GILPIN HORNER
[The fairy lore of the British Isles may be the liveliest such tradition recorded. Some of its numberless, colorful supernatural beings are portrayed as solitary. Others live in communities, even […]
Celtic
SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED
For Sir Thomas Sean Connery (August 25, 1930-October 31, 2020) Every age needs its signature hero. It’s often hard to say who invents the style. It’s not always the […]
Portals
I was going through some old files recently and came across a report about The Roycroft Inn in East Aurora that I have never published. An example of a type […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
“Letting Your Spirits Catch You,” Part 1
I mentioned the wonderful little party I attended last week at the home of Owen O Suilleabhain. I was there just long enough to meet everyone and hear the young […]
The Moon-Eyed People
[Supernatural folklore and ancient monuments go hand in hand in Europe. In the Americas, the connection is not so well known.] When the first historic European cultures, the Celts, moved […]
The Elfin Ring
(A Reflection from December 2012) 1 In many parts of the world it’s been believed that we share the earth with natural presences often envisioned as small, magically powerful, humanlike […]
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