"What ho!" The Deeds of Beowulf: An English Epic of the Eighth Century, 1892 John Earle 🇬🇧

I'm delighted to announce that I've been offered a contract by Cherry Hill Seminary (@chseminary.bsky.social) for a book entitled "Children of Starry Heaven: The Ancient Greek Transcendental Tradition". /1

I'm delighted to announce that I've been offered a contract by Cherry Hill Seminary (@chseminary.bsky.social) for a book entitled "Children of Starry Heaven: The Ancient Greek Transcendental Tradition". /1

PHOTO OF THE DAY. Grave of Eleanor Rigby in the churchyard of St Peter's Church, Woolton, Liverpool, where John Lennon & Paul McCartney met for the 1st time #OTD in 1957.

Just listened to an interview with Massimo Introvigne in which he suggested that the SSPX's adherents are in the tens rather than hundreds of thousands and that the movement is facing decline.

someone needs to found a woke latin mass society

Speaking from my own religious context, it's also just dangerous for more liberal types to shy away from open devotion, because I've seen people drawn into very toxic spaces by the initial appeal of "at least the people here talk like they believe this stuff".

This quadrant (old-school liturgy/ left to far left politics) isn’t as well occupied as it should be

#PhantomsFriday In 1642, after the battle of Edgehill ghostly armies were seen fighting in the sky. King Charles sent a Royal Commission to investigate & they also saw the apparitions. This is the only official ghost sighting in the UK. Intriguing details below www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/Hi...

I see that the Vatican is insisting on defectors from the SSPX being received as converts. Leo isn't messing about.

Ok - this is up now. If you want to read something about the SSPX situation from the perspective of a historian of religion - something which doesn't just tediously repeat the usual points - this is for you. Links below.

I'm watching the schism live online 👍

Excellent article about the reality of the SSPX. wherepeteris.com/seven-years-...

A contemporary report on the occult scene in Liverpool in 1857 This will be of interest to anyone who is curious about the history of esotericism. /1

A contemporary report on the occult scene in Liverpool in 1857 This will be of interest to anyone who is curious about the history of esotericism. /1

Just wow. I Googled to see if 18th century artist Henry Fuseli had ever painted Orpheus and Eurydice, and AI overview said: "It appears you may be blending the tragic Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice with the distinct, spiraling noodle known as fusilli"

This is perhaps my last chance to post my piece on Sir Kier Starmer as Britain's first atheist Prime Minister. religionoffthebeatentrack.substack.com/p/britains-f...

Ok - this is up now. If you want to read something about the SSPX situation from the perspective of a historian of religion - something which doesn't just tediously repeat the usual points - this is for you. Links below.

Would anyone be interested in an article about the SSPX bishops affair which tries to be genuinely reflective, isn't apologetic in purpose, and explains what is going on for the benefit of people who aren't insiders?

There is a real fear that liberal democratic societies are starting to fail to reproduce their own ideology.

Christianity as Aryan - A Victorian rant Crank theories that Christianity is an "Aryan" rather than a "Semitic" religion are usually associated with the wilder fringe of 1930s Nazi theology. But, as my latest piece shows, they go back at least to Victorian London. robindouglas.org/2026/06/12/c...

Christianity as Aryan - A Victorian rant Crank theories that Christianity is an "Aryan" rather than a "Semitic" religion are usually associated with the wilder fringe of 1930s Nazi theology. But, as my latest piece shows, they go back at least to Victorian London. robindouglas.org/2026/06/12/c...

🚨 New post on my Academia account 🚨 "A Fascist Pagan Liturgy from the 1930s" The text of an eccentric fascist Evensong liturgy composed by Alexander Rud Mills, an Australian lawyer, in 1936. It is incredible stuff - not only evil but toe-curlingly embarrassing. www.academia.edu/128353737/A_...

Englishness is not about skin colour, it's about being outraged at the emergence of single-file queues in pubs.

Reposting for Pride month: Memories of Old Gay Liverpool Transcripts of a fascinating oral history project tracing gay and transgender life in Liverpool back to the 1930s. pagesfromahistoriansnotebook.substack.com/p/memories-o...

