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Proud to present Contemporary Gothic: Eighth Annual Postgraduate Conference, 22 June 2018, Lancaster University - fab papers from our PhD students, post-docs and keynotes @earlymodatLancs and @VampireSorcha #LancsGothic2018
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David Robertson appeared on the Religious Studies Project this week, interviewing Ann Taves of the University of California, who argues that we should study religions under the broader rubric of “worldviews” and “ways of life”. ift.tt/2wZBetu ift.tt/2J49CIu
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The occult battle between Aleister Crowley & William Butler Yeats -
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I remain committed to #interdisciplinarity -- even if it means I'll never fit neatly into procrustean #academic categories. We need more cross-disciplinary thinkers in #scholarship to keep it creative and relevant! #religion #science #mathematics #humanities #magic #nature #space
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"Evidence of Earth’s enigmatic past..." is etched on the moon's exquisite face Augusto Carballido buff.ly/2InkJwF [image credit RadicalCartography.net] #tbt #moon50festival #londonmoon #moonfestival
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If you were a medieval midwife, you might have been required to:
a. Recite a prayer/chant
b. Fetch water
c. Warm the newborn by a fire
d. Read a story involving a dragon
e. All of the above
Find out at blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscr… #InternationalMidwivesDay
Add MS 11390, f. 4r
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#moonmeans mania at Woolwich Centre Library. Talk. Think. Drink (tea). Write. Draw. Talk some more...#mondaymuse #moon50festival #londonmoon #moonfestival
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Celebrate May (and the fact that summer is supposedly here) with this medieval calendar page: Cotton MS Julius A VI, f. 5r blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscr… #PolonskyPre1200
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The sun with human features, from Splendor Solis, a 16th-century German alchemical treatise. More art from the history of alchemy here: buff.ly/2aNeBgV
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The Oslo Pilgrimage Centre on the Olav’s Way, Norway. Note the pilgrimage destinations! ift.tt/2F2S1Lc
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"Your thoughts are a veil on the face of the Moon. That Moon is your heart, and those thoughts cover your heart. So let them go, just let them fall into the water."
—Rumi
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The ዓውደ፡ ነገሥት, ‘Awda Nagast a divination treatise used for predicting the future with lakes and rivers. The book was officially banned by the #Ethiopian Church before the 17th c. From @britishlibrary @BLAsia_Africa Add. 16,247.
#divination #Ethiopia #astrology
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“Physic without astrology is like a lamp without oil “, Nicholas Culpeper, c.1653.Until the C18th medicine & astrology were inextricably linked. The zodiac man was used by doctors to determine the type, cause & cure of illness & the timing of treatment & surgery
#FolkloreThursday
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Gnosis, imagination, knowledge and delight, all here in one place: Aeon Byte. An illuminating interview with Magus Miguel about Lost Knowledge of the Imagination. Take a byte of the apple...youtube.com/watch?v=eB9BqkvJ…
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Top 10 Superheroes of the Middle Ages buff.ly/2vyWKon



































