Heart of Albion
Alby Stone
Alby Stone was born in 1954 near Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Since 1982 he has lived and worked in London. His main interests are the history, archaeology and sociology of religion and associated beliefs and practices, historical linguistics; and the quirks, conceits and follies of the human mind. He also likes other things but they're not relevant here.
Alby would like to make it clear that he does not support any fascist, racist, homophobic or sexist organisation or ideology. As an atheist and humanist, he does not believe in or support any religion, though he respects the right of others to believe on the understanding that they should respect his right to disbelieve.
In recent years he has returned to his first love, writing fiction. You can find out what he's up to at www.vaingloriouslunacy.com
Three Heart of Albion titles by Alby Stone – Explore Shamanism; Ymir's flesh: North European Creation Mythologies and Straight Track Crooked Road: Leys, spirit paths and shamanism – are available as free PDFs via www.vaingloriouslunacy.com/nonfiction. Note that the PDF version of Ymir's Flesh is a revised edition.
Printed copies of the original edition of Ymir's flesh – North European Creation Mythologies are still available from Heart of Albion.
Three booklets by Alby Stone and published by Heart of Albion have been brought together, along with a fourth essay, into a book-length PDF called Grail and Cosmos: Arthurian explorations, also available via www.vaingloriouslunacy.com/nonfiction
Titles by Alby Stone previously published by Heart of Albion Press but now out of print:
Wyrd – Fate and destiny in northern European paganism
A Splendid Pillar – Images of the axis mundi in the Grail Romances
The Bleeding Lance – Myth, ritual and the Grail legend
The Questing Beast and Other Cosmic Dismemberments
Straight Track Crooked Road – Leys, spirit paths and shamanism
Explore Shamanism
Alby Stone has also published a number of articles in
Mercian Mysteries and At the Edge, including:
Flying to the cloud - Soma and the Axis Mundi
The Nine Sisters and the Axis Mundi
Penda the Pagan – Royal sacrifice and a Mercian king
Hellhounds, Werewolves and the Germanic Underworld
Alby Stone can be contacted by email via Heart of Albion Press