Welcome to the library of Nicholas Hagger
Nicholas Hagger’s main thrust has been literary (selected and collected poems, epic poetry, verse plays, two masques, short stories, autobiography and diaries) but he has also written history, philosophy, and international politics and statecraft which have grown out of his need to clarify ideas thrown up by his literary work.
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His collected works to date are:
Please see List of Contents of Nicholas Hagger’s Poetic and Literary Works
Literature
Poetry Volumes
- Selected Poems: A Metaphysical’s Way of Fire (1991)
- Collected Poems: A White Radiance, 1958-1993 (1994) which includes:
- A Well of Truth, 1958-1963
- A Stone Torch-Basket, 1963-1965
- The Early Education and Making of a Mystic, 1965-1966
- The Silence, 1965-1966
- The Wings and the Sword, 1966-1969
- Old Man in a Circle, 1967
- The Gates of Hell, 1969-1972
- The Flight, 1970
- Bulb in Winter, 1972-1974
- A Pilgrim in the Garden, 1973-1974
- The Night-Sea Crossing, 1974
- Visions Near the Gates of Paradise, 1974-1975
- The Four Seasons, 1975
- Lighthouse, 1975
- The Weed-Garden, 1975
- The Labyrinth, 1976
- Whispers from the West, 1976-1979
- Lady of the Lamp, 1979
- The Fire-Flower, 1980
- Beauty and Angelhood, 1981
- The Wind and the Earth, 1981
- A Rainbow in the Spray, 1981-1985
- Question Mark Over the West, 1986-1988
- A Sneeze in the Universe, 1989-1992
- A Flirtation with the Muse, 1992-1993
- Sojourns, 1993
- Angel of Vertical Vision, 1993
- Collected Poems, 1958-2005 (2006), which includes the above and also:
- A Dandelion Clock, 1994-2004
- Summoned by Truth, 2000-2005
- Sighs of the Muses, 2005
- Classical Odes: Poems on England, Europe and a Global Theme, and of Everyday Life in the One, 1994-2005 (2006), which includes:
- Book One, A Tudor Knot
- Book Two, In Europe’s Ruins
- Book Three, A Global Sway
- Book Four, The Western Universe
- Selected Poems: Quest for the One (2015)
- Life Cycle and Other New Poems 2006-2016 (2016)
- Life Cycle, 2014
- In Harmony with the Universe, 2009-2016
- An Unsung Laureate, 2009-2016
- Adventures in Paradise, 2010-2015
- Visions of England: Poems selected by The Earl of Burford (2019)
- Fools’ Paradise: The Voyage of a Ship of Fools from Europe, A Mock-Heroic Poem (2020)
- A Baroque Vision: 100 poems selected from 50 volumes (2024)
- Fools’ Gold: The Voyage of a Ship of Fools Seeking Gold – A Mock-Heroic Poem on Brexit and English Exceptionalism (2022)
Epic Poems
- Overlord: The Triumph of Light, 1944-1945 (published in four separate volumes 1995-1997)
- Overlord, books 1-2 (1995)
- Overlord, books 3-6 (1996)
- Overlord, books 7-9 (1997)
- Overlord, books 10-12 (1997)
- Overlord: The Triumph of Light, 1944-1945 (one-volume edition, 2006)
- Armageddon: The Triumph of Universal Order, An Epic Poem on the War on Terror and of Holy-War Crusaders (2010)
Verse Plays
- The Warlords: From D-Day to Berlin, Parts 1 and 2 (1995)
- The Tragedy of Prince Tudor: A Nightmare (1999)
- Collected Verse Plays (2007), which includes the above and also:
- Ovid Banished (1999)
- The Rise of Oliver Cromwell (2000)
- The Warlords, abridged version of Parts 1 and 2 (2000)
Masques
- The Dream of Europa: The Triumph of Peace (2015)
- King Charles the Wise: The Triumph of Universal Peace (2018)
- The Coronation of King Charles: The Triumph of Universal Harmony (2021)
Short Stories
- A Spade Fresh with Mud: Collected Stories, Volume 1 (1995)
- A Smell of Leaves and Summer: Collected Stories, Volume 2 (1995)
- Wheeling Bats and a Harvest Moon: Collected Stories, Volume 3 (1999)
- The Warm Glow of the Monastery Courtyard: Collected Stories, Volume 4 (1999)
- Collected Stories: A Thousand and One Mini-Stories or Verbal Paintings (2007), which includes:
- In the Brilliant Autumn Sunshine: Collected Stories, Volume 5 (2007)
- Selected Stories: Follies and Vices of the Modern Elizabethan Age (2015)
- The First Dazzling Chill of Winter (2016)
Autobiographical
- Awakening to the Light: Diaries, Volume 1, 1958-1967 (1994)
- A Mystic Way: A Spiritual Autobiography (1994)
- My Double Life 1: This Dark Wood (2015)
- My Double Life 2: A Rainbow over the Hills (2015)
Letters
Selected Letters (2021)
Literary Investigations
- ‘In Defence of the Sequence of Images’, in T.S. Eliot, A Tribute from Japan, ed. by Masao Hirai & E.W.F. Tomlin, Kenkyusha Press, Tokyo, 1966.
