Meet the author

Brian White is the author of The Strands, Horn and Dagger, In the Shadow of the Witch - Veils of the Witch Book 1, Rise of the Witch, - Veils of the Witch Book 2, The Invincible - A Veils of the Witch Story, Horn and Dagger, Mask of God - The Tin Man, and his latest book, Knights of the Calabi-Yau. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and two daughters. His mystical dark fantasy stories are inspired by progressive heavy metal music, philosophy and mysticism.

When not writing Brian enjoys playing guitar, reading, and mountain biking.

Brian White - Inspirations & Influences

All these lists could go on forever so I tried to come up with a top 10 in each category but even as I wrote them I wanted to modify them so the lists may change as I do.

Non-Fiction

  • Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces

  • Manly P. Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages

  • Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Idea

  • Stephen Hawking , A Brief History of Time

  • Frank J. Tipler, The Physics of Immortality

  • Carlos Castaneda, A Separate Reality

  • Aleister Crowley, Book 4

  • A Course in Miracles

  • Carl Jung , Psyche and Symbol

  • Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now

Music

  • Tool

  • Meshugghah

  • Vildhjarta

  • Led Zeppelin

  • Cult of Luna

  • Gojira

  • YOB

  • Humanity’s Last Breath

  • Soulfly

  • Threshold

Artists

  • Alex Grey

  • H.R. Giger

  • Francisco Goya

  • M.C. Escher

  • Hieronymus Bosch

  • Salvador Dali

  • Robert Venosa

  • William Blake

  • Vincent van Gogh

  • Austin Osman Spare

Extreme Sports Athletes

  • Travis Pastrana

  • Dean Potter

  • Tom Pages

  • Darren Barrecloth

  • Aaron Chase

  • Laird Hamilton

  • Shane McConkey

  • Dave Mirra

  • Danny MacAskill

  • Cam McCaul

Philosophers/Mystics/etc.

  • Arthur Schopenhauer

  • Fredrich Nietzsche

  • Sigmund Freud

  • Aleister Crowly

  • Lao Tzu

  • Ken Wilber

  • Jean Baudrillard

  • Immanuel Kant

  • Joseph Campbell

  • Mircea Eliade

Fiction

  • Clive Barker, Weaveworld

  • Stephen King, The Gunslinger series

  • Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of The World

  • William Blake, Jerusalem

  • Herman Hesse, Siddhartha

  • Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Karamazov Brothers

  • Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

  • Neil Gaiman, The Sandman (series)

  • Hubert Selby Jr., The Demon

  • Michael Cisco, The Divinity Student