Joscelyn Godwin

Joscelyn Godwin was born in Kelmscott, Oxfordshire, England on January 16, 1945. 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). Coming to the USA in 1966, he did graduate work in Musicology at Cornell University (Ph. D., 1969; dissertation: "The Music of Henry Cowell") and taught at Cleveland State University for two years before joining the Colgate University Music Department in 1971. He has taught at Colgate ever since.

Books By Joscelyn Godwin

Ride the Tiger
Ride the Tiger
By Julius Evola
Translated By Joscelyn Godwin, Constance Fontana
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Julius Evola’s final major work identifies the type of person capable of "riding the tiger," who can give absolute meaning to life in a world of dissolution while transforming destructive processes into inner liberation. Ride the Tiger presents an implacable criticism of the idols and illusions of our modern age, offering hope for those who wish to reembrace Traditionalism.

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Introduction to Magic, Volume II
Introduction to Magic, Volume II
By Julius Evola, The UR Group
Translated By Joscelyn Godwin
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Drawing from mystery traditions throughout history, this book contains authentic initiatic wisdom, magical rituals, and spiritual exercises collected by Julius Evola and the UR Group, including instructions for creating the diaphanous body of the Opus magicum, establishing initiatic consciousness after death, and the construction of magical chains (the enchained awareness of initiates).
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Introduction to Magic, Volume III
Introduction to Magic, Volume III
By Julius Evola, The UR Group
Translated By Joscelyn Godwin
Special Price $23.99 Regular Price $29.99
Authentic initiatic practices, rituals, and wisdom collected by the UR Group

This third--yet stand-alone--volume of writings from the UR Group explores “magic” that centers on an active and affirmative attitude toward individual development, handed down from a primordial tradition and discernable in alchemy, Hermetism, esoteric religious doctrines, indigenous practices, Tantra, Taoism, Buddhism, Vedanta, and the pagan mysteries of the West.