Writings by Colquhoun

 

A number of Colquhoun's poems,short texts and extracts from the longer prose works have been reprinted in anthologies and exhibition catalogues.  In the following listing, these reprints are generally not noted.

 

Colquhoun, IThe Prose of Alchemy. The Quest. Vol 21 (3) April 1930

                      pp294-303. Published whilst the author was still at art

                      school.

Colquhoun, IThe Double Village. London Bulletin No. 7, (December-

                      January 1939) p23. 

Colquhoun, I.  The Moths. London Bulletin No. 10, February 1939.

Colquhoun, I.  What do I need to paint a picture?  London Bulletin,

                      No. 17, 15th  June 1939. p13. With four photographs of

                      the artist.

Colquhoun, I.  The Volcano. London Bulletin, No.17, June 1939. pp15-17. 

Colquhoun, I.  The Echoing Bruise. London Bulletin, No. 17, June 1939.

                      pp17-18.

Colquhoun, I.    Nature Note. in: Bayliss, B., Moore, N. and Newton, D.

                      eds.) The Fortune Anthology, The Fortune Press, London

                      1942 p29.  A short text that compares the flight patterns

                      of butterflies and aircraft.

Colquhoun, I.  Triad.  Poetry Quarterly, Spring 1943 vol 5 (1) p31.  A

                      prose poem.

Colquhoun, I.    Everything found on Land is found in the Sea and The

                      Water stone of the Wise. in:A Comfort and J Bayliss, (eds.)

                      New Road, 1943. Gray Walls Press,  Billericay, Essex.

                      pp 196-9.

Colquhoun, I.    Aged Six. View, ser.4, No. 2 (summer 1944). p52. A poem

                      written when the artist was six years old.

Colquhoun, I.    Response to questionnaire, Le Savoir Vivre Brussels, Le

                      Mirroir Infidèle. 1946. 

Colquhoun, I.    The Mantic Stain. Enquiry, 2, No. 4 (October-November)

                      1949. pp15-21.       

Colquhoun, I.    Children of the Mantic Stain. Athene, May1952, pp29-34.

                      An expanded version of The Mantic Stain.

Colquhoun, I.    Heaven and Earth.  The London Broadsheet, No. 1 (15th

                      December) 1954. An article on GB Gardner and Witchcraft.

                      This issue also contained three poems by Colquhoun.

Colquhoun, I.    Divination up-to-date The London Broadsheet, No. 2 1955.

                      An article on oneiromancy.  This issue also contained 

                      one poem and a reproduction of a drawing.

Colquhoun, I.   Portrait of a Magician: Austin Osman Spare. The London

                      Broadsheet, No. 3 (March) 1955. This issue also contained

                      one poem by Colquhoun.

Colquhoun, I.    The Dying-Kick of the Dying-God.  The London Broadsheet,

                      No. 4 (April) 1955.  An exposition of Thelemic Aeonics.

                      This issue also contained one poem by the author.

Colquhoun, I.   ‘Unidentified Flying Objects’.  The London Broadsheet,

                      No. 5 (June) 1955.  This issue also contained one poem

                      by the author.

Colquhoun, I.    The Goat without Horns. Other Voices, 1, No.1, (21st

                      January) 1955, p 1. A short story dealing with

                      cannibalism.

Colquhoun, I.    The Crying of the Wind: Ireland. Peter Owen, London,

                      1955. Contains line drawings and illustrated dust jacket

                      by the author.

Colquhoun, I.  The Living Stones: Cornwall. Peter Owen, London, 1957.

                      Contains line drawings and illustrated dust jacket by the

                      author. 

Colquhoun, I.  Corolla’s Pinions and  Serenade of Zicava. in P. Owen and

                      W. Owen (eds)  Springtime Two, Peter Owen, London

                      1958. pp36-50. In addition to these two prose pieces the

                      anthology also contained three poems by Colquhoun and

                      translations by her of one poem each by Laforgue,

                      Mallarmé and Rimbaud.

Colquhoun, I.    Goose of Hermogenes. Peter Owen, London, 1961.

                      Reprinted 2003 with a biographical sketch by Eric Ratcliffe

                      and personal reminiscences of the artist by the

                      publisher, Peter Owen.

Colquhoun, I.    L’Isle de la Fleur Nocturne (Night Blossom Island). Prose

                      poem, Fantasmagie, Brussels, March 1962, No 9.

                      pp 16-17.  Translated into French by Paule Mévisse.

Colquhoun, I.    La Goëlette Etoile de Mer (The Schooner Hesperus).

                      Soleils, Paris, 1963. Short story. Translated into French

                      by Serge Hutin.

Colquhoun, I.  The Revealer. The Cornish Review, Summer 1969 No.12,

                        p12. A poem.

