Take a journey with me through time and space — no, not that one! — but to the city of aquatint last month. I made a quick jaunt to London for the tarot exhibit I decided I could not miss and a few other things (more to come…) and because I flew into Luton I…
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Tarot @ Create!
SIGN UP NOW for Mini Tarot Readings by “Arcane Alchemy” artist Kate Laity during this year’s Catskill Winter Solstice event on Saturday, Dec. 21st! @k.a.laity will be offering 3 card/15 min readings in our 2nd floor gallery from 5-8pm – $20 to book a session*SIGN UP HERE* Afterwards, come and join us downstairs for craft-making…
Tarot @ Star+Splendor
TAROT READINGS! SUNDAY 8 Dec Star + Splendor 96 Congress Street Troy NY 11am-5pm Kick off the holiday season with a tarot reading to prepare you for the new year! I’ll be reading along with folks like pal Jen Simon as part of the Troy Victorian Stroll. So expect me to dress like an early…
CFP: Divination, Witchcraft, and the Occult
Call for Presentations Divination, Witchcraft & the Occult *SPECIAL TOPIC* Popular Culture Association Conference 16-19 April 2025 New Orleans, Louisiana, US The broad interest in divination, witchcraft, and the occult has been part of popular culture for centuries. Scholars’ discomfort with the topic is often palpable: they tend to focus on intersections that feel more…
What I’ve Been Reading
Because I have to wait on some things — always irksome — I will quickly (very quickly) mention a few things I’ve been reading so you will not think I am simply lazing around (although some of the books are meant to be exactly that). Also doubtless I will leave out all the research-oriented things…
Hard-Boiled Witch: FREE!
For the season that’s in it (and hopes renewed of creating a new episode) the original HARD-BOILED WITCH will be FREE October 3-5. Pop on over to the Amazon page to grab a copy (click the picture above). See where it all got started! Don’t like Amazon? Get a PDF copy direct by paying what price…
Radical Spirits: Hilma’s Ghost
As I found myself in Connecticut this weekend, I stopped off at the Hill-Stead Museum to visit the exhibit Radical Spirits: Tarot, Automatism, and Feminist Histories put together by the collective Hilma’s Ghost (named of course for Hilma af Klint): Hilma’s Ghost, named after af Klint, is a feminist artist collective consisting of Brooklyn-based artists and…
Only The Stones Remain
Before I was laid low with fever and dreams, I watched a couple of folk horror classics that I had often heard about but never watched. Being well-versed in 70s American television horror I remain sadly deficient in the British counterpart, though I have made great strides since the whole folk horror boom arose (mostly…
Spook Racket: Psychic Mafia
Oddly enough in the seemingly endless line of grifters and con artists in and around the spook racket, I had not read this volume. I first ran across the BBC radio series on it — part of their ongoing fascination with grifters like Anna Delvey. Lamar tells his story (with Spraggett’s help) with relish, albeit…
Got Gothic? Turney’s The Other One (1952)
The Dell paper back edition: ‘Black magic — and a modern sorceress!’ That ghastly green: I love it. Last week’s film Back from the Dead was based on this mid-century Gothic thriller and scripted by the author, who certainly streamlined the narrative — perhaps a little too much. By coincidence (or due to us both…