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I had to sing my daughter an extra bedtime song tonight because she was afraid of Baba Yaga. As a dad I wanted to comfort my girl but as a folklorist I was like, “Go, Baba! You still got it!”
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I was chatting to a self-published occult author who just turned down their 1st book deal. Reason being? They have a huge social media fan base who, royalty wise, make it a better option to stay self-published.
Plus, Patreon paid extras pay even more.
Interesting times!
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I often forget that most people I speak to know nothing about either the occult/ anarchy/ fairies/ philosophy/ animism. Note to self: you will always be looked upon as weird.
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Stay strong, friends. As Miguel would say, these are indeed Gnostic times.
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I deleted my Facebook account yesterday and I’ve woken up this morning feeling like a previously unrecognised pressure has lifted.
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As much as I love and promote occult writing, connecting with the land, on your own, probably teaches you more than any author or publisher ever can. The mountains I walk are definitely my teachers.
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It’s not perfect, but I don’t know of a better overview and introduction to ancient occult wisdom.
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Instead of learning Confirmation prayers my daughter got to read (reread, let’s be honest here!) books by Irish authors
@TinaACallaghan
and
@griffski
. It’s been a tough year for her with loads of slagging. I think she prefers the books to pledging allegiance to a bishop 🙂
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I’m only a hobbyist when it comes to it, but it’s disheartening to read occult ‘influencers’ say that fairies didn’t exist in Ireland before Christianity.
No. You mean the definition of fairies you classify as subservient to a Middle-Eastern storm God weren’t always here🙄
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The Dumb Supper: Samhain and the Return of the Dead:
#samhain
#FolkloreThursday
#Halloween
#irishgoth
#irishpagan
#witch
#pagan
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In Irish lore, (pre-Christian) this is not the day to stand by the sea as the queen of fairies will drag you under the waves. Luckily for me, I have a daughter who will battle the fairy queen to save her dad... ... ...daughter runs away laughing as dad is pulled into the ocean.
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My daughter and I came across this amazing fairy ring with huge mushrooms on our walk tonight.
I was going to step into it for a sense of scale but decided against 👀
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Cover Gallery: The Black Sun: The Alchemy and Art of Darkness by Stanton Marlan.
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Solstice sunset and my 50th Birthday. Glad to see them both. Last year was tough.
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Fairy folklore is often dismissed as less worthy of study than classical Irish myths. A short piece I wrote:
#Folkore
#fairies
#irishfolkore
#faeries
#heritage
#irishheritage
#mythology
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I’m not a marketing expert but if I were an occult publisher I’d be posting the shit out of my back catalog while lockdown is going on. Cover images, especially. Hint intended!
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Equinox Eve. The light wins out for six months from tomorrow.
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I just noticed that this page is almost 4 years old. It has almost 5’000 followers, which is not much in terms of social media, but, everyone following here reads and buys books.
There’s no Patreon or affiliation, just readers supporting authors.
❤️❤️❤️ Thanks.
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Cover Gallery: Ecology of Souls by Joshua Cutchin.
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Someone asked me if I get bored photographing the stone circles where I live. I don’t think that’s possible. Here’s the same circle, Boleycarrigeen, with the seasons cycling around it. I’m lucky to have it to myself, mostly 🙂🧚♂️
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The film you’ve watched the most times is probably your favorite movie. You shouldn’t be ashamed of that. Mine is Alien.
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One minute at an Irish stone circle before equinox sunset. With sheep 😂
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A piece by myself which some here might be interested in: Taboo Folklore in the Irish Record: Sex, Death and Dark Magic:
#witchcraft
#irishfolklore
#folklore
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New Release: Sorcery or Science: Contesting Knowledge and Practice in West African Sufi Texts by
@DrAriela
Photo by author.
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I notice when I receive mails about new academic publications that the most respected writers about magic and witchcraft don’t actually believe in magic and witchcraft.
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Pre-Orders for
@gordon_white
’s Ani.Mystic: Encounters with a Living Cosmos, published by Scarlet Imprint, open tomorrow, January 17th.
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In all the years I’ve been running this page I’ve never had such a dearth of authors promoting their own books.
Publishers don’t promote often after 6 weeks. They move on to the next title.
If you’re an author, don’t be embarrassed to keep pushing your work.
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Star.Ships by Gordon White. Anyone else paying attention to the recent Newgrange discoveries? Highly recommended. Published by
@scarletimprint
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I keep referring people to this book. A cultural bridge between folklore, consciousness and ufology.
