Jack Peredur

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Jack Peredur, a New Jersey native, at age 21 moved to South Carolina to pursue higher education at Calhoun University. There he met and became a close friend of the so-called Ravenwood Thirteen.

Stunned by the loss of the Thirteen in the Ravenwood Disaster, Jack found himself unable to complete his Master’s Thesis in chemistry at Calhoun but began keeping diaries instead as a form of home-grown psychotherapy. Changing careers he then became a licensed handyman and builder: first as an employee of Homefixers based in Seven Oaks, and later as its owner.

Since retiring and selling Homefixers in 2007 Jack has devoted himself to travel, research in fields more abstruse than chemistry, refurbishing the old farmhouse and outbuildings near Belvedere which now form the Ravenstead, building an ever-growing network of friends and colleagues, and using those diaries and other sources to create the Ravenwood Series, of which this book is a part.

Jack currently lives at the Ravenstead with his wife, the former Suzanne Marat of Mortagne, France, creator of the Midnight Confections line of intimate apparel; a close-knit group of human friends; and a varying cast of rescued dogs, cats and other “critters.”

Jack can be reached by e-mail through the contact page at www.Ravenwood.Associates.

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The Moon Path: Ravenwood: A Seeker's Memoir Jun 12, 2019

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With fresh-found love in a new town, Jack Peredur and Suzanne Marat have a leg up on life in the early 1970s – or do they? Lured by a leading scientist’s promise of mentorship, Jack’s moved from New Jersey to a college in the South. Suzanne’s traveled further, setting aside a promising career as a dress designer in Paris.

Though she seems to be winning Jack’s heart, Suzanne dreads the day he learns the terrible reason she left France behind. When their clothes come off and the truth comes out, will her beauty and charm be enough to keep him from turning away in horror?

Nick Valentine and Alaine Lancaster are locals: he a shaper of psychedelic light, she a reader of the Tarot. But when the image on a card she’s dealt to Jack turns suddenly real before her eyes, Alaine begins to guess what danger may soon drag them all into the shadows of The Moon Path.

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Those familiar with the history of America in the 1970s will recall the Ravenwood Disaster, in which thirteen college students and faculty met their end in a basement apartment near Russell University in Columbia, South Carolina in the spring of 1972.

Some truth, but much more falsehood, has been written about that tragedy. The Ravenwood Thirteen have been called witches, orgiasts, devil worshipers, drug trippers, a suicide cult, even a terrorist group somehow slain by their own intended weapons. Witches indeed they were - well, most of them - but none of those other things: bold explorers, rather, in worlds beyond this one we all know. Explorers who, through sad mischance on their greatest journey, were unable to return.

Ravenwood Associates was formed to honor the memory of the Thirteen who died, to share information, and hopefully, eventually, to set the record straight before the public. That last was impossible in the years closely following the disaster, and some details can likely never be told. The passage of nearly half a century, though, has brought widening public acceptance and understanding of philosophies, religions and lifestyles far from the common norm.

It is time, therefore, to reveal as much as prudence and old oaths of secrecy allow.

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The Garret: Ravenwood: A Seeker's Memoir Sep 2, 2019

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Those familiar with the history of America in the 1970s will recall the Ravenwood Disaster, in which thirteen college students and faculty met their end in a basement apartment near Russell University in Columbia, South Carolina in the spring of 1972. Some truth, but much more falsehood, has been written about that tragedy… Ravenwood Associates was formed to honor their memory, to share information, and hopefully, eventually, to set the record straight before the public. That last was impossible in the years closely following the disaster, nor can some details likely ever be told. The passage of nearly half a century, though, has brought widening public acceptance and understanding of philosophies, religions and lifestyles far from the common norm. We believe it is time, therefore, to reveal as much as prudence and old oaths of secrecy allow…

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The Magic Theater: Ravenwood: A Seeker's Memoir Sep 1, 2019

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The warning of Alaine’s cards has come true: Suzanne has fled, a victim of Hadrian’s treachery. Will she ever return? Or will emerald-eyed Norma Stevens, with her empathic powers and unending quest for sexual fulfillment, take Suzanne’s place in the new-formed coven and in Jack’s affections?

