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This is my hortus conclusus (Latin, literally ‘enclosed garden’) where I can write about and discuss the things that interest me, and hopefully interest you too. I’m always reading, researching, thinking and learning. Topics of interest include: folklore; mythography & mythopoeia; earth mysteries; magick - in theory and practice - and magickal traditions; esoteric history; ritual & symbolic landscapes; psychogeography, hauntology & folk horror; occulture & general esoterica; books & publishing; music; occult fiction and poetry… The list is endless really.

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