Another one for the reading list: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Here's a blast from the past - '90s Brit occultists discussing the esoteric significance of numbers.

Current reading. Arun Saldanha. "Psychedelic White: Goa Trance and the Viscosity of Race" (Univ Minnesota Press, 2007).

People talk about us Children of The Hum as 'weirdo hippies, 'ragged walkers' blindly following something they couldn't hear, couldn't understand. They never understood that we lived in a landscape of wonder. They saw pylons, we saw sublime structures. – Trippy Pete, ex-Pylon Person #VOH

New for the reading pile. Melissa Seims' new book "Light in Extension: A History of Bradford's 1888 Golden Dawn Temple Horus No.5" www.thoth.co.uk/books/light-...

Some notes on the goddess Durgā: her battle with the demon Mahiṣa, a Durgā meditation, and the nine Navadurgās. (image source: Wikipedia). enfolding.org/some-notes-o...

A date for your diaries! Leeds' underground goth club returns! Sets running the gamut from OG post-punk to industrial techno, with special set from SOBORGNOST!!! (- recently seen supporting Cabaret Voltaire). I'lll put up a ticket link in the next few days! Art by @mariastrutz.bsky.social !

A fox jumping over a tomb, jumping over the moon. If you are lucky enough to witness such an event, you may choose to whisper important news to the fox: the passing of a loved one, the birth of a child, the fall of tyrants. The news will be passed on to the clan #FullMoon #FoxMoon #SuperMoon🦊🐾🌕

Calling all bird loving artists! This month's bird is the Spotted Owlet. 🤎 Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is Nov 26th. Rules and Full Size Ref. Photo here: birdwhispererproject.com/participate/ #birds #BirdWhisperer #art #owl

The episode in question: zencastr.com/z/e6-2aUqk

Video lecture "ripartite Lineages and Cremation Ground Revelations: Crossovers Between Early rDzogs chen and Kaula Śaivism". staged.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/tripartite-l...

Fancy delving into some earth mystery based magazines from the last 40 years? Take a look at these suggestions: stonefolklore.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/p... #EarthMysteries #Zines #NeoAntiquarian

Here is a latter-day Child of the Hum @philh.bsky.social

Fox curled around the skull of a young fox 🖤 Black tea, beetroot ink and blackberry ink #FoxFriday 🦊 #Samhain 🌀

New blog post. A short introduction to the goddess Bagalāmukhī, one of the Mahāvidyās. She is particularly associated with binding the speech of enemies. (image source: wikipedia) enfolding.org/on-bagalamuk...

Nice essay on Yantras from Tarka Journal's Substack: open.substack.com/pub/tarkajou...

New blog post. Some reflections on speech, language, and active listening in group discussions. From the archives of the London Tantra Discussion Group. enfolding.org/speaking-fro...

Nice piece on the etic/emic divide: open.substack.com/pub/tarkajou...

Last night we had a party to celebrate Patricia MacCormack's latest: Death Activism. Ideas, conversation, drinks, books. When Continental philosophy and thoughtful occulture are at their best, they're luminous. @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social

For the storytelling competition the fox wanted something special, and went to Bespoke Beasties; So for one day and one night he turned into a fox of many tails/tales, became a flying fox, and donned an antler crown. Dear Reader, he won the competition! 🦊🌀🌒 #Guild11Mysterium 1/2

First prompt for Guild Eleven Mysterium Mine has morphed into 'Precious Pumpkin-lings'; a fox having collected a hoard of delicious little pumpkins for winter 🦊🌖🍂 #Guild11Mysterium

Also just how some of the Shinto kami look like almost Lovecraftian monsters but are indeed gods, manifestations of the mysterious power and presence of the divine (linked to Brahman) and operating along the lines of some incomprehensible will or destiny. See Onamuchi above but also Take-Minakata.