For them both, though, more peril lies ahead. Alaine had to face her deepest fears before walking the Moon Path. Now it's Jack's turn, and Norma's. Will he turn aside when he meets the fire, or she, the night's thousand eyes?

Meanwhile, the coven's hypnotic experiments have brought astonishing results. Suzanne once saw herself on stairs spiraling downward beneath Tarot-card tapestries. Now others, unprompted, describe that same place. Is it just a dream they somehow share, or is it real? Does that spiral of stairs lead down to another world?

What perils await whose who journey below to enter The Magic Theater?

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Those familiar with the history of America in the 1970s will recall the Ravenwood Disaster, in which thirteen college students and faculty met their end in a basement apartment near Russell University in Columbia, South Carolina in the spring of 1972.

Some truth, but much more falsehood, has been written about that tragedy. The Ravenwood Thirteen have been called witches, orgiasts, devil worshipers, drug trippers, a suicide cult, even a terrorist group somehow slain by their own intended weapons. Witches indeed they were - well, most of them - but none of those other things: bold explorers, rather, in worlds beyond this one we all know. Explorers who, through sad mischance on their greatest journey, were unable to return.

Ravenwood Associates was formed to honor the memory of the Thirteen who died, to share information, and hopefully, eventually, to set the record straight before the public. That last was impossible in the years closely following the disaster, and some details can likely never be told. The passage of nearly half a century, though, has brought widening public acceptance and understanding of philosophies, religions and lifestyles far from the common norm.

It is time, therefore, to reveal as much as prudence and old oaths of secrecy allow.

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This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited.

Again to Live: Ravenwood: A Seeker's Memoir Jul 24, 2021

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The doom has fallen: the doom now called the Ravenwood Disaster, for many died there in Magus’ Crypt. Burned, blinded, stunned by the deaths of friends and numbed by drugs for pain, Jack stumbles through gray despair. Will he ever see Norma again, or Suzanne? Will he ever see again?Yet though his eyes are bandaged, the inner mind-vision of witches and shamans remains. Gray too is the world that vision shows him, full of lost and forsaken things, and gray the empty road he finds before him. Where does it lead? What is that weird sound he hears: like a wind’s mad piping, though Jack can feel no wind on that empty road? And why does that sound seem so uncannily familiar?Follow Jack as he makes his way homeward through that world and others: finding despair but also beauty and hope he may someday return Again To Live on Earth.

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In Night's Labyrinth: Ravenwood: A Seeker's Memoir Jul 24, 2021

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Jack’s home-brewed drug to boost psychic powers has proven a success. Using it the Crypt’s shaman Belinda has found a labyrinth connecting our own world with countless others, and in one of them she’s earned a powerful protector’s favor. But like the labyrinths of legend, this one also holds its share of monsters.Soon Belinda will venture forth again, taking friends from the Crypt and Garret along. Wonders await them: unearthly beauty but also ruin and horror, worlds shattered and burning. Will the group’s combined powers and mystic weapons be enough to keep them safe?Hadrian, too, has been testing Jack’s drug in the scientific setting of his Mindpower group. But telepathy tests begin to pall as he learns more of what the drug can do. Soon Hadrian too will venture forth. But when he, the Crypt Crew and Garret Gang all meet out there, who will escape the doom that lurks In Night’s Labyrinth?~Those familiar with the history of America in the 1970s will recall the Ravenwood Disaster, in which thirteen college students and faculty met their end in a basement apartment near Russell University in Columbia, South Carolina in the spring of 1972.Some truth, but much more falsehood, has been written about that tragedy. The Ravenwood Thirteen have been called witches, orgiasts, devil worshipers, drug trippers, a suicide cult, even a terrorist group somehow slain by their own intended weapons. Witches indeed they were - well, most of them - but none of those other things: bold explorers, rather, in worlds beyond this one we all know. Explorers who, through sad mischance on their greatest journey, were unable to return.Ravenwood Associates was formed to honor the memory of the Thirteen who died, to share information, and hopefully, eventually, to set the record straight before the public. That last was impossible in the years closely following the disaster, and some details can likely never be told. The passage of nearly half a century, though, has brought widening public acceptance and understanding of philosophies, religions and lifestyles far from the common norm.It is time, therefore, to reveal as much as prudence and old oaths of secrecy allow.

