Archive - Mark Nemglan

We Are Products of the Ancestral Imagination

The paradoxes of ancestry and the metaphors we use to understand them

Dec 27 •

Small Acts of Cosmic Congress

Why I go out to greet the rising sun at winter solstice

Dec 20 •

Tudor Apocalypse

Monastic dissolution, the twilight of the saints, and the occult consequences

Dec 14 •

Books of the Year 2024

Three superb books from 2024 (technically four)

Dec 7 •

Music of the Year 2024

Indulge me while I pontificate about my favourite music of the year

Dec 1 •

November 2024

Dialects: the Power of Forgotten Words

How these lost vernacular languages are rooted in ancestry and the land

Nov 23 •

The One Saint You Need on Your Side

The Occult Story of the Saints: Part Two

Nov 16 •

Look After the Light: Part Two

The final installment of my beloved partner's story, concerning her lone pilgrimage around Britain, ending at Glastonbury

Nov 9 •

The Morbidly Fascinating World of the Saints

The Occult Story of the Saints: Part One

Nov 2 •

October 2024

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