Sir Antonius
I bid good night to one of the great actors of our age. Born Carl Adolph von Sydow in Lund, Sweden, Max von Sydow (1929-2020) started out among the […]
Two Hunters and the Skinwalker
[To the Celtic peoples of Europe a “dust devil” – a moving mini-cyclone of dirt and detritus – announced the passage of an invisible supernatural being, usually one of […]
Haunted Objects
One of my best friends in college went on to become a Celtic specialist. Like me, he had a fondness for out-of-the-way lore. On one of his trips to the […]
“Come away, O human child!” (Part 1)
Children’s psychic experiences can be both the most poetic and the most frightening. According to the reports I get, the average ghost sighting is a completely visual experience. Other sensory […]
And Heavy Mortal Hopes…
1 So I admit it. I let the food run low for Disko and Fortnight over the weekend. It looked like there was just enough Science Diet to make it […]
The Cursed Gold of Delphi
The recent passing of Lughnasadh (July 31/August 1) has set a couple of reflections into me. Most of you are probably wondering, though, what Lughnasadh may be. The Celtic holiday […]
My Monday Wipeout
[Through back-channels I heard the story of a Canadian boy who may have been studied in Toronto in the 1990s. He had some disability, possibly Downs Syndrome, and it was […]
A Glint at the Mound
[Readers may know me as a chronicler of other people’s supernatural experiences. They may not expect me to have my own. It’s true that I don’t have many. I believe […]
Talking Animals and Medicine People: The Supernaturalism of the Upstate Iroquois
Talking Animals and Medicine People: The Supernaturalism of the Upstate Iroquois One of the world’s most impressive storytelling traditions is that of the six New York Iroquois nations. The Longhouse folk […]
“Letting Your Spirits Catch You,” Part 2
In my last post I referred to the beautiful fable given us by the young bardic poet Dónall Ó Héalaà at the home of Andrea and Owen O Suilleabhain. It […]