"Light as the moon’s path over the sea the run of the hare over the land" Anna Crowe from 'A Calendar of Hares' 🎨 'Running of the Hare' Robert Gillmor #BookWormSat @asls.org.uk

Health allowing, I am planning an M. R. James post from 1st December every evening to Christmas Eve. This will include items and artefacts from my own collection, some of them extremely rare #Book #ghosts #DeadDecember 👻📚

New blog post - from the London Tantra Group wiki project. The Gaṇeśa Upaniṣad, translated by the late Mike Magee, with explanatory footnotes by me. Gaṇeśa painting by @mariastrutz.bsky.social enfolding.org/ga%e1%b9%87e...

SIgn up now for our forthcoming campaign to publish the lost books of Victor Neuburg! tinyurl.com/vinepress

New blog post: How the Hindu goddess Santoshi Ma achieved fame through a 1975 film, "Jai Santoshi Ma". enfolding.org/hail-to-the-...

A fascinating essay on LAM by the talented Ben Joffe! perfumedskull.com/2025/09/16/a...

New book review: John Chapple’s biography of Sri Krishna Prem - from the Royal Flying Corps to Vaiṣṇava renunciate. He was an influence on Timothy Leary and Ram Dass. enfolding.org/book-review-...

The sugarcane bow is carried by Lalita, Ganesa, and Kama. This essay examines its significance. (image: Lalita holding sugarcane bow by Jan Magee). enfolding.org/one-from-the...

Resharing for #WorldElephantDay 🐘

I saw Steve Hillage at Lancaster Uni in the 70s - amidst a herd of Afghan coat clad hippies.

Every ebb tide gifts the salt hag temporary scrying pools. Brined reflections of tomorrow. Opportunities for seaweed phytognomy where she may peer round the corners of time. The shore is her temple. She never lacks space for magic. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

a curled up fox, savouring the warmth of the sun 🦊🌀🌻 The yellow in the painting is mostly turmeric, the purple blackberry ink #whistpr #content

Fascinating substack newsletter from @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social on his experiences delving into Long Barrows. open.substack.com/pub/drfranci...

The Long Man Inn - highly recommended!

The Wilmington Yew, approximately 1,600 years old!

A visit to the Long Man of Wilmington. photo by @mariastrutz.bsky.social

England is a small country. Among its defining characteristics are the density of and proximity to ghosts. City streets or rural lanes, one does not have to walk far to encounter a temporal shade. No wonder the English have measurements such a phantoms per acre. – #CJosiffe #Ghosts

Continuing my examination of North America's "Satanic Panic" with a look at the McMartin Preschool case. enfolding.org/the-satanic-...

Cerberus cub 🤍 even the Endless start out young 🌿🌀🌒 #whistpr

A short news item about my exhibition that starts tomorrow, in which I clumsily talk through a short video interview www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/fantast...

QPR with your skull art 🤍🐾🖤

The cunning folk may have the crow as their bird, but we witches have the swan. It’s they who gift us feathers for our cloaks. It’s they who take messages to our dead sisters and bring back wise counsel. Never an owned familiar, always an amplifier of magics. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

The first part of our The Laundry RPG #ActualPlay is up on YouTube =) @lavaita.bsky.social & @thelollygaggers.com interrogate their way through a Black Bag Job from @cstross.bsky.social & @cubicle7games.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3UF...

For today's Full Moon a fox jumping over the Moon jumping over a tomb 🦊🌀🌕 #FullMoon #FoxMoon #TombThursday

One of the initial cover ideas for Phil Hine's 'Condensed Chaos' 🌒 The publisher, Original Falcon (then New Falcon) eventually came up with their own cover 🌀 Note: this is a black and white drawing and collage, not a digital image, the bear photocopied in various sizes @philh.bsky.social #whistpr

For the Hermit Fox is a shy creature. Approach too quickly, without establishing a rapport, and the door of the hermit shell, the operculum, will slam shut. But make no mistake, whilst the Hermit Fox is shy they are also fierce, tenacious and protective of their loved ones. 🦊🌘🐚 #Whistpr

Latest episode of Spirit Box is out, featuring yours truly and the vibrant @philh.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/1Q2G...

My Substack is back with a review of 'Delinquent Elementals: A Pagan News Anthology,' ed. @philh.bsky.social and Rodney Orpheus!