Tom Billinge
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Tom Billinge

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Tom Billinge is originally from England and lives in the USA. He grew up surrounded by Ancient Greek mythology, culture, archaeology and history, as his father was a historical geographer and his mother was Greek. After graduating with a degree in archaeology, Tom moved to Asia, where he explored temples and immersed himself in the martial and spiritual traditions of the East. Following several years travelling the world and writing for a living, Tom returned to the West and to his roots. This led to his first book, Undying Glory: The Solar Path of Greek Heroes that examines the first heroes of Greek mythology. Tom then continued the series with an exploration of the Homeric material in Age of Heroes: Beyond the Solar Path. The final book of the trilogy, Return to Hyperborea: The Heroic Initiate, examines the Orphic tradition. With a particular interest in Indo-European matters, Tom spends much of his time making connections between the spiritual and martial impulses of the various Indo-European cultures. His book WarYoga explores the Indic branch of the Indo-European physical alchemical practice, while the sequel, WarYoga Zurxāne deals with the Iranian tradition. The third part, WarYoga Palaistra dives into the Greek athletic tradition and places it within the sacrificial context. These works are the culmination of years of academic, spiritual, and physical research. Tom has also translated several works including the Iranian epic Garšaspname, The Aryan Männerbund by Stig Wikander, and The Feast of Immortality by Georges Dumezil. Varuna-Ouranos by Dumezil, andPythagoras and Orpheus by Karl Kerenyi, Theophania by Walter Otto, and Initiation Rites of Young Men and Male Warrior Brotherhoods in Early Germanic Culture by Lily Weiser are slated for future release by Sanctus Arya Press. In addition to authoring books, articles, and essays, he teaches Muay Thai, Jiu Jitsu, Old English bareknuckle, and Ancient Greek Pankration. Tom is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.
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