Folklore / Legends / Occult / Witchcraft
by Ian · Published December 5, 2011 · Last modified December 9, 2018
Black Meg was a man-eating ogress who lived in a cave on the wild and lonely expanse of Ancaster Heath. She terrorised the countryside for miles around, devouring anyone she came across. Her foul, evil spells made the land barren and she used her long iron claws to maul and kill livestock.
Occult / Occult Traditions / Witchcraft
by Ian · Published August 26, 2011 · Last modified December 14, 2018
In Chelmsford, 1582, fourteen women from St Osyth were put on trial. The charge was witchcraft. Ten of those women faced charges of ‘bewitching to death’. Seperate skeletons found in St Osyth during 1921 were thought to belong to two of these women, executed as witches.
Folklore / Occult / Occult Traditions / Salem Witch Trials / Witchcraft
by Ian · Published June 12, 2011 · Last modified November 15, 2018
Salem Village (now Danvers) was settled by European farmers from nearby Salem Town in the 1630’s becoming a separate parish in 1672. The Parsonage dated from 1681, and from 1689 when the covenant church was established it was the home of English born Rev Samuel Parris (born 1653 – died 27 February 1720), his family and household slaves.
Druidism / English Fairies / English Folktales / Fairies / Featured Sites / Folklore / Folktales / Occult / Occult Traditions
by Ian · Published June 5, 2011 · Last modified December 22, 2018
Sedgley Beacon lies some 237 metres (777 feet) above sea level in the heart of the West Midlands. It is said that the top of Beacon Hill is the highest point between Sedgley and the Ural Mountains in Russia. Commanding views were once enjoyed right across the industrial Black Country and beyond to the Clee and Malvern hills and the mountains of Wales.
Ancient Sites / Druidism / Early Christianity / Legends / Occult / Occult Traditions
by Ian · Published May 16, 2011 · Last modified December 11, 2018
According to tradition, whilst St Patrick was converting the Irish pagans to Christianity in the 5th century, he had a vision whilst in a cave on Saints Island, just off the shore of Lough Derg.
Book Review / Occult / Occult Traditions / Review / Witchcraft
by Ian · Published May 1, 2011 · Last modified October 14, 2018
In his editorial David J. Wingfield expressed his hopes that ‘The Initiate’ would become a forum to discuss the nature of tradition in a quasi-academic context. Well I think he is on the right path and I certainly found all the articles to be both fascinating and thought provoking.
Book Review / Occult / Occult Traditions / Review
by Ian · Published April 18, 2011 · Last modified October 14, 2018
Julius Evola was a renowned Dadaist artist, Idealist philosopher, critic of politics and Fascism, ‘mystic,’ anti-modernist, and scholar of world religions.
Occult / Occult Biographies / Occult Traditions / Witchcraft
by Ian · Published December 11, 2010 · Last modified November 19, 2018
The following article entitled ‘Cumbrian witch’s cursed tea set promises disaster for new owners’ appeared in the Cumberland News on Friday 10 December 2010. It concerns a legacy left by Lizzie Baty (The Brampton Witch) in the 19th century.
Book Review / Hauntings / Occult / Occult Traditions / Review / Witchcraft
by Ian · Published July 31, 2010 · Last modified October 28, 2018
I have known the name David Farrant ever since I first started reading about and investigating the paranormal.
Articles / Folklore / Legends / Occult / Occult Biographies
by Daniel Parkinson · Published June 10, 2010 · Last modified September 28, 2018
The Brahan Seer is undoubtedly the most famous of all Celtic seers although the reality of the 17th Century Coinneach Odhar Fiosaiche or Kenneth Mackenzie is hidden deep in legend. The roots of these legends may have come from a holy man in the 1600’s, about whom legends have grown with the years.
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