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Joscelyn Godwin | |
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| Born | Joscelyn Godwin 16 January 1945 Kelmscott, Oxfordshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, author, translator |
| Known for | Ancient music, Paganism, Occult |
Joscelyn Godwin (born 16 January 1945 at Kelmscott, Oxfordshire, England) is a composer, musicologist, and translator, known for his work on ancient music, paganism, and music in the occult.
He was educated as a chorister at Christ Church Cathedral School, Oxford, then at Radley College (Music Scholar), and Magdalene College, Cambridge (Music Scholar; B.A., 1965, Mus. B., 1966, M.A. 1969). [1]
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John Michael Greer is an American author and druid who writes on ecology, politics, appropriate technology, oil depletion and the occult.
Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi was an author of books on the Toledano Tradition of Kabbalah, a teacher of the discipline, with a worldwide following, and a founding member of the Kabbalah Society.
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