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Music to write to, Blood on the page
When I write, I write to music. I have mentioned this before…
The music changes, depending on mood, and what I am writing. But in this case this is a post about music with a theme… Continue reading
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Quantum Pagan
If there is a god, god is not the ant. God is not forest, or even the multitude of forests. God doesn’t exist on the scale of the infinite. Traditional religion is looking in the wrong place. God isn’t in the infinite, god is in the quantum. Continue reading
Posted in amwriting, big questions, Goth, indie, pagan, rites, steampunk, supernatural
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The Brave and the Odd guest post by PJ Martin
Folklore and the truth about Kevin the gerbil , but mostly folklore Continue reading
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Auguries
A storm was coming, dark things on the horizon, a great gnashing of teeth, dogs and cats doing unnatural things together. That sort of thing, nothing specific, just general ominous stuff. But whatever was brewing it wasn’t the Earl Gray… Continue reading
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The Guest Runes…
Somehow I have ended up hosting a discussion panel on Runes, there relevance to dark age culture, what the Victorians did with them and the difference between New Age pseudo-mythology and actual historical facts and ancient cultures… This is fascinating stuff. Continue reading
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Wyrd particles and Spooky Runes
A Book review of Wyrd by Kieth Healing. A book on the the concept of the Wyrd and the ancient Anglo Saxon Runic alphabet, its use in divination, as well as the runes connections to the Wyrd. Continue reading
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Darker Ages
There is an industry around romanticised paganism, its nothing new, it has been going on for decades, indeed more than decades, the Victorians were romanticising Britian’s past two centuries back. But there has been a particular raft of ‘cuddly’ paganism … Continue reading
Posted in druidry, fantasy, fiction, horror, indie novels, indie writers, pagan, rites, supernatural, Uncategorized, writes, writing
Tagged amreading, books, darkages, druidry, fantasy, folklore, newreads, pagan, reads, supernatural
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Whitby, Witchcraft, and Goth-boots
Whitby, the north Yorkshire coastal town that’s half fishing village, half haven for everything alternative, strange and draped in black crushed velvet. The once quite little harbour below a cliff top abbey first gained a reputation as something more than … Continue reading
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Return of the Hopeless Kickstarter
Its no great secret to any regular reader that I have a certain love for the Island of Hopeless Maine. The fictional collaboration begun by of Nimue and Tom Brown. A collaboration that generously extends to others whom get to … Continue reading
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The music of type…
“Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!” ~ Bram Stoker Music has always been a big part of my creative life, despite my utter inability to play any of the many guitars I own, or … Continue reading
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