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The Crypt: Ravenwood: A Seeker's Memoir Mar 23, 2021

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Magus’ Crypt beneath the mansion called Ravenwood seems to have it all: guest rooms, an art gallery, even a dungeon. Greek Gods in the hallway, mermaids in the bathroom, and the Devil guarding the door! But its mystic heart is still unfinished: a room for rituals to avert the doom now threatening his friends and the Garret Gang alike. Working together, can they ready it in time?Meanwhile, inspired by tales of a jungle drug said to enhance psychic powers, Jack has created a home-brewed substitute in his lab and smuggled it out. Now, in return for help breaking Melusine’s curse, he plans to share it with the Crypt Crew and Hadrian’s new Mindpower group at Russell University. But will that key open the doors to new discoveries for them all, or release the very doom they fear?What will happen when modern chemistry meets ancient magic in the secret heart of The Crypt?~Those familiar with the history of America in the 1970s will recall the Ravenwood Disaster, in which thirteen college students and faculty met their end in a basement apartment near Russell University in Columbia, South Carolina in the spring of 1972.Some truth, but much more falsehood, has been written about that tragedy. The Ravenwood Thirteen have been called witches, orgiasts, devil worshipers, drug trippers, a suicide cult, even a terrorist group somehow slain by their own intended weapons. Witches indeed they were - well, most of them - but none of those other things: bold explorers, rather, in worlds beyond this one we all know. Explorers who, through sad mischance on their greatest journey, were unable to return.Ravenwood Associates was formed to honor the memory of the Thirteen who died, to share information, and hopefully, eventually, to set the record straight before the public. That last was impossible in the years closely following the disaster, and some details can likely never be told. The passage of nearly half a century, though, has brought widening public acceptance and understanding of philosophies, religions and lifestyles far from the common norm.It is time, therefore, to reveal as much as prudence and old oaths of secrecy allow.

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From Time Unforgotten: Ravenwood: A Seeker's Memoir Sep 17, 2020

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After a century lost in the dark, Melusine lives again and Alaine’s coven welcomes her with laughter and love. It’s clear the traveler from the past has much to teach them, while a new century’s wonders edify her in turn.

Alas, their time together will be short. How much will implacable destiny let them share before it sweeps her away again? Will it be enough to help them break the curse that binds her?

And her return seems to have wakened Something Else in that ruined city beyond the Mist. Norma is the first to feel its strange senses probing out through solid stone. “Somethin’ old, an’...well, needin’ somehow. An’ what it needs is us!”

In fascinated horror, Magus and his Crypt Crew recognize the city and its Dweller from tales in old books long disregarded as fiction. As the stories prove terribly real after all, can Alaine’s mystic knowledge and Mel’s secrets From Time UnforgottenFrom Time Unforgotten forestall calamity?

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Those familiar with the history of America in the 1970s will recall the Ravenwood Disaster, in which thirteen college students and faculty met their end in a basement apartment near Russell University in Columbia, South Carolina in the spring of 1972.

Some truth, but much more falsehood, has been written about that tragedy. The Ravenwood Thirteen have been called witches, orgiasts, devil worshipers, drug trippers, a suicide cult, even a terrorist group somehow slain by their own intended weapons. Witches indeed they were - well, most of them - but none of those other things: bold explorers, rather, in worlds beyond this one we all know. Explorers who, through sad mischance on their greatest journey, were unable to return.

Ravenwood Associates was formed to honor the memory of the Thirteen who died, to share information, and hopefully, eventually, to set the record straight before the public. That last was impossible in the years closely following the disaster, and some details can likely never be told. The passage of nearly half a century, though, has brought widening public acceptance and understanding of philosophies, religions and lifestyles far from the common norm.

