Phil Hine
@philh.bsky.social
Occult Author, Researcher, Publisher, Lecturer. https://enfolding.org/
The narrow, high-banked path that carves a channel through the boneyard of St. Urian’s at Wormford is notoriously ghost-soaked. We would expect nothing less for a old wraith way, yet it has a pleasing diversity of phantoms: giant spiders made of smoke; flaming wheels; floating pillars of blue light.
Locals used to call the cliffs at Dedwick 'the place of a thousand skulls'. Given that the clifftop cemetery was collapsing onto the beach below, it wasn't an unreasonable name. Even now, storms sometimes pull bones onto shore, feeding it new ghosts. – #MattAdams, 1981
this is sociologically interesting. people who haven't acquired skills through education or experience now think they're *indispensible* compared to those who have.
Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 15h agoMy answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.
I try to refuse sentiment, but few words stir my heart more than Free Public Library. However, I will admit that the phrase Free Local Museum comes exceedingly close. How can one not adore an eccentric collection of obscure objects acting as ghost-magnets? – #CJosiffe
What with more images of @greenlungband.bsky.social's upcoming Necropolitan album package creeping out into the world, I thought I’d share some details from the lyrics booklet I put together... 💀 The Illustrated Necropolitan Chronicle 💀
Wood edge and hedge offer me constant treasure. My garnering bag sings for me to walk them, my kerping knife begs to be unclasped in their presence. While witchcraft is often witch graft, when I am beside them, witchcraft is also an act of joy. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky
Sci-fi authors Scalzi and Stross decry AI's dystopian impact on their craft
Sci-fi authors Scalzi and Stross decry AI's dystopian impact on their craft
LLMs are theft by 'absolute scum' who make life harder for writers by putting them in copyright peril
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Can't believe I've never heard of this. 1984 German cyberpunk film, inspired by and featuring William Burroughs, with Genesis P-Orridge. Music from PTV, Soft Cell, Einsturzende Neubauten, The The. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decoder...
Decoder (film) - Wikipedia
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I should've done this yesterday, but in the haunted cupboard I just found a batch of old lino printed William Ager crests from A Warning to the Curious. I'll include one with every order from the M.R. James print series til I run out..! 👁️ slipperyjack.bigcartel.com
Richard Wells@slipperyjack.bsky.social · 4d agoMonty Rhodes James, born on this day, eighteen sixty two! 👻 Here are my lino prints made over the years based on a bunch of his fine ghost stories...
No work will be done in Hookland today. It's the Puck Fairs. Epic bouts of storytelling, drinking, love-making and other funs of the fair. #Lughnasadh
Simon Young explores Victorian schoolboys "raising the devil". One for @cultauthor.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/britishm...
Why Victorian Men Confessed to Raising the Devil
Victorian boys drew rings and sacrificed cats to raise the Devil, then cheerfully confessed it all, decades later. Children as the originators of folklore.
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Folk who think Stay Belows never come close to towns, never follow the rivers up to old border bridges, are fools. They are a constant hunger. They like places that offer a feast. Where there is water, there is a way for Stay Belows. – Mike Fellows #VOH
The wonderful @treadwells-books.bsky.social have signed copies of 'Hookland Fragments Volume One' with a free Right To Reside card back in stock if you want to buy from one of my favourite bookshops. www.treadwells-london.com/product-page...
Hookland Fragments Volume One - David Southwell | Treadwells
Discover the Fortean mysteries and folkloric history of Hookland, England's lost county. Created by David Southwell and documented extensively on social media for many years, the fictional Hookland ha...
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Going to call that a good post day, @hookland.bsky.social fragments vol.1 & the how-bloody-big-is-that Delinquent Elementals by @philh.bsky.social & @rodneyorpheus.bsky.social
A spotted tiger moth - the last of the moths I'll post (for now). In all of my moth paintings from that period I focussed on closeup details of the moths rather than the whole shape, making them rather abstract. #MothoftheDay #NationalMothWeek
Maria Strutz@mariastrutz.bsky.social · 2w agoNorthern Tiger Moth - another one from my Moth period 🌿 #MothoftheDay #NationalMothWeek
Absolutely delighted with my Right to Reside in Hookland and the Fragments book.
