The Spear of Destiny (Ravenscroft book)

The Spear of Destiny: The Occult Power Behind the Spear which Pierced the Side of Christ is a 1972 occult book by the anthroposophist writer Trevor Ravenscroft (1921–1989) about the Holy Lance, published by Neville Armstrong's Neville Spearman Publishers.^[1] Ravenscroft claimed that the book was based on research "by using mystical meditation" and on the papers of the Austrian anthroposophist Walter Stein given to Ravenscroft by his widow.^[2] Ravenscroft originally claimed to have met Stein, but later only claimed contact through a medium with Walter Stein's spirit.^[3]

The Spear of Destiny

Cover of first American paperback edition
Author	Trevor Ravenscroft
Original title	The Spear of Destiny: the occult power behind the spear which pierced the side of Christ
Language	English
Subject	Holy Lance
Published	1972
Publisher	Neville Spearman Publishers
Publication place	United Kingdom
Pages	362
OCLC	476732400

Court case

In 1979 Ravenscroft sued James Herbert for copyright infringement in Herbert's 1978 novel The Spear. The defendant declined to pay Ravenscroft damages and eventually removed the offending content.^[4][5][6][7]

Second book

After Ravenscroft's death, Tim Wallace-Murphy published The Mark of the Beast: The Continuing Story of the Spear of Destiny, citing Ravenscroft as co-author in 1997.