It is time, therefore, to reveal as much as prudence and old oaths of secrecy allow.

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Out of Darkness: Ravenwood: A Seeker's Memoir Jul 9, 2020

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Fleeing Hadrian’s web of lies, Suzanne has come back to Calhoun and the Garret to comfort her dying Aunt Clarisse and make peace with Jack and Norma. She’s not come alone, though, for within Russell’s Mindpower group another has secretly coalesced, “Magus” Madden its leader. Now his Crypt Crew meets the Garret Gang in joy and friendship. But will that friendship last?

Sue’s nightmares have meanwhile become something more: scenes like snapshots of a life far gone, far different from the one she leads now. Are they memories of a prior existence, a proof of reincarnation? Alaine’s scroll promised rebirth “in the same time and place as your loved ones, that you may meet and remember and love anew.” Has that promise been fulfilled?

And in the Mist the mountain witch Melusine, rescued from beyond time and death, begins to stir in her sleep. What age-old secrets will rise Out of Darkness when she wakes…and remembers?

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Those familiar with the history of America in the 1970s will recall the Ravenwood Disaster, in which thirteen college students and faculty met their end in a basement apartment near Russell University in Columbia, South Carolina in the spring of 1972.

Some truth, but much more falsehood, has been written about that tragedy. The Ravenwood Thirteen have been called witches, orgiasts, devil worshipers, drug trippers, a suicide cult, even a terrorist group somehow slain by their own intended weapons. Witches indeed they were - well, most of them - but none of those other things: bold explorers, rather, in worlds beyond this one we all know. Explorers who, through sad mischance on their greatest journey, were unable to return.

Ravenwood Associates was formed to honor the memory of the Thirteen who died, to share information, and hopefully, eventually, to set the record straight before the public. That last was impossible in the years closely following the disaster, and some details can likely never be told. The passage of nearly half a century, though, has brought widening public acceptance and understanding of philosophies, religions and lifestyles far from the common norm.

It is time, therefore, to reveal as much as prudence and old oaths of secrecy allow.

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Dark Domains: Ravenwood: A Seeker's Memoir Jul 9, 2020

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After a perilous journey across the nation, Nick’s lover Dawn has returned. But curses follow her, clinging like mud from Louisiana swamps. Is the dark world haunting her sleep just a nightmare, or terribly, lethally real? What dangers must the new coven face to save her from the wrath of Voodoo gods?

Meanwhile, Norma is finding a closer friendship and intimacy with them both. Will her developing love for Nick and Dawn lose her Jack’s affection, or somehow strengthen it? Will the new threesome someday become a foursome?

And what of Suzanne? Since leaving Calhoun with Hadrian she’s been incommunicado. But now her beloved Aunt Clarisse is dying and needs her home again. Can Jack and the others get word to her in time?

Follow them as they brave the Dark Domains of hidden worlds and within the human heart.

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Those familiar with the history of America in the 1970s will recall the Ravenwood Disaster, in which thirteen college students and faculty met their end in a basement apartment near Russell University in Columbia, South Carolina in the spring of 1972.

Some truth, but much more falsehood, has been written about that tragedy. The Ravenwood Thirteen have been called witches, orgiasts, devil worshipers, drug trippers, a suicide cult, even a terrorist group somehow slain by their own intended weapons. Witches indeed they were - well, most of them - but none of those other things: bold explorers, rather, in worlds beyond this one we all know. Explorers who, through sad mischance on their greatest journey, were unable to return.

Ravenwood Associates was formed to honor the memory of the Thirteen who died, to share information, and hopefully, eventually, to set the record straight before the public. That last was impossible in the years closely following the disaster, and some details can likely never be told. The passage of nearly half a century, though, has brought widening public acceptance and understanding of philosophies, religions and lifestyles far from the common norm.

It is time, therefore, to reveal as much as prudence and old oaths of secrecy allow.

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