The Camberwell Chronicles - a trilogy of spiritual adventure novels for the modern day mystic. Lying somewhere between the cosmic void of Buddhism, and the chaotic madness of the modern world, the Camberwell of these novels takes on a mythical quality. A modern myth, in which the ordinariness of a small, unfashionable London suburb is swept away, and Camberwell is infused with magick and mysticism. In this version of Camberwell, if something can happen, it probably already has. This is indeed a special place: It has a history, and it is about to acquire a destiny.
The Camberwell Chronicles is the first book in the “Camberwell” trilogy. It is set in the large squatting community which flourished there during the nineteen-eighties, and can be loosely described as “science-faction”. Many of the book’s characters and the events that befall them actually are real. These books were born out of my own time in the squats of Brunswick Park. Therefore, there is an inevitable auto-biographical element to the stories. The events that I witnessed, coupled with my involvement with the human consciousness movement, eastern philosophy and ritual magick, has led to these imaginings I call The Camberwell Chronicles.
Along the way we find answers to some of the questions that have puzzled mankind for centuries: where do the amazing crystal skulls come from, and who really made them? What was the real purpose of the giant stupa complex at Borobudur in Java? What is buried beneath the ancient floor of Chartres Cathedral? What happens when your mind goes blank? Finally, and most importantly ? who painted the damn streets!!?
Central to all the action is Otto’s induction into the world of mysticism and altered consciousness. Simon and his Circle of mystics contend that the human species is still at a primitive stage in its development. Simon’s constant message to Otto is that he must first become fully human, before he can be more than human . . . Please click here to continue.

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