Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan

I received my PhD in History at the University of Exeter where I studied premodern magic - specifically fairy summoning spells. (He/him) 🏳️‍🌈

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

I am very happy to say that my PhD is finally done and my dissertation is in its final form and available online! If you want to read "Communing With Nature: Fairies in English Ritual Magic and Occult Philosophy, 1400-1700" you can find it here! https://t.co/mglM5KaV5J 1/2

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

@DrThomasWaters @DrFrancisYoung @Robin_C_Douglas @DrBeachcombing I'm glad it is useful in furthering these discussions!

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

@ContraPoints The Stepford Wives truly is the novel of our time... Genuinely horrifying.

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

One year ago today (January 15th) I defended my PhD. After my defence I planted the seed of a banyan tree - small as a piece of dust.
Here is a picture of it today (next to a box of tea for scale):

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

@MagicNotWitches Well deserved!!!!

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

@AaronBastani @RowenaSquires Absolutely criminal!

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

@AlinaUtrata Oh my goodness - congratulations Alina!!!!

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

@SketchesbyBoze

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

@hexnhart Congratulations!!!!

The Last Unicorn
The Princess and the Goblin
The Neverending Story
The Secret Garden

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

*loses

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

Oh, autocorrect... today I found a paragraph in my dissertation notes where I repeatedly refer to the Liber Razielis (the medieval spellbook said to have been delivered to antediluvian humans by the angel Raziel) as the Liber Raviolis. It... looses some gravitas.

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

So glad to be done - next step is the book! #history #graduation #Folklore #magic #PhD #NewProfilePic

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

@sacha_coward

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

@lithehax A forest spirit. Naturally:

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

@SketchesbyBoze I am ecstatic! And I cannot agree enough with your giving her the accurate title of "the world's best living author."

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

@andrewmarkhenry That is beyond the pale!

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

@light_bio @_K_E_L_S_O_N_ I can't wait!

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

@craftylotus PhD. Yes.
Academic career? No.

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

@HouseRowena Thank you!

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

I am very happy to say that my PhD is finally done and my dissertation is in its final form and available online! If you want to read "Communing With Nature: Fairies in English Ritual Magic and Occult Philosophy, 1400-1700" you can find it here! https://t.co/mglM5KaV5J 1/2

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

@lauradench Thank you!

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

@blackcatpoppies Thanks, it is my pleasure to do so! I am about to begin turning it into a book for publication, but there are some edits and sanding work to do to it, plus there is some additional information that I did not have time/space to include. So if you like this there is more to come!

[Dr. Samuel Gillis Hogan @Thaumatomane]

@RobThomas14 Thank you - I hope you enjoy it! I am actually currently trying to secure postdoc funding to go more in-depth with the implications of my findings for environmental history (which, given your area of study, may also be of interest to you when I have it written in a few years😅).