Edward Gauntlett, MA
Location: Whyteleafe
Membership Grade: Professional Member
Contact Info
General Experience
Writer, proofreader, editor, lecturer and widely read across various subject areas, primarily: philosophy, world religions, literature (BA Philosophy KCL; MA Literature, Religion and Philosophy Sussex University), psychotherapies, history, art, magic and the occult. Proofreading and editing academic theses and peer-reviewed publications. My experience, including working in the financial sector in the City, ensures I meet tight deadlines. I will be happy to consider any commission, including at short notice.
Subjects
MA Literature, Religion and Philosophy.
Long standing interest in mythology and I have published a number of articles on these subjects.
Wide reading in world history, particularly in relation to religion and art.
I hold a BA in Philosophy and an MA in Literature, Religion and Philosophy. Recent index prepared for Thomas-Pellicer The Places of God.
I have studied Buddhism, Hinduism and Taoism.
Long standing interest in the occult and magick, particularly the works of Aleister Crowley, Kenneth Grant, Austin Osman Spare, Dion Fortune. I have written extensively on these subjects with books published by Von Zos and articles in Abraxas, The Cauldron and Quest. Recent work includes proofreading and indexing for Starfire Publishing.
All areas, with particular interest in the Symbolists and Surrealists.
Extensive study of theology and the Bible
World religions and mythology.
Psychotherapies, especially Art Psychotherapy, also Psychoanalysis and Analytical Psychology.
Extensive background.
Politics, economics, trade. A particular interest in the experiences of refugees and asylum seekers, having some experience of fostering unaccompanied asylum seeker children.
Other skills
Proofreading
Proofreading the revised and enhanced new editions of Kenneth Grant's books for Starfire Publishing Ltd. Editing and proofreading MA / MSc theses and articles for peer reviewed academic journals.
Copy-Editing
Books and academic theses.
Writing
Published author in journals and books. Editor of The Charles Williams Society Quarterly.
Recent indexes include
Jenny Draper, Mavericks: life stories and lessons of history’s most extraordinary misfits , Watkins, February 2025
Jamie Reid, Stephen Ellcock, Philip Carr-Gomm, John Marchant, Time for Magic, Watkins, June 2024
Paula Marvelly, Sacred Feminine Through the Ages: Voices of visionary women on power and belief, Watkins, June 2024
Kate Hext, Wilde in the Dream Factory: Decadence in the American Movies, OUP, March 2024
Ran Barkai and Eyal Halfon, They Were Here Before Us: Stories from Our First Million Years, Watkins, March 2024
John Robb, Art of Darkness: The History of Goth, Manchester University Press, October 2023
Jocey Quinn, Invisible Education: Posthuman Explorations of Everyday Learning, Routledge, August 2023
Daniel Schneider, The British and Anglo-Irish Thing-Essay from 1702 to 2021, Routledge, September 2023
Marco Visconti, The Aleister Crowley Manual: Thelemic Magick for Modern Times, Watkins Publishing, Feb 2023
Clients Include
Bloomsbury
Routledge
Starfire Publishing Ltd
Dunedin Academic Press
Watkins Publishing
Manchester University Press
Tools
PC
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