John Michael Greer

John Michael Greer
Born 1962
Bremerton, Washington
Occupation author, religious leader, blogger

John Michael Greer (born 1962) is an American author who writes on the environment, various religions, and occult topics. He served from December 2003 to December 2015 as the Grand Archdruid of the Ancient Order of Druids in America , and since then has focused on the Druidical Order of the Golden Dawn , which he founded in 2013.[1][2] He used to write at his blogs, The Archdruid Report, on peak oil and related topics during 2006-2017,[3] as well asThe Well of Galabes on occultism 2014-2017,[4] and is currently blogging at Ecosophia.

Writing in The Futurist magazine, Rick Docksai declared that Greer's book The Ecotechnic Future is "as realistic a portrayal of the end of civilization as one is likely to find."[5] It was also positively reviewed in Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries[6] and was recommended in the industry journal Energy Policy.[7]

The International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability referred to his book The Wealth of Nature as "challeng[ing] the paradigms that underlie the complex system of wealth distribution we know as economics."[8]

His book The New Encyclopedia of the Occult was selected as a reference text in 2005 by American Libraries[9] and noted by Booklist[10] and Publishers Weekly.[11]

Bibliography

Spirituality and the occult

  • Monsters: An Investigator's Guide to Magical Beings (Llewellyn, 2001)
  • The New Encyclopedia of the Occult (Llewellyn, 2003)
  • The Druidry Handbook: Spiritual Practice Rooted in the Living Earth (Weiser Books, January 2006)
  • Gérard Thibault d'Anvers. Academy of the Sword, trans John Michael Greer (Highland Park, TX: The Chivalry Bookshelf, 2006)
  • The Druid Magic Handbook (Starseed, 2007)
  • Element Encyclopedia of Secret Societies: The Ultimate A–Z of Ancient Mysteries, Lost Civilizations and Forgotten Wisdom (HarperCollins, 2009)
  • The Druid Revival Reader (Starseed, 2011)
  • The Druid Grove Handbook (Starseed, 2011)
  • Mystery Teachings From the Living Earth (Weiser, 2012)
  • The Gnostic Celtic Church" A Manual and Book of Liturgy (Starseed, 2013)
  • The Celtic Golden Dawn: An Original & Complete Curriculum of Druidical Study (Llewellyn, February 2013)
  • The Coelbren Alphabet (Llewellyn, 2017)
  • The Occult Book: A Chronological Journey from Alchemy to Wicca (Sterling Chronologies, 2017)

Economics and political change

  • The Long Descent: A User's Guide to the End of the Industrial Age (New Society Publishers, September 2008)
  • The Ecotechnic Future: Envisioning a Post-Peak World (New Society Publishers, October 2009)
  • The Wealth of Nature: Economics As If Survival Mattered (New Society Publishers, May 2011) ISBN 978-0-86571-673-5
  • Green Wizardry (New Society, 2013)
  • Not the Future we Ordered: Peak Oil, Psychology and the Myth of Progress (Karnac, 2013)
  • Decline and Fall: the End of Empire and the Future of Democracy in the 21st Century (New Society, 2014)
  • Collapse Now and Avoid the Rush: the Best of the Archdruid Report (Founders House, 2015)
  • After Progress: Reason and Religion at the End of the Industrial Age Paperback (New Society Publishers, April 2015)
  • Dark Age America: Climate Change, Cultural Collapse, and the Hard Future Ahead (New Society Publishers, September 2016)
  • The Retro Future: Looking to the Past to Remake the Future (New Society, 2017)

Fiction

  • Twilight's Last Gleaming (Karnac, 2014) ISBN 978-1-78220-035-2
  • Star's Reach: A Novel of the Deindustrial Future (Founders House, April 2014)
  • The Fires of Shalasa (Starseed Press, 2008) (Founders House, 2015)
  • Retrotopia (Founders House, 2016)
  • An Archdruid's Tales: Fiction From The Archdruid Report (Founders House, 2017)
  • The Weird of Hali (Book 1): Innsmouth (Miskatonic, 2017)
  • The Weird of Hali (Book 2): Kingsport (Miskatonic, 2017)

Anthologies edited

  • After Oil: SF Visions of a Post-Petroleum World (Founders House, 2012
  • After Oil 2: The Years of Crisis (Founders House, 2014)
  • After Oil 3: The Years of Rebirth (Founders House, 2015)
  • After Oil 4: The Future's Distant Shores (Founders House, 2016)
  • Merigan Tales: Stories for the World of Star's Reach (Founders House,2016)

Notes

  1. ↑ "AODA Grand Grove Bios". AODA. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "The Scope of Occultism, Part One: Traditional Operative Methods". Well of Galabes. December 21, 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Founders House Exclusive: ADR Bundle". www.foundershousepublishing.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  4. ↑ "The Well of Galabes - Ecosophia". Ecosophia. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  5. ↑ Docksai, Rick. "Is industrial civilization doomed?" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. The Futurist Mar.-Apr. 2010: 58+. Academic OneFile. Web. 8 Dec. 2013.
  6. ↑ Conant, F. P., Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. Aug 2010, Vol. 47 Issue 12, p2370
  7. ↑ Friedrichs, Jörg (August 2010). "Global energy crunch: How different parts of the world would react to a peak oil scenario". Energy Policy. 38 (8): 4562–4569. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2010.04.011.
  8. ↑ Avery, William Alexander; Francis, Charles (22 May 2013). "The wealth of nature: economics as if survival mattered". International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. 12 (1): 89–91. doi:10.1080/14735903.2013.796766.
  9. ↑ Dean, Katharine. "Reference That Rocks!!" American Libraries. May2005, Vol. 36 Issue 5, p37-40.
  10. ↑ "The New Encyclopedia of the Occult. (review)". Booklist. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  11. ↑ "The New Encyclopedia of the Occult.(Book Review)". Publishers Weekly. 250 (35): 1. Sep 2003. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

References

  • Wenisch, Michael (Spring 2009), Backhaus, Gary, ed., "Peak Oil, Energy Limits, and Resulting Alterations in the Built Space of the United States", Environment, Space, Place: Volume 1 /, Zeta Books, 1 (1), ISBN 9789731997254
  • Docksai, Rick (January–February 2014), "Transforming Life on Earth, One Garden at a Time", The Futurist, World Future Society, vol. 48 no. 1, p. 52
  • Jackson, Molly (December 22, 2015), "Who Are Those People at Stonehenge Celebrating the Winter Solstice?", The Christian Science Monitor
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