- A New Philosophy of Literature: The Fundamental Theme and Unity of World Literature, The Vision of the Infinite and the Universalist Literary Tradition (2012)
Literary Travelogues/Eyewitness History
- Scargill the Stalinist?, The Communist Role in the 1984 Miners’ Strike (1984)
- The Last Tourist in Iran, From Persepolis to Nuclear Natanz (2008)
- The Libyan Revolution: Its Origins and Legacy, A Memoir and Assessment (2009)
- A View of Epping Forest (2012)
- The Building of the Great Pyramid, Three Reports from c.2600BC: A Trilogy of Parables for our Time (2024)
Prefaces
Collected Prefaces (2022)
History
Universalist Cultural History
- The Fire and the Stones: A Grand Unified Theory of World History and Religion (1991)
- The Light of Civilization: How the Vision of God has Inspired All the Great Civilizations (2006)
- The Rise and Fall of Civilizations: Why Civilizations Rise and Fall and What Happens When They End (2008)
World Culture
- The Secret American Destiny: The Hidden Order of the Universe and the Seven Disciplines of World Culture (2016)
- The Tree of Tradition: The traditions and influences that have shaped the works of writers and thinkers in all civilisations, including Nicholas Hagger’s 60 Universalist works (2024)
Historical Investigations
- The Syndicate: The Story of the Coming World Government (2004)
- The Secret History of the West: The Influence of Secret Organisations on Western History from the Renaissance to the 20th Century (2005)
- The Fall of the West: The Story behind Covid, the Levelling-Down of the West and the Shift of Power to the East with the Rise of China (2022)
- The Golden Phoenix: Russia, Ukraine and a Coming New World Order (2023)
American Trilogy
- The Secret Founding of America: The Real Story of Freemasons, Puritans and the Battle for the New World (2007, reissued 2016)
- The Secret American Dream: The Real Story of Liberty’s Empire and the Rise of a World State (2011)
- The Secret American Destiny: The Hidden Order of the Universe and the Seven Disciplines of World Culture (2016)
Philosophy
Universalist Philosophy
- The Universe and the Light: A New View of the Universe and Reality (1993)
- The One and the Many: Universalism and the Vision of Unity (1999)
- The New Philosophy of Universalism: The Infinite and the Law of Order (2009)
- The Algorithm of Creation: Universalism’s Algorithm of the Infinite and Space-Time, the Oneness of the Universe and the Unitive Vision, and a Theory of Everything (2023)
International Politics and Statecraft
Universalist Political Philosophy/Political Science
- The World Government: A Blueprint for a Universal World State (2010)
- Peace for our Time: A Reflection on War and Peace and a Third World War (2018)
- World State: Introduction to the United Federation of the World, How a Democratically-elected World Government Can Replace the UN and Bring Peace (2018)
- World Constitution: Constitution for the United Federation of the World (2018)
Universalism in all Disciplines
- The Essentials of Universalism: A Philosophy of the Unity of the Universe and Humankind, of Interconnected Disciplines and a World State, 75 Prose Selections from 25 Works (2024)
- The Promised Land: Universalism and a Coming World State (2023)