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book cover, it reads: Eleonora Paklons, Kristof Smeyers, Kurt Vanhoutte, Hannah Welslau (eds) PERFORMING MAGNETISM The theatrics of persuasion in the long nineteenth century the cover shows a man in a tuxedo staring straight at you, his skin is green and his eyes are yellow

Good morning all! For those who can't wait any longer: our book PERFORMING MAGNETISM is already available in open access, with huge thanks to @leuvenup.bsky.social

Read it here:
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Or here: www.jstor.org/content/oa_b...

Who Needs a Man When You’ve Got Medicine: Yuthok the Elder’s Teaching to the Yogini-doctor Dami Mentsün A painting of Yuthok Yönten Gönpo the Elder, from a 2006 compilation of medical biographies Recently, a student from Brazil in our ongoing one-year deep-dive course on the Ngöndro or Foundation pra…

Great essay on Tibetan Tantra by the amazing
@ben-joffe.bsky.social

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Pan (the Piper at the Gates of Dawn) holding his pipes and staring intently at the viewer.

‘The Greeks figured Pan, the god of Nature, now terribly stamping his foot, so that armies were dispersed; now by the woodside on a summer noon trolling on his pipe until he charmed the hearts of upland ploughmen.’
— R.L. Stevenson, ‘The Pipes of Pan’ #FolkloreThursday

🎨Arthur Rackham

Two socialist rituals from 1924 I’ve uploaded the text of two rites of passage intended for use by British socialists: a child’s naming ceremony and a wedding ceremony. We meet in this public manner in order to testif…

Two socialist rituals from 1924 - a marriage ritual and a child naming ceremony.

"We meet in this public manner in order to testify our conviction that every child born to our race, of whatever nation or colour, should be honoured as a new member of Humanity"

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Fine folk #FF @sebbyb.bsky.social @dirkmaggs.bsky.social @mariastrutz.bsky.social @annodracula.bsky.social @kjsoar.bsky.social @skionar.bsky.social @philh.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social @simonguy.bsky.social @stonelands.bsky.social @loreandordure.com @sjfarrer.bsky.social

Thanks matey!

Some have a kissing tree, some have a thinking tree, some have a tree they tell their secrets to. I am a greedy witch. I've as many trees as lovers and I've performed magic with most of them. My favoured wood is like a party filled with old friends to talk to. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

Thresholds may be the witch's engine of sorcery, but the wise among us learn to recognise those that should not be traversed. Not every gate has to be opened. Not ever border needs to be danced across. There are times where we only need acknowledge they are there. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982

book cover. "Bargain Witch: Essays in Self-Initiation" by Brooke Palmieri. cover image: "Pony in Meditation" Steven Arnold. A robed figure with elaborate head dress sits before a table, on which is a candle and other objects.

New blog post. My review of Brooke Palmieri's superb book, "Bargain Witch: Essays in Self-Initiation".
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The Occult Experience - Excerpt: Alex Sanders Fire Ritual YouTube video by Conclave of the Craft

Wee Alex making like an Aztec, apparently.
So mote it be!
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My favourite Remedios Varo painting 🌿🌀🦉

Sometimes as a witch I will go those places in the wood where winter lingers and sing spring's green songs. Not as summoning, but as blossom reminder, as hope of returning chiffchaff chorus. Whether I do this to remind myself of renewal or the wood becomes blur. – #EmilyCBantingt #WitchSky

A black and white photograph of a weathered, ivy-strangled tombstone in a somewhat feral boneyard bordered by trees still waiting for their spring finery.

As an author, I treat the boneyard as a resource. Its gravestones are lithic library. Rarely will I walk its paths without being gifted a character's name, a tale to tell. It whispers to me. The dead desire to talk and it would be rude to ignore them. – #CLNolan

Coloured Sri Yantra by Maria Strutz.