@MitchHorowitz
@WhitleyStrieber
Review: The Super Natural by
@WhitleyStrieber
& Jeffrey J. Kripal. Editor
@MitchHorowitz
Publisher
@TarcherPerigee
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A pic of the local fairy mound taken yesterday evening. So beautiful and vibrant. Dangerous, too...
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An Irish account of a fairy abduction from 1866. Notice the ritual magic & heightened consciousness elements as well as what would become classic UFO motifs.
@JoshuaCutchin
@michaelmhughes
@davidbmetcalfe
@DailyGrail
@IrishNetworkSEP
@scarletimprint
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Comment: “You don’t look like a real Irish pagan.”
Colonialism 101 right there. I must make sure I dig out a robe and staff for the next pic.
Use the solstice midpoint to navigate towards your best direction, my friends. That’s the point of light. Hope we all find our right way.
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14 years ago. Time flies. These days, my daughter laughs *at* me, as opposed to *with* me 🙄
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I had a dream last night that I was walking with a daughter from a previous life. We were in this forested area, climbing towards a peak & she was telling me about all the things that I had missed when I left (died, I presume). I said I couldn’t remember leaving, then I woke up.
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I’m not a big ‘True Crime’ reader but I’m about to start this one. I’ve heard it’s incredible.
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20 seconds of dusk at an ancient Irish stone circle. Castleruddery, Co. Wicklow.
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“Gentle reminder” that if you retweet me you’ll be supporting writers, publishers and books regarding witchcraft, paganism and the occult.
And you’ll make this Christian man very angry! 🙂
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I can’t believe I have to say this, but if you’re openly supporting the proud boys, racist and fascist groups, and xenophobic rhetoric calling for violence against minorities, please unfollow me.
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Tomorrow is Lughnasadh if you use the much later Gregorian calendar rather than the aligned ancient monuments for marking it.
August the 7th is the astronomical cross-quarter.
For both historical and magical reasons, there IS a difference.
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Solstice sunset and moonrise at Athgreany and Castleruddery stone circles.
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Love my occult podcasts but so many important thinkers and writers never get interviewed. The same clique saying the same things to the same people. Hopefully, readers find the writers they need, anyway.
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I’ve been posting & promoting occult books on this account for 5 years & been a book buyer and marketeer going back to the 90’s.
I wish authors remembered that it’s okay to promote your book even after your publisher stops doing so.
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The Strange Guardians of the Otherworld. An article by myself on this fascinating topic:
#Folklore
#fairies
#faery
#occult
#paranormal
#ufo
#Anthropology
#animism
#irish
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The dolmen with the biggest capstone in Europe at over 100 metric tons. Even though it’s been in place for 5’500 years, stand inside it and you can’t help being careful!
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Not book related, but a pic I took having a coffee at the top of Tonelagee Mountain, Co. Wicklow.
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There are lots of people claiming to represent Irish Paganism. Be careful and selective about them all, I’d advise. I’m doubtful about us ever being one original or authentic path.
I’d actually say it’s always been chaotic and individual.
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This was a really awful and difficult climb to an ancient Neolithic cairn and holy well. Luckily for me, just as I took shelter against the cairn wall the sun broke through in the distance. Beautiful.
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Very sorry to hear of Anne Rice’s passing.
A formative author for me and one whose work asked so many profound occult and spiritual questions.
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With my daughter at an ancient site, Rathgal, renowned for fairy encounters. Beautiful.
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The Magician Jesus of The Gospel of Thomas. A new article by myself. A complex piece to put together but hopefully it reads well.
#gnostic
#gnosticism
#jesus
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@Cavalorn
I wonder if nothing could be hidden *might* link to a sharing of crops and fruit at this time? There are lots of stories about them not to be picked after Samhain as the Púca would spit/piss on them making them inedible.
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A pic of the solstice sunrise while recording my review of Fairies: A Guide to the Celtic Fair Folk by
@MorganDaimler
. Published by
@MoonBooksJHP
Review here:
#occultbooks
#magic
#fairy
#folklore
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My wife tried to offer me solace by sending me this. She knows me and my path well.
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Cover Gallery: Meeting the Other Crowd: The Fairy Stories of Hidden Ireland by Eddie Lenihan
@TellMeAStoryPo1
#Folklore
#irishheritage
#fairies
#thegoodpeople
#eddielenihan
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Has there been a better screen exploration of fate, the occult, and sacrifice? It’s a big investment of your time, but you won’t be sorry.
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With the passing of both John Anthony West & Michael Harner this week we lost two incredible innovative and wise esoteric writers. I highly recommend seeking out their work.