Fox of the Mycelium 🦊🌿🌗 The colour in the image comes from black tea and rosehip ink 🌿 #FoxFriday #FoxoftheDay #FungiFriday
Authors watch out for Agent scams. Thanks to @cultauthor.bsky.social I managed to dodge this one. Still left me feeling a bit blue though. writerbeware.blog/2026/03/27/w...
Watch Out For This Scam Impersonating Editors at Major Publishing Houses - Writer Beware
I’ve recently gotten a slew of reports of emails purporting to be from editors at Big 5 and other large publishers, in which the supposed editor expresses interest in the writer’s work and asks whethe...
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Read the Foreword by @sathnam.bsky.social and the Introduction by me for free here:
Hurst Publishers@hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 2w agoPB edition of the critically acclaimed ‘The Truth About Empire’ edited by @alanlester.bsky.social w/foreword by @sathnam.bsky.social out now! ‘Book of the Year’ @historyextra.bsky.social Extracted in @theguardian.com Sample 👉 tinyurl.com/38u2ndw3 & use code TRUTH20 for a 20% off in buy link.
For those wanting a signed copy of the book, a Right To Reside card or to buy from one the best esoteric bookshops around, here is the promised link to Hookland at @treadwells-books.bsky.social. www.treadwells-london.com/product-page...
Hookland Fragments Volume One - David Southwell | Treadwells
Discover the Fortean mysteries and folkloric history of Hookland, England's lost county. Created by David Southwell and documented extensively on social media for many years, the fictional Hookland ha...
treadwells-london.com
No threat of storm keeps a salt-hag from her shore. For she is tide-turned, summoned to wave=edged places. Gulls screech secrets to her, winds tell her of all they've seen. She is a storm-stander, awaiting flotsam omens of tempest wake. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky
New exhibition at the Horniman Museum. "This new photographic display looks at Koovagam and spotlights Indian transgender culture through the lens of Zoya Thomas Lobo, India’s first transgender photojournalist." www.horniman.ac.uk/event/meetin...
Meeting Mohini - Horniman Museum and Gardens
This new photographic display looks at Koovagam and spotlights Indian transgender culture through the lens of Zoya Thomas Lobo, India’s first transgender photojournalist.
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‘Hookland Fragments’ is a must-read for anyone who’s found themselves under the spell of England’s forgotten county. The introductory essay alone makes the book worth having, but I also loved the background on some of Hookland’s denizens and the alphabet of inspiration for this misremembered county.
Goodnight from Gary Broom, trying to work up enough courage to enter Madame Vadoma’s tent at the Swanford Fair. Goodnight from Hookland Anomaly Research Team (HART), arguing about whose bloody stupid idea it was to conduct an investigation above a plague pit. Goodnight from Hookland.
Afternoon downstairs at @treadwells-books.bsky.social signing books and inserting Right To Reside cards with a lovely cup of tea and the most wonderful, energising and sustaining conversation. Will post link to buy online from Treadwell’s as soon as I can.
I remember this well. I also had a screenshot of intense javascript code I would pull up. There were several times that managers were sent scurrying from my office when I offered to explain what the code meant.
Boing Boing@boingboing.net · 3w agoThere used to be a single keystroke built into games for exactly one purpose: making your boss think you were working.
For those perplexed about the different schools of the tantric traditions - this video provides a useful introduction. www.youtube.com/watch?v=msKk...
Every Tantric School Explained (And Why You've Got Tantra All Wrong)
YouTube video by Takshak
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You know how for ages I said I would get the Hookland Right To Reside cards printed up? Well it done at last as a special insert for the copies of ‘Hookland Fragments’ available from @treadwells-books.bsky.social - I now just have to deliver them to the shop first.