Colquhoun, I.    The Interlace. Quest, No.1 March 1970 p12. Article on the

                        symbolism of Celtic design.

Colquhoun, I.    The Openings of the Body. Quest, No. 4, December 1970,

                        pp 26-27. Article commenting on Madame Blavatsky’s

                        ideas concerning ‘gateways’ in the human body.

Colquhoun, I.    Bergie and Zan. Prediction, January 1971, pp24-26.

                        Biographical details of  MacGregor  Mathers and his wife

                        Moina.

Colquhoun, I.    A Walking Flame. Man, Myth and Magic, No. 80. 1971,

                        pp 2257-8.  An article on MacGregor Mathers.

Colquhoun, I.     Cornish Earth. The Cornish Review, September 1971

                        No.18. pp 57-66. A glossary of Cornish words and

                        phrases.

Colquhoun, I.   Two Pupils and a Master. Prediction, October 1971, vol. 37

                        (10) pp12-14.  The master is Mathers, the pupils are

                      Yeats and  Crowley.

Colquhoun, I.    Kurt Schwitters en Angleterre. Fantasmagie, No. 29,

                        Brussels, February 1971.

Colquhoun, I.    The Two Silurists. Prediction, Vol. 37, No 7.  July 1971.

                        pp22-24.

Colquhoun, I.    Aperçu sur l'Origine du Collage. Fantasmagie, No. 31,

                        December, 1971.

Colquhoun, I.     Incantations. TRANSFORMAcTION (4) 1971 pp 20-21. Six

                        poems.

Colquhoun, I.     The Chain Poem. TRANSFORMAcTION (5) 1973 pp 22-23.

                        Article with examples of this surrealist technique.

Colquhoun, I.     Grimoire of the Entangled Thicket. Ore Publications,

                        Stevenage, Hertfordshire.  1973.  Poems and 8

                        illustrations by the artist, based on  the Celtic tree

                        alphabet.

Colquhoun, I.    The Sword of Wisdom. MacGregor Mathers and the Golden

                        Dawn. Spearman, London 1975.

Colquhoun, I.    The Taro as Colour. Sangreal, 1978, Vol 1. No. 2 pp31-33.

                        Reprint of an essay written to accompany an exhibition at

                        the Newlyn Art Gallery in 1977.

Colquhoun, I.    Pilgrimage. Sangreal, 1979, Vol 2, No.1 pp29-31.  Advice

                        on visiting chthonic power-centres.

Colquhoun, I.    The Zodiac and the Flashing Colours, Hermetic Journal,

                        1979. pp 5-7.

Colquhoun, I.    Colour and the Two Sigils. Hermetic Journal,1979. pp 8-9.

Colquhoun, I.    Memoir of E.J.L. Garstin. Hermetic Journal,1979.  Garstin

                        was a cousin of Colquhoun.

Colquhoun, I.    Notes on the Colouring of the Homer's Golden Chain

                        Diagram. Hermetic Journal,1979. no 6 pp 15-17.

Colquhoun, I.    Lamorna.  Wood and Water Vol. 1, No. 7. 1980, p 11.  A

                        brief extract from The Living Stones.

Colquhoun, I.    An Avon Well.  Wood and Water Vol. 1,  No. 7.  1980,

                        pp 19-20.  A visit to a Holy Well.

Colquhoun, I.    Notes on Automatism. Melmoth No. 2 1980. pp31-32.

                        The issue also included two poems by the artist and a

                        chain-poem.

Colquhoun, I.    Women in Art. Oxford Art Journal, July 1981 p 65. A letter

                        commenting on Ades’ article in a previous issue of the

                        journal.

Colquhoun, I.   Coronach for Iona.  The New Celtic Review, Lammas 1982.

                        pp4-5.  A suite of six poems and seven drawings recording

                        a visit to Iona made in August 1981.

Colquhoun, I.     Vathe: Hawthorne.  The New Celtic Review, Beltane 1982.

                        p5. A poem, previously published in Ore magazine, issue

                        27.  One of the series of poems based on the Celtic tree

                        alphabet.

Colquhoun, I.    Osmazone. Dunganon, Örkeljunga, Sweden.  Undated (but

                        1983). Poems, texts and drawings by the artist. Limited

                        edition of 200 copies.

Colquhoun, I.    A dream.  Wood and Water Vol. 2, No. 6. 1983, p3.

                        Reflections on Holy Wells.

Colquhoun, I.    Uath.  Wood and Water Vol. 2, No. 7. 1983, p 3. A poem

                        from the Celtic tree alphabet sequence.

 

 

Cunard N. and Banting J. (eds.) Salvo for Russia. London,  1942. Limited

                      edition of 100 copies. Contains one etching by the artist.

 

 

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