core of wisdom beyond our ability to express in words. Wrapped roundabout with a story, the secret kernel lies in wait for the storyteller who can reveal its essence to ears that are open to hear.

Our mission is to publish works that draw on ancient and modern myths to inspire the highest instincts of our readers.

The bearer of light walks among us; In his hand, a shuttered lamp

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Coming this Spring:

Promised Child

By Holly McClure    

From ruins of past glory and promise, the martyrs have returned to fulfill the prophesy of the last Perfecti when he cried from the fire, “When seven hundred years have passed, the leaves of the bay tree will again turn green.” In expectation of the child who ushers in the dawn of the Light of Lights, they wait.

 

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    Coming this spring;

A Gnosis inspired by the Gospel of Thomas

Received by Sr. Anne Elise

Order of the Holy Chalice   

 

After a life of service and seeking, a holy woman leaves her wisdom for those who follow.

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Coming this summer:

Twisted Hair:  By Holly McClure

The old man held the memory of the past and looked ahead to things to come. At the age of 108, he walked over to the above world, leaving to his children the story of a holy man who would always return when his people needed him most

 

 

"Visions showed a great city: The houses so tall that when you stood among them you could not see the sky. At sunrise they will stand. By mid-day there will be nothing but ashes, and smoke rising from barren ground. That will be the third shaking of the world. Quoted by Dr. Charles Pellegrino in Ghosts of Vesuvius. He added, "words such as this cannot help but chill the bones.