The Atlantis Bookshop is an esoteric bookshop in Museum Street, London. [1] Established by Michael Houghton in 1922, [2] it is currently owned and run by Bali Beskin and her mother Geraldine.
Atlantis has long been a hub for London's occult world. [3] Gerald Gardner attended meetings of The Order of the Hidden Masters in its basement during his formative years, [4] and also held meetings of his own Coven there. The shop published his first book on witchcraft, the novel High Magic's Aid. [5] Here he also met Ross Nichols, later a key figure in the Druid world, who edited Gardner's 1954 Witchcraft Today. [6]
Atlantis hosts art exhibitions and esoteric talks, workshops and book launches. For many years it ran a discussion group for pagans and magicians called "The Moot With No Name" in the nearby Devereux Arms off Fleet Street, [7] [8] which then moved to Milford's pub in Milford Lane as "The Atlantis Bookshop Presents" before ceasing some years ago. It also publishes occasional volumes under its own imprint, Neptune Press, [3] for example an illuminated edition of Aleister Crowley's The Book of the Law. [9]
The shop featured in the British 1971 film Gumshoe.
In the 1980s, the Odin Brotherhood used the shop as a contact point. [10]
The Atlantis Bookshop is an esoteric bookshop in Museum Street, London. [1] Established by Michael Houghton in 1922, [2] it is currently owned and run by Bali Beskin and her mother Geraldine.
Atlantis has long been a hub for London's occult world. [3] Gerald Gardner attended meetings of The Order of the Hidden Masters in its basement during his formative years, [4] and also held meetings of his own Coven there. The shop published his first book on witchcraft, the novel High Magic's Aid. [5] Here he also met Ross Nichols, later a key figure in the Druid world, who edited Gardner's 1954 Witchcraft Today. [6]
Atlantis hosts art exhibitions and esoteric talks, workshops and book launches. For many years it ran a discussion group for pagans and magicians called "The Moot With No Name" in the nearby Devereux Arms off Fleet Street, [7] [8] which then moved to Milford's pub in Milford Lane as "The Atlantis Bookshop Presents" before ceasing some years ago. It also publishes occasional volumes under its own imprint, Neptune Press, [3] for example an illuminated edition of Aleister Crowley's The Book of the Law. [9]
The shop featured in the British 1971 film Gumshoe.
In the 1980s, the Odin Brotherhood used the shop as a contact point. [10]