Just a quick note to let you know that I will be doing a signing for Unikirja May 30th at Eastline Books in Clifton Park, NY. The fabulous Robyn Ringler hosts many events at her independent book store and it’s a great place to browse — in fact, she’ll be having a big sale that…
Category: magic
Curing Elfshot and Fending off a Wen
Medieval people used magic for many different reasons. Among the most common uses was, of course, for healing.
Unna ja Nuuk
Coming to Real Art Ways in Hartford, Connecticut on August 16th & 17th at 1.30pm: the Finnish film Unna ja Nuuk, which I simply have to see! Not only for the Finnish angle, but it overlaps with so much that I am writing now that I can hardly believe it. It’s been making the rounds…
May Day / New Column
The tipping point toward summer is here, yet there was frost on my windshield this morning. Brrr. But the buds on the trees turned into leaves in the course of the weekend I was gone. Speaking of pagan holidays: I’m pleased to announce I’m doing a (paid) bi-weekly column for the four times-a-week newsletter, the…
Walpurgisnacht
Teaching is done for the semester, just finals to go. I was sad to see the back of my film class, but they were more than ready to move on to finals and summer and graduation. It’s Walpurgisnacht, so bonfires are burning — and in Finland people are probably already drinking sima for Vappu (and…
Another Plug!
Christopher over at What is Witchcraft?, a terrific blog on current as well as historical charges of witchcraft (like this one on a “demon headmaster”), has a nice post up on Jane Quiet with the cover. Thanks a bunch! He also mentioned the big sale at Spilled Candy Books, publisher of my novel Pelzmantel, which…
Jane Quiet rocks the world!
Elena Steier is ink queen of the world! Stop by the Goth Scouts pages and check out the latest inks of our joint project Jane Quiet. Is that a fabulous monster or what?!
Moore: RAW
Alan Moore’s tribute to Robert Anton Wilson, March 2007 in London (thanks to the Alan Moore Live Journal community and to Maybe Logic).
Publication: Up on the Roof
I was pleased to find my latest publication in my mailbox after the end of a very long day today. I have most of the latest Societas Magica newsletter to myself for my essay “Up on the Roof: Understanding an Anglo-Saxon Healing Practice.” This is part of the longer project on women as witches in…
Publication: Jodorowsky Box
The much delayed issue of Up Against the Wall 8 is up with my review of the Jodorowsky box set. Read fearless Phil’s editorial for more on the good and the bad news that pushed the issue off track. Read Jason Quinn’s review of the new bio on Iggy (she says, seething with envy because…