Stephen Skinner (author)
| Dr Stephen Skinner | |
|---|---|
| Born |
22 March 1948 Sydney, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater |
Sydney University (BA), University of Newcastle (PhD) |
| Occupation | Author, publisher and lecturer |
| Website | sskinner |
Dr Stephen Skinner (born 22 March 1948) is an Australian author, editor, publisher and lecturer. He is known for authoring books on magic, feng shui, sacred geometry and alchemy. He has published more than 46 books in more than 20 languages.
Born in Sydney, Australia in March 1948, he lived there till 1972. He attended Trinity Grammar Preparatory School (Strathfield) and Sydney Grammar Secondary School from 1959 to 1964, matriculating with First Class Honors in English, and honors in Geography. He earned his BA (Arts) at Sydney University from 1965 to 1968, majoring in English Literature and Geography, plus Philosophy (Greek Philosophy and formal Logic).
In 1967 he launched and edited two underground magazines in Sydney, titled Lucifer and Chaos. He worked for one year in the Intelligence section of the Department of Trade & Industry (1969), before an interest in the stock market lead to working full-time as a portfolio manager. From there he moved to teaching as a Geography Master at St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, Sydney (1970), followed by Geography Lecturer at Sydney Technical College (now called the University of Technology) in 1971-72.
He received his Ph.D. in Classics from the School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle in 2014 for a thesis on the transmission of magical techniques and equipment from the Graeco-Egyptian magical papyri (1st-5th century C.E.) via the Byzantine Magical Treatise (Hygromanteia) to the 16th-18th century grimoires of Western Europe, specifically the Clavicula Salomonis. The thesis was later developed into two books: Techniques of Graeco-Egypyian Magic and Techniques of Solomonic Magic.
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