The Spear of Destiny (Ravenscroft)

The Spear of Destiny: the occult power behind the spear which pierced the side of Christ is a 1972 occult book by the anthroposophist writer Trevor Ravenscroft (1921–1989) about the Holy Lance, published by Neville Armstrong's Neville Spearman Publishers. Ravenscroft claimed that the book was based on research "by using mystical meditation" and on the papers of the Austrian anthroposophist Walter Stein given to Ravenscroft by his widow. Ravenscroft originally claimed to have met Stein, but later only claimed contact through a medium with Walter Stein's spirit.

Court case

In 1979 Ravenscroft sued James Herbert for copyright infringement in Herbert's 1978 novel The Spear. The defendant declined to pay Ravenscroft damages and eventually removed the offending content.

Second book

After Ravenscroft's death, Tim Wallace-Murphy published The Mark of the Beast: The Continuing Story of the Spear of Destiny, citing Ravenscroft as co-author in 1997.

References

External links

• Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews (30 December 2012). ""The Spear of Destiny": Hitler, the Hapsburgs and the Holy Grail". Bad Archaeology.

1. Spear of Destiny (disambiguation)
2. The Spear (novel)
3. Raphael Ravenscroft
4. Walter Johannes Stein
5. Grapes of Wrath (album)
6. James Herbert
7. Walter Horn
8. Bram Stoker
9. Occultism in Nazism
10. List of stage names
11. Karl Haushofer
12. Racial policy of Nazi Germany
13. 2005 in music
14. Johannes Tautz
15. Morgan le Fay in modern culture
16. List of popular Christmas singles in the United States
17. Cultural depictions of Otto the Great