Peter Mark Adams
Peter Mark Adams is an author, poet, esotericist and professional energy worker specialising in the ethnography and visuality of ritual, sacred landscape, esotericism, consciousness and healing.
Peter’s esoteric non-fiction is published by Scarlet Imprint; non-fiction concerning energy healing and consciousness by Inner Traditions. Peter’s literary prose and poetry has appeared in Corbel Stone Press’ literary journal Reliquiae: Journal of Nature, Landscape & Mythology and the Bosphorus Review of Books. Reviews of esoterically related works have appeared on the dedicated esoteric book review site, Paralibrum.
A range of essays examining other than human encounters have appeared in the peer reviewed journals Paranthropology: Journal of Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal and The Journal of Exceptional Experiences and Psychology and are available on Peter’s academia.edu page. With a background in Philosophy from the University of Liverpool, Peter pursues advanced studies on iconology and iconographic; Renaissance art and material culture with the Warburg Institute’s School of Advanced Studies in London.
Our work with Peter Mark Adams
A new edition of Peter Mark Adams’s The Game of Saturn: Decoding the Sola-Busca Tarocchi, the first full length, scholarly study of the enigmatic Renaissance masterwork.
4to (280 × 215 mm)
316 pp
Extensively illustrated in colour
Issued in 2 editions –
standard hardback / paperback
❦ Please note, this is a pre-order. Both the hardback and paperback books are expected to begin shipping in mid July.
A conversation between Peter Mark Adams and Christophe Poncet on the esoteric tarot, in relation to the elite and Saturnian Sola-Busca tarocchi and the popular and luminous Tarot de Marseille. The two leading researchers into the hidden legacy of the tarot discuss the significance of their discoveries, which overturn the prevailing academic orthodoxy, and in doing so transform our understanding of the role of tarot in Western esotericism.
Royal 8vo (234 × 156 mm)
128 pp
Illustrated throughout in colour
Issued in 3 editions –
fine / standard hardback / digital
Peter Mark Adams’ Mystai: Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysos is the only full length, scholarly study of the ritual process of initiation into the mysteries of Dionysos as depicted in the frescoes of Pompeii’s Villa of the Mysteries.
Imperial 8vo (210 × 290 mm, landscape)
192 pp
38 images including colour photographs of the restored frescoes
Issued in 3 editions –
fine / standard hardback / paperback
A zip file containing epub and mobi files
A conversation between Peter Mark Adams and Christophe Poncet on the esoteric tarot, in relation to the elite and Saturnian Sola-Busca tarocchi and the popular and luminous Tarot de Marseille. The two leading researchers into the hidden legacy of the tarot discuss the significance of their discoveries, which overturn the prevailing academic orthodoxy, and in doing so transform our understanding of the role of tarot in Western esotericism.
Peter Mark Adams’s in depth study of the esoteric doctrines and spiritual traditions encoded within the Hagia Sophia, as manifested in its structural and decorative design.
Crown 4vo (245 × 189 mm)
240 pp
Specially commissioned colour photographs of the marble revetment; black & white studies in light; and architectural drawings.
Issued in 4 editions –
fine / standard hardback / paperback / digital
A zip file containing epub and mobi files
Peter Mark Adams’s in depth study of the esoteric doctrines and spiritual traditions encoded within the Hagia Sophia, as manifested in its structural and decorative design.
The Game of Saturn is the first full length, scholarly study of the enigmatic Renaissance masterwork known as the Sola-Busca tatrocchi. It reveals the existence of a pagan liturgical and ritual tradition active amongst members of the Renaissance elite and encoded within the deck. This work explores the historical context for the deck’s creation against the background of tense Ferrarese-Venetian diplomatic intrigue and espionage. The recovery of the deck’s encoded narratives constitutes a significant contribution to Renaissance scholarship, art history, tarot studies and the history of Western esotericism.
Mystai: Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysos is a grand-breaking study of the ritual process of initiation into the mysteries of Dionysos as depicted in the frescoes of Pompeii’s Villa of the Mysteries.
Hagia Sophia / Sanctum of Kronos: Spiritual Dissent in an Age of Tyranny is a study of the esoteric doctrines and spiritual traditions encoded within the Hagia Sophia, as manifested in its structural and decorative design.
Two Esoteric Tarots is the record of a fascinating conversation between Peter Mark Adams and Christophe Poncet, convened and with a foreword by César Pedreros. They compare their journeys of discovery into two wildly contrasting tarot decks, the dark ritual landscape of the elite Sola-Busca tarocchi, as revealed in The Game of Saturn, and the luminous and popular Tarot de Marseille.