New blog post. A quick tour of the 36 tattvas of the tantric traditions. Second of a three-part series. Sriyantra by @mariastrutz.bsky.social
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an elephant baby facing forward, crouching behind a big elephant's partial leg on the left. Linocut, white, black and orange-red, the red is focussed on the young elephant. Maria Strutz

Protected, an elephant calf huddled next to their Mama's legs
- this is a linocut I carved a few years ago
#AnimalMarch #KleineKunstklasse

sitting fox looking out at the viewer surrounded by tulips. Fineliner pen, fountain pen, rosehip and beetroot ink, watercolours. Shades of brown, red, white and black

spring fox surrounded by tulips 🦊🌿🌷
Rosehip ink, beetroot ink and watercolours
#FoxFriday #FoxoftheDay

Having a skim through it right now!

Ta for the heads-up. I'll look out for it.

linedrawing of a striped hyena facing towards the left and tilting their head looking towards the viewer. The mane on the hyena's back is partially raised. Linedrawing, black and white, Maria Strutz

Striped Hyena/ Gestreifte Hyaene
#animalMarch #KleineKunstklasse 🤍🐾🌒

portrait of a striped hyena looking out at the viewer. pen and ink, coloured pencils, white gesso

Portrait of a striped hyena
#AnimalMarch #KleineKunstklasse

What's that then?

a bonehorse madonna, her halo made up of starfish, holding a seal pup. a waxing crescent moon in the sky behind them on their left, a waxing crescent moon reflected in the sea below.Linocut, dark blue and white, Maria Strutz

In difficult times people petition the Mare de la Mer,
on behalf of ageing relatives, loved ones, strangers in need.
'May the Mare de la Mer offer fierce comfort,
may the Mare de la Mer protect us all'
(traditional Hookland prayer and blessing) @hookland.bsky.social

"Waldeinsamkeit
You green expanse,
How distant is
The world from here!"

(Joseph von Eichendorff)

🎨 Caspar David Friedrich (1822)

#bookwormsat

You'll come across practitioners who will play hierarchical status games by telling you that your cauldron is cringey. These are the same people who will judge you on their continuity fantasies with no historical basis. Forget them. Witchcraft is what works. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

the skeleton of a narwhale swimming diagonally forward from right to left, their single tusk pointing to the lower left, the spine angled down towards the right corner. White dots in the water behind the skeleton. Linedrawing, watercolours, white acrylic. Shades of bluegreen and white. Maria Strutz

Dream of the Ghost Narwhale 🤍
#animalMarch
#KleineKunstklasse

Out at the brackish end of the Restal Waste, the King-Under-the-Sea shows off boats that did not pay their tide tithe. Mud-fast and salt-bullied, they serve as slow sacrifices. Reminders to pay your dues. Out here, no debt to the monarch goes uncollected. – #DAKilroy

woman with a staff walking from right to left, in front of her three or four foxes running from right to left. The woman's hand is outstretched to one of the fox's shoulder. her shadow seems to be merging with the very tall pointed mountains behind her, and she /her shadow appears to have a fox's tail. Linedrawing, felttip pen, watercolour, shades of orangebrown, blue, black and white, Maria Strutz

Walks with Foxes 🦊🐾🌘
#FoxFriday
#FoxoftheDay

Horse running from right to left, right front hoof is raised. Horse is surrounded by spirals and swirls, there is a big spiral in the horse's belly and above the horse's back in the central background. Fineliner, watercolours, oil pastels. Fiery shades of orange, yellow and red and white yellow

Cold-blooded horse - Firehorse
Kaltblutpferd/Feuerpferd
#animalMarch #KleineKunstklasse

a snow leopard walking through deep snow from left to right, look out at the viewer. Shades of white, buff, blue and brown. Mixed media, black tea, oil crayons, water colours, white gesso. Maria Strutz

My first contribution to #AnimalMarch
- a snow leopard 🤍🐾🌿
The buff of the leopard's pelt comes from black tea