#johnanthonywest
#michaelharner
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An Irish stone circle, (Castleruddery) on a Bealtaine period morning, for those who can’t be here.
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Seems a good time to remind people of Chris Bennett’s research:
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Be the lighthouse, or be the shipwreck. The choice is yours. Either way, the storm is here.
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Cover Gallery: Ani.Mystic: Encounters with a Living Cosmos by
@gordon_white
Published by Scarlet Imprint.
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This is a local account of a fairy encounter. If it happened today our framing language would very much be that of a UFO sighting. This was recorded in 1938 but the event itself was earlier.
@JohnELTenney
@DailyGrail
@davidbmetcalfe
#ufotwitter
#uforeport
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I find people who are forceful with their spiritual and occult certainty very off putting.
None of us know much of anything and curiosity should be encouraged, not put down.
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When you substitute the ‘e’ for an ‘i’ in Tepe the meaning of Gobekli Tepe changes from ‘Pot Bellied Hill’ to ‘Place of the first ancestors’. Just re-reading Point of Origin by Laird Scranton.
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I know it happens all the time, but today was the first time I was threatened with physical violence for a post. I have the screenshots and I’m happy enough with my capacity to keep a watchful eye out. Mad that people do that, though. Cowards.
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Hey, all. Just a heads-up that if BRAND NEW books are available to download for free on a website then these are usually pirated titles. Please don’t link to them or tag me as these sites are depriving authors and publishers of earnings and, of course, breaking copyright.
Thanks!
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An interesting book on Irish UFO cases. That said, a lot of them might equally be interpreted as fairy encounters.
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I had a dream memory within a dream last night. My dreaming-self arrived at a shoreline & realised that I had been there before in a dream. My dreaming-self recalled the dream they’d had of being there. Odd & almost revelatory. As if I was on the cusp of knowing something more.
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A Samhain sunset through Haroldstown Dolmen last year.
#carlow
#occult
#pagan
#astrotheology
#IrelandsAncientEast
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Trying to shoehorn fairies into a good versus evil paradigm simplifies their appearance in folklore. Here’s my argument:
#fairies
#faeries
#FolkloreThursday
#irish
#irishwriting
#heritage
#irishheritage
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Just reading The Penultimate Truth by Dick. In the 1st chapter people have PC’s and are complaining about predictive text!
It was written in 1964.
The story itself is very gnostic and all about a fake reality imposed by rich overlords upon the masses.
@OccultFan
@AeonByte
#pkd
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I appeared on the latest episode of Hare in the Hawthorn with
@neilrushton13
and Kate Rae from Haunted Magazine to talk about Irish fairies, consciousness, and folklore.
If you’re interested, the link is here:
#irish
#irishfairies
#fairies
#folklore
#fae
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One thing I notice from having this account is how smaller publishers never stop promoting their authors and titles, even years after the initial book release. For aspiring authors out there, it’s something to consider.
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An article I wrote for
@ancientorigins
about the faerie and shamanic realms
#faerie
#shamanism
Photo D. Halpin (c)
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Cover Gallery: The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Translation by Robert Thurman.
#bardo
#Reincarnation
#shamanism
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There are Irish pagans who are not occultists, & there are Irish occultists who are not pagans.
I wish I could make this the default consideration point for (usually) American authors who write about Irish religion & spirituality, & who are, alas, popular.
We’re not a flavour!
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Tonight is Mother’s Night. A time to remember the mother’s no longer with us, the ancestors who carried us forward, and, of course, to those who can, a time to appreciate the mother’s still here.
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I don’t always lie down inside 5’000 year old monuments, but when I do I take a photo!
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20’000 words written on my book about Irish fairies. I know it’s good to not talk about it but posting this will put a bit of positive pressure on myself to get it over the line.
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ICYMI: My thoughts about Irish fairy lore/ time and mind:
@forestwitch
@AeonByte
@Jenny_Butler_
@jblackauthor
@HighersideChats
@ConnerHabib
@AndrewChesnut1
@davidbmetcalfe
@thenightshirt
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Wow.
My most precious Occult book. An original 1651 first English Edition, first printing of “Three Books of Occult Philosophy” by Henry Cornelius Agrippa. Most modern magic is based on this book. When you hold the book, you can actually feel the magic.
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Amazing sunset from our back garden tonight. Almost like an aurora boriealas-type effect in the upper clouds at the end.
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I think of most occult philosophies as pieces of art as I get older. It’s hard to believe that the instigators were wise. The more I discover and read, the more I see how privilege dictates accessible imagination. Animism is paganism for the working classes ✊
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