Tom Billinge: author, explorer, pugilist, seeker.
Tom Billinge is originally from England and lives in the USA. He grew up surrounded by Ancient Greek mythology, culture, archaeology and history, as his father was a historical geographer and his mother was Greek. After graduating with a degree in archaeology, Tom moved to Asia, where he explored temples and immersed himself in the martial and spiritual traditions of the East.
Following several years travelling the world and writing for a living, Tom returned to the West and to his roots. This led to his first book, Undying Glory: The Solar Path of Greek Heroes. Tom then continued the Greek heroic mythology theme with an exploration of the Homeric material in Age of Heroes: Beyond the Solar Path. The final book of the trilogy, Return to Hyperborea: The Heroic Initiate, examines the Orphic tradition. The acclaimed Heroes of Greek Myth series is available from Amazon
With a particular interest in Indo-European matters, Tom spends much of his time making connections between the spiritual and martial impulses of the various Indo-European cultures. His book WarYoga explores the Indic branch of the Indo-European physical alchemical practice, while the sequel, WarYoga Zurxāne deals with the Iranian tradition. The forthcoming third part, WarYoga Palaistra will be released in 2025. The WarYogin Mastery series of works are the culmination of years of academic, spiritual, and physical research. They are available on Amazon.
Tom has also translated several works including the Iranian epic Garšaspname, and The Aryan Männerbund by Stig Wikander. Varuna-Ouranos and The Feast of Immortality by Georges Dumezil, Pythagoras and Orpheus by Karl Kerenyi, Theophania by Walter Otto are slated for future release by Sanctus Arya.
In addition to authoring books, articles, and essays, he teaches Muay Thai, Jiu Jitsu, Old English bareknuckle, Ancient Greek Pankration, and works as an editor in combat sports media. He is also the cohost of the Men Among the Ruins podcast. Tom has written for several cultural periodicals and is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.