Nevill Drury 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

Shamanism

Shamanism is an anthropological term referencing a range of beliefs and practices regarding communication with the spiritual world. To quote Eliade: "A first definition of this complex phenomenon, and perhaps the least hazardous, will be: shamanism = technique of ecstasy." Shamanism encompasses the...

 and western magical traditions

Folk religion

Folk religion consists of ethnic or regional religious customs under the umbrella of an organized religion, but outside of official doctrine and practices...

 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

Macquarie University

Macquarie University is an Australian public teaching and research university located in Sydney, with its main campus situated in Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of Sydney...

 in Sydney, Australia. He has lived in Australia since the age of ten.

Publishing

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 US by Thames & Hudson

Thames & Hudson

Thames & Hudson is a publisher of illustrated books on art, architecture, design, and visual culture. With its headquarters in London, England it has a sister company in New York and subsidiaries in Melbourne, Singapore and Hong Kong...

. For a short period he was the manager of Adyar Bookshop in Sydney — Australia's largest metaphysical bookshop.

Writing and lecturing

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

Margot Adler

Margot Adler is an author, journalist, lecturer, Wiccan priestess and radio journalist and correspondent for National Public Radio .- Early life :Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Adler grew up mostly in New York City...

, Selena Fox

Selena Fox

Selena Fox is a Wiccan priestess and activist, psychotherapist, self-published author and lecturer in the fields of Neopaganism, Wicca, New Age and comparative religion.- Circle :Rev...

, Alex Sanders

Alex Sanders (Wiccan)

Alex Sanders , born Orrell Alexander Carter, was an English occultist and High Priest in the Neopagan religion of Wicca, responsible for founding the tradition of Alexandrian Wicca during the 1960s. He was a figure who often appeared in tabloid newspapers...

, Janet and Stewart Farrar

Stewart Farrar

Frank Stewart Farrar , who always went by the name of Stewart Farrar, was an English screenwriter, novelist and prominent figure in the Neopagan religion of Wicca, which he devoted much of his later life to propagating with the aid of his seventh wife, Janet Farrar, and then his friend Gavin Bone...

, and H. R. Giger

H. R. Giger

Hans Rudolf "Ruedi" Giger is a Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor, and set designer. He won an Academy Award for Best Achievement for Visual Effects for his design work on the film Alien.-Early life:...

), and Pan's Daughter: the first biography of Australian artist and witch Rosaleen Norton

Rosaleen Norton

Rosaleen "Roie" Norton , who used the craft name of Thorn, was an Australian artist and occultist, in the latter capacity adhering to a form of pantheistic Neopagan Witchcraft or Wicca which was devoted to the god Pan...

. He also authored several successful books on Australian art, including the three-volume Images series; artist Matthew Tobin (Creative Director, Urban Arts Projects http://www.dtrdi.qld.gov.au/dsdweb/v3/guis/templates/content/gui_cue_cntnhtml.cfm?id=52819) 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.

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