New article on Spiritualism in Victorian Britain - what happens when a strange new paranormal craze breaks out in a society which is starting to develop a dominant culture of faith in science and rationality? "The Gentlemen and the Ghosts".... /1

New article on Spiritualism in Victorian Britain - what happens when a strange new paranormal craze breaks out in a society which is starting to develop a dominant culture of faith in science and rationality? "The Gentlemen and the Ghosts".... /1

"In Verdi, the ground bass is a battle cry. In Puccini, it is a mating call."

Agreement between Patriarch of Constantinople and Bishop of Rome 95% complete - all that remains is a single word in the Nicene Creed about the Holy Spirit.

The Sacred Magic of Abramelin. Would you be interested in joining a private Facebook discussion group on this subject? It's an esoteric subject in every sense, and I'm trying to gauge interest in it - both theoretical and practical Please like this if so - and r/t for publicity. Thank you! ✨

If you have bought "Paganism Persisting", please leave a review on Amazon! This is really important for the success of a book. If you haven't bought it, please do 😜 www.amazon.com/Paganism-Per...

Excellent talk and book launch last night, titled Paganism Persisting, with scholar @robincdouglas.bsky.social , which followed a signing of a re-release of his book, co-authored with @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social Also, want to thank @treadwells-books.bsky.social #pagan #paganhistory #paganwitch

The England men's team announcement, using The Beatles' 'Come Together', is fascinating. And to hear John Lennon speak about being "jolly English, actually" followed by a black man with dreadlocks running through London is a glorious two fingers up to those grim enough to doubt such a thing

I'm delighted to announce that I've signed a contract with Exeter University Press for a new book! 🍾 "The Myth of the Jewish Conspiracy" /1

Funnily enough, the Odyssey - whatever one makes of the "complicated" character of Odysseus - really *is* a conservative text, in the sense of being fundamentally uninterested in challenging the norms of its society. It's the Iliad that's woke.

Does anyone have institutional access to the Journal of the Middle East and Africa, by any chance? Thank you in advance.

Launch event for our book on Thursday at Treadwells bookshop in London - please sign up here! www.treadwells-london.com/events-1/pag...

The church courts rule that the Green Man is a Christian symbol!

I will be giving a talk on the Orphic Hymns at Beckett's Inn in Glastonbury tonight (7.30 for 8pm). Please come along if you are in the area!

If you have bought "Paganism Persisting", please leave a review on Amazon! This is really important for the success of a book. If you haven't bought it, please do 😜 www.amazon.com/Paganism-Per...

Free online - a forgotten book of the pagan revival. I've posted the complete text of "The Folklore of Herbs" (1946) by Katherine Oldmeadow, who seems to have been one of Gerald Gardner's witch friends.

Free online - a forgotten book of the pagan revival. I've posted the complete text of "The Folklore of Herbs" (1946) by Katherine Oldmeadow, who seems to have been one of Gerald Gardner's witch friends.

A piece of history - my grandmother (aged 3) in the May Day parade in Bootle in 1912.

An interesting theological voice, whose curiosity and passion for interfaith relations was remarkable.

This is an excellent piece about the Green Man. drangelapuca.substack.com/p/the-truth-...

This article contains sentences like: "The dream had left me with a powerful sense of mission. I needed to redress the debt I felt to Lithuania."

Coming up on Thursday 21 May at Treadwells bookshop in London..... == Paganism Persisting – In-Conversation & Soirée == Robin Douglas and Francis Young explore Europe’s long fascination with reviving its pagan past. Drinks follow. www.treadwells-london.com/events-1/pag...

“Nothing short of a treasure trove.” Eric Loefflad’s review of ‘Paganism Persisting’ by me and @robincdouglas.bsky.social in the Ecclesiastical Law Journal www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Sunrise this morning here in Glastonbury.

🚨NEW OUT IN PAPERBACK TODAY!🚨 The story of pagan revivals through history "PAGANISM PERSISTING: A History of European Paganisms since Antiquity" By myself and @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social Ronald Hutton: "written in an admirably lucid and accessible style" Only £24.99!