Brian Bates is former Chairman of Psychology

Psychology

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 at the University of Sussex

University of Sussex

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. He is currently a Senior Visiting Research Fellow there in the Sussex Institute and a Visiting Professor at the University of Brighton

University of Brighton

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. He is best known as the author of best-selling books on the shamanic wisdom of Anglo-Saxon

Anglo-Saxon

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 England

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, and for his award-winning course at Sussex on "Shamanic Consciousness". He is also an authority on the psychology of actors, teaching and directing for ten years at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

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 in London

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Anglo-Saxon Shamanism

• The Way of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer (London: Century, 1983, ISBN 978-0712602778) a documentary novel about the spiritual wisdom of Anglo-Saxon England.
• The Wisdom of the Wyrd: Teachings for Today from Our Ancient Past (London: Rider & Co., 1996, ISBN 978-0712672771)
• The Real Middle-Earth: Magic and Mystery in the Dark Ages (London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 2002, ISBN 978-0283073533)

Psychology

• The Way of the Actor: A Path to Knowledge & Power (Random House, 1987, ISBN 978-0877733843)
• How to Manage Your Mother: 10 Steps to a Better Relationship (with Alyce Faye Eichelberger-Cleese) (Diane Publishing Co., 1999, ISBN 978-0756783334)
• The Human Face (with John Cleese
  John Cleese
  John Marwood Cleese is an English actor, comedian, writer, and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report...
  
  ) (DK Publishing Inc., 2001, ISBN 978-0789478368)

Selected articles

• 'Wyrd Druidry' in Druidry: Re-kindling the Sacred Fire (British Druid Order)

External links

• http://www.brianbates.co.uk
• http://www.wayofwyrd.com/