Nevill Drury (born in England in 1947) Shadowplay Webzine is an editor, publisher, and professional in many aspects of the publishing business, as well as the author of over forty books on subjects ranging from shamanism and western magical traditions to art, music, and anthropology. His books have been published in fifteen languages. He holds a Master of Arts (Honours) degree in anthropology from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He has lived in Australia since the age of ten.
Drury has worked in the Australian book industry since 1976. A former managing editor for Harper & Row and Doubleday in Australia, he helped found the specialist visual arts publishing company Craftsman House in 1981, which became Australia's leading art book imprint. Drury worked full-time as publishing director of this company from 1989 to January 2000. He also co-edited Australian Painting Now, which was published in the UK and USA by Thames & Hudson. For a short period he was the manager of Adyar Bookshop in Sydney ... Australia's largest metaphysical bookshop.
Drury is a prolific author of books on shamanism, spirituality, and different forms of magical practice. His many books include the first serious overview of occultism in Australia: Other Temples, Other Gods (co-written with Gregory Tillet). Others include Don Juan, Mescalito and Modern Magic, The Occult Experience (the book of a major documentary released in 1985 featuring, among others, Margot Adler, Selena Fox, Alex Sanders, Janet and Stewart Farrar, and H. R. Giger), and Pan's Daughter: the first biography of Australian artist and witch Rosaleen Norton. He also authored several successful books on Australian art, including the three-volume Images series; artist Matthew Tobin (Creative Director, Urban Arts Projects [1]) describes Nevill Drury as "one of those most responsible for Aboriginal art's growth (he discovered Rover Thomas, Clifford Possum and Emily Kngwarreye)" in Dream Traces: A Celebration of Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art by Paul Canning. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. He has been featured at many conferences and events since 1980 as a speaker and workshop facilitator on subjects such as magical visualization and shamanic drumming. He has been both an interviewer and a guest on several programs on Australian television, and recently appeared on 'Compass' (ABC-TV) as a spokesperson for the New Spirituality.
Australian Painting Now (with Laura Murray Cree) (2000)
Bodywork Book (1984)
Creating Good Karma: Release Your Karmic Burdens and Change Your Life (2003)
Creative Visualization - To Attain Your Goals and Improve Your Well-Being (2001)
Dictionary of Mysticism and the Esoteric Traditions (1992) ABC Clio, (1992) Prism Press, (1994) Ferenczy Konyvkiado, (2002) Watkins (republication of Dictionary of Mysticism and the Occult) ISBN 0874366992
Dictionary of Mysticism and the Occult (1985) Harper & Row ISBN 0060620935, (1988) Droemer Knaur
The Dictionary of the Esoteric: Over 3,000 Entries on the Mystical and Occult Traditions (2002) Simon & Schuster (Australia) Pty Ltd ISBN 1842930419, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN 1842931083
Don Juan, Mescalito and Modern Magic: The Mythology of Inner Space (1988) Arkana, Penguin (Non-Classics) (November 1, 1988) ISBN 0140190163, ISBN 978-0140190168
Echoes From the Void: Writings on Magic, Visionary Art and the New Consciousness (1994)
The Elements of Human Potential (1989) Element, (1993) Edizione Crisalide, (1994) Xenia, (1995) Zysk, (1996) Votobia
The Elements of Shamanism (1989) Element, (1991) Tirion, (1991) Jouvence, (1994) Karisto Oy, (1994) Edesviz Kiado, (1994) Rebis , (1995) Xenia, (1996) Forum, (1996) Okyanus , (1997) Floros (republished 2000 by Element as New Perspectives : Shamanism)
Everyday Magic (April 9, 2002) Simon & Schuster, Australia ISBN 0743229193
Exploring the Labyrinth : Making Sense of the New Spirituality (1999) Continuum, 1999 Allen & Unwin (Sydney), 1999 Gill & Macmillan / Newleaf ISBN 1864486449
Fire & Shadow: Spirituality in Contemporary Australian Art (with Anna Voigt) (1996)
The Gods of Rebirth (1988)
Healing Music: The Harmonic Path to Inner Wholeness (with Andrew Watson) (1987)
The Healing Power: A Handbook of Alternative Medicine and Natural Health (1981)
The History of Magic in the Modern Age (2000) Carroll & Graf, 2000 Constable, 2000 Simon & Schuster Australia
The Illustrated Dictionary of Natural Health (with Susan Drury) (1988) David & Charles ISBN 0715393138
Images in Contemporary Australian Painting (1992)
Images 2: Contemporary Australian Painting (1995)
Images 3: Contemporary Australian Painting (1998)
Inner Health: The Health Benefits of Relaxation, Meditation and Visualization (1985)
Inner Visions: Explorations in Magical Consciousness (1995) Arkana, (1995) Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated ISBN 0140192832
Magic and Witchcraft: From Shamanism to the Technopagans (2004)
Merlin's Book of Magick and Enchantment (with Linda Garland) (2001) Barnes and Noble, (1997) Lansdowne, (1998) Raincoast, (2002) Edaf
The New Age: The History of a Movement (2004)
New Art (1990)
New Art One (1987)
New Art Two: New Directions in Contemporary Australian Art (1980)
New Art Four: Profiles in Contemporary Australian Art (1990)
New Art 5: Profiles in Contemporary Australian Art (1991)
New Art Six: Profiles in Contemporary Australian Art (1992)
New Art Seven (1992)
New Art Eight: Profiles in Contemporary Australian Art (1993)
New Perspectives: Shamanism (2000)
New Sculpture: Profiles in Contemporary Australian Sculpture (1994)
Occult Experience (1989)
The Occult Sourcebook (with Gregory Tillett) (1978) Routledge & K. Paul ISBN 0710088752
Other Temples, Other Gods: the Occult in Australia (1980)
Pan's Daughter: the Strange World of Rosaleen Norton (1988)
The Path of the Chameleon: Man's Encounter with the Gods and Magic (1973)
Reincarnation: Exploring the Concept of Reincarnation in Religion, Philosophy and Traditional Cultures (2002) Barnes & Noble, New York ISBN 0760732345
Sacred Encounters: Shamanism and Magical Journeys of the Spirit (2003)
The Search for Abraxas (with Colin Wilson) (1972)
The Shaman and the Magician: Journeys Between the Worlds (1988) Arkana, Penguin (Non-Classics); New Ed edition (November 1, 1988) ISBN 0140190562, ISBN 978-0140190564
The Shaman's Quest: Journeys in an Ancient Spiritual Practice (with Tom Cowan) (2002)
The Tarot Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Discovering the Wisdom of the Cards (Divination and Energy Workbooks) (2004)
Vision Quest: A Personal Journey Through Magic and Shamanism (1989)
The Visionary Human: Mystical Consciousness and Paranormal Perspectives (1991)
The Watkins Dictionary of Magic: Over 3,000 Entries on the World of Magical Formulas, Secret Symbols, and the Occult (July 28, 2006) Watkins ISBN 1842931520, ISBN 978-1842931523
A Way Forward: Spiritual Guidance for Our Troubled Times (with Anna Voigt) (2003)
Wisdom from the Earth : the Living Legacy of the Aboriginal Dreamtime (with Anna Voigt) (1998) Shambhala, (1997) Simon & Schuster Australia, (1998) Droemer / Delphi (Germany)
