Gavin Fox (Author)
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Freelance Occult and Pagan author Wrote The Accelerated Necromancer Created Trisphere Memetic Magick Owns The Accelerated Chaote Birthed the Barghest Wyrd Latest writing: http://TheAcceleratedChaote.Com Buy me a Koffee: https://ko-fi.com/gavinfoxauthor
Out and about in Cardiff again this evening. Errands to run. Busy seems to be my default setting these days, playing Birthday massacre far too loud in my headphones helps. Better to burn out than fade to grey, eh?. Already lucky enough to see one fox so far. Might see more before I get home too.
The Birthday Massacre - Flashback
YouTube video by The Birthday Massacre
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OK, so a somewhat spooky entry for #FolkWitchFriday this week. Seeing as it's almost #Halloween. This one that saw print in Pagan Dawn Magazine back in 2018, and fed directly into the idea of me writing a whole book on Necromancy from a modern, urban perspective. Which I also did, later in 2024.
Pagan Spirits
Ghost hunting is not for everyone. Indeed, those who already have a rich and varied experience with the spirit world through their regular Neopagan practice are unlikely to want to spend the night …
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Classic ghost documentary project, day nine, #GhostSky, and we have a nice little offering from 2001 ahead of #Halloween. Picture quality could be better to be fair, but as with a lot of the shows from this era the best we can get is a VHS rip gone digital. Still a solid watch though.
Haunted Hotels: Where Phantoms Lurk
YouTube video by Spook Sounds
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What, the super elite are also really bad people who have little better than a passing understanding of the fictional works that they have based so much of their world view upon? And no way, they have twisted those cautionary tales into road maps for domination too? Yep. Very good video essay, here.
Tech Bros vs Fiction
YouTube video by Georg Rockall-Schmidt
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Day eight of my ongoing #Halloween project, sharing a classic ghost documentary a day until the spooks hit the fan on the 31st. We're already a week in, #ParanormalSky, and this is a rare example from the era of quirky local TV networks and public access broadcasting. Still a lot of fun though.
Ghosts Of Chicago (1986)
Title: Ghosts of ChicagoYear: 1986Source: VHSDescription: Ghosts of Chicago (1986) is a fascinating exploration of the haunted history of Chicagoland, hosted by renowned ghost hunter Richard Crowe. Th...
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Day seven of my 31 days of classic ghost documentaries. Plan is to share one a day until #Halloween to celebrate the Veil thinning, #GhostSky. This one verges more into (pseudo)scientific territory, as the topic of EVP is not without it's detractors after all, but I find it interesting either way.
WITNESS : VOICES OF THE DEAD (Channel 4, 2001)
YouTube video by GuildfordGhost
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Bonus entry for my #Halloween project, #FolkloreSky, as it's not a classic documentary - so doesn't meet the age criteria that I set out at the start of the month. This is something more modern, from the National Coal Mining Museum for England, and is five minutes of interesting Ghost stories.
Ghosts and Coal Mining
YouTube video by National Coal Mining Museum for England
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Day six of my post one ghost documentary a day until #Halloween project, #FolkloreSky, and this one is close to my adopted home. Great little show and tell from back in 1995 with some darkly interesting stories. Yes, most border more on legendry than fact, #ParanormalSky, but that adds to the charm.
Castle Ghosts of Wales (HD) (1995) (COMPLETE EPISODE)
YouTube video by (UK) Mysterygirl00 History & Mysteries
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Weird nature for you then, #PaganSky. Just found a fresh patch of Fulgo Septica, or dog vomit slime mould in my garden. Harmless, aside from possibly triggering asthma. But when the folklore around it mentions sick troll cats, hex spoiled milk and witches' spit, it's totally worth a closer look.
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Ok, #PaganSky, shot through my kitchen window on the highest zoom so not the best quality again, but finally got footage the squirrels chilling together while munching on bird seed by the feeding station I set up at the back of the garden earlier this summer. Become a bit of a local hangout now.
Fifth post for my 31 days of ghost documentaries. Plan is to share one a day until #Halloween to celebrate #SpookySeason, #ParanormalSky. This is an especially delicious treat with no tricks, because yes, that is indeed Christopher Lee providing narration. You did indeed hear that right. Enjoy!
GHOST (1991) — Full Paranormal Documentary!
YouTube video by Worldwide Ghosts
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Post number four for my 31 days of ghost documentaries, one a day until #Halloween, and it's another long video, seeing as it's the weekend. Collected episodes from season one of a series that aired back in 2011, this boasts some interesting first hand accounts of the spooky, #ParanormalSky.
