🚨 Cover reveal for the paperback edition of ‘Paganism Persisting’, which is published on 21 April by @UExeterPress. Price an affordable £24.99.
My co-author is @DrFrancisYoung, so naturally the picture is Lithuanian.
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The early 14th Century font at Tostock, Suffolk, for #FontsonFriday, one of several East Anglian fonts with a Green Man on it (or foliate head, as I expect we're supposed to call him nowadays).
Tostock: https://t.co/jETgFMAQ9I
A 19thc."charm for dreaming" involving a book of common prayer:
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A Book of Common Prayer is opened to the marriage service, and wrapped in muslin with several objects and then placed under the pillow. The nature of the dreams foretells one's marriage luck.
I have visited many solitary churches, but few so peaceful as isolated St Cosmos and St Damian in Challock, Kent. Fetch the key from The Barn Shop in the village before you go the mile long descent to the church. Forgetting to do so is frustrating, especially if you are walking!
@EngChurchPics @johnevigar @glass_zealot Mary Tucker's window of 2007 at St. James the Great, Staple, Kent depicting the soul's spiritual journey to heaven. Made by Canterbury Stained Glass Studios. I decided against sharing the close-ups on FB in case they were reported lol
Do you love mythology? Do you love the weird? We have something for you… early stock in the office of Return of the Ancients, the May #TalesoftheWeird edited by Katy Soar (Circles of Stone). Pre-order from @BL_Shop now! https://t.co/dbGr5Y8RA1
The wait is over. Ten years in the writing and on the 2nd anniversary of his death, Chris’s final novel #TheFootOnTheCrown hits the shelves on Feb 20. It’s a beautiful finale from a beautiful human being. Thank you man.
#christopherfowler#bryantandmay
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Door. 1150. Lullington, Somerset. Beakheads. Chevrons. Beasts devouring the tree of life. More beast. Twisting piers. Christ in Majesty above (see below)
Tolkien first encountered the Earendel poem on the eve of the First World War. He wasn't the only one around that time who was captivated by it: it also inspired this carol, in a pastiche of medieval English, which has the refrain 'Hail Earendel!' https://t.co/3NnMju0auw
Coming soon to #TalkingPicturesTV 🚨
The 1970's series DOOMWATCH will be premiering on the new series of The Cellar Club hosted by #CarolineMunro every Friday from 9pm starting on Friday 17th January!
Browsing through a 1975 issue of Film Review and came across this really interesting article by Vincent Firth tying together various occult and folk horror films really early on, here under the banner of "satanic folklore". Scanned in full for those interested.
POLTERGEIST! – a new Fortean Times special edition – is on sale now! From the FT archives, we bring you the most terrifying, destructive and sometimes violent hauntings on record. In shops now, or order online (with a subscriber discount) at https://t.co/oMauioSdPT