I have always been interested, as an artist and writer, in inspiration. Where does it come from? What is its nature? Why is it such a fickle friend at times? One of the old stories most intimately connected to the idea of inspiration is the tale of the birth of Continue Reading
Art
THE SORCERY OF BEAUTY
There is an omnipresent temptation to claim that everything is magic, to believe that everything is a spell being woven by the world, reality itself a net to ensorcell the mind and enchant our steps. There may be some truth to this. There is also an inconvenient reality that ruins Continue Reading
GRIGOMERE, ORTGEIST, AND KAIROTOPE – ON THE SPIRIT OF PLACE, BEGOTTEN AND MADE
THIS MUST BE THE PLACE This must be the place. Ah yes. Where the River turns and the mist rises On one side there are fields of vines And on the other the hills rise to the Wild Wood And the Tumulus of the Druids Here in the River Bend Continue Reading
The Passion of Ceridwen – A Vision
I saw proud Ceridwen, great Queen and Goddess, Long blond curling hair and pale skin, a red dress, Alone in the fort on the lake, an evening of storm and silvery light. Her Lord rode hard to hounds and shouted, far away, Full of the joy of freedom and male Continue Reading
The Summerhouse
It stirred in me as soon as we rounded the final bend in the narrow road from Cahirciveen, as the sea and sky swung into view, vast and deep dark blue in the gathering evening. An old feeling like a tingling half-heard tune far off played through me, and I Continue Reading
A Deed Without A Name
THE WHITE LADY & THE PARLIAMENT OF OWLS
THE first time I saw the Ruined Tower, it took me by surprise, for it was in Summer, and the crown of oak-trees on its motte of earth were in full leaf; it was only very close by that I could see the fallen, ivy-covered building within. But I have Continue Reading
BOOK OF QUESTS
I EARTH WORKS Our four-fathers came from North and South and East and West And our mother, and her daughters, Seven Sisters, Came from everywhere, I think. And our one father, from the North, With hammer and tongs Arrived with his ships, and his silver, And they heard his roar Continue Reading
Leabhar DraÃocht – The Grimoire Diagrammaton
These are the collected Diagrammaton of the Hollow Collective, from 2000-2012. There are others, of course, and in due course, as we excavate the archives of the Hidden Library, they will be added au fur et à mesure. Venus in Furs, Mars to Measure. DIAGRAMMATON : appeared as one of Continue Reading
THE HIDDEN LIBRARY
Devlin’s Account of The Long Night Nov. 1st 1894 So it begins. The Game is underway, the seeds are sown, the dice are cast. And, despite some rotten looking bruises around the face and head, I’ll hazard that I’m winning already. Crowe can stuff it in his pipe. He told Continue Reading