Great British Ghosts | 2011 | Season 1 Complete
YouTube video by Gentleman’s Curiosities
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Third post for my 31 days of ghost documentaries, one a day until #Halloween to celebrate the arrival of pumpkin spice and snuggling under warm blankets. This one is longer than my last two, but seeing as we're at the weekend now and likely need some background noise, #GhostSky, that's all good.
Paranormal Files Marathon: Mind Boggling Sightings and Abductions | Season 1 | Retold
YouTube video by Documentary Vault
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Second post for my 31 days of ghost documentaries, one a day until #Halloween to celebrate #SpookySeason finally arriving. This one is so unbelievably twee and quintessentially British, #ParanormalSky. And really unintentionally funny in places too. Still worth a watch though.
Meet The Ghost Hunters 1975
1975 BBC Documentary where Hugh Burnett meets some of the people who look for ghosts - and some of the people who have seen them.
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OK Gravehounds, here's my first of 31 days of classic ghost documentaries, one a day all the way up to #Halloween. A tradition that I keep every October, in the hopes of spreading a little of the spooky around #ForteanSky and #ParanormalSky as the nights close in. This one is a personal favourite.
Ghosts On The Underground
YouTube video by António Marques
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Ah... October. About damn time. My favourite month of the year, and a rare excuse to revel in the spooky alongside the usually disinterested parts of permaculture. As usual I will be sharing a classic ghost documentary a day from now until the 31st on here, from both YouTube and Internet Archive.
Sneak update about something going live in January over at my author portfolio which should be of interest to my longer term, more magickal followers. I realised about a week ago that my more esoteric output has recently become rather complex, at least to outsiders. But I've always been an ...
Further exploring the non-corvid wildlife in my garden this autumn. Haven't got a decent shot of the squirrels or hedgehogs yet but the spiders seem happy enough to pose. I'm no photographer and my tools are limited to what's on my phone, but this is more to honour their presence than to display.
So, author updates then. First, my work with the hypersigil around the Barghest Wyrd godform is going well, as can be seen by both the visitor numbers over at my portfolio blog as well as feedback on here too. I am planning on sharing some more ritualistic content on there soon as well, and ...
Not the best quality as shot through my kitchen window on a high zoom, #PaganSky, but got back from that trip around Cardiff to see the local crow population enjoying the nuts and suet I popped up the end of the garden for them before I left. Not pictured: the squirrels and magpies eating it too.
Overcast morning in Cardiff. Chill returning to the air after a strangely warm equinox week. Started locking down the garden for winter yesterday, leaving summer frivolities behind under black tarp and tin roof. Out today. Baggy jumper and bobble hat as armour. Warm drink as fuel. Autumn, then.
So what is my Wyrd Fictions hypersigil project? Well if gives me a chance to use world building and short form narrative to explore the role my immanent Keelian Godform has always played in the Fortean world, even before it existed. Latest entry is up now, and should be worth a read. Enjoy.
Wyrd Fictions 004 – 006
A selection of cuttings, correspondence and research notes designed as hypersigilised world building for my Keelian godform project. Truth or otherwise is subjective, though perhaps when it comes t…
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So the Wyrd Fictions hypersigil project at my author portfolio has proven to be rather popular so far, and that's only with the first three entries up. Short form pseudohistory in the vein of both Calgary and Glasgow's Gideon Keys cycle, as well as Portals of London, the next three go live Saturday.
Wyrd Fictions 001 – 003
A selection of cuttings, correspondence and research notes designed as hypersigilised world building for my Keelian godform project. Truth or otherwise is subjective, though perhaps when it comes t…
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Genuinely off-putting and strange entry for #WeirdWednesday this week. And yes, yet another find over at the BBC Archive channel. Some good old fashioned British passive-aggressiveness aimed, somewhat bizarrely, at a post WW2 austerity middle class who had finally regained their purchasing power.
1962: What Was Britain Like Before the Apocalypse? | Monitor: The Lonely Shore | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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Happy #Mabon for those who do, and #AutumnEquinox for those who don't. Time for comfy sweaters, pumpkin spice hot chocolate and kicking piles of leaves over in the park, #WitchSky. This is always a doubly special time for me as it's also the anniversary of the release of my book in 2024 too!
Strange feeling in the air tonight. Expectant. Heavy. North Cardiff almost seems like it's waiting for something. People unsure of the paving slabs beneath their feet. Maybe it's me. Psychic pressure and all that. Nightmares are worse lately. Third eye feels like it has sand in it. Irritated. Hmmm.
