I always wanted to be in a Satanic ceremony, what with all the chanting in Latin and robe-wearing and calling upon dark forces, shrouded in clouds of incense. It seemed so glamorous! The only snag was that I suspected serious Satanists were going to be lacking a sense of humour and were probably into the…
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Spiritualism In The Digital Age
At this unsettling time in our universal history there is a new desire for incorporeal methods of communication. During the pandemic we have all learnt to use social media and video links to get in touch with each other. We have become newly aware of alternative places in the ether where we can join up…
A Ghost Story For Halloween
I maybe saw a ghost in the late 1990’s. Marshall and I were exploring a then abandoned church on Balls Pond Road in Islington. I found a small anteroom on the side of the building, and was peering through a crack in the boards which covered its windows, trying to see what might be stored…
Halloween – the poet, the witch and the eel
Halloween is a night when witches, devils, and other mischief-making beings are all abroad on their baneful midnight errands. This year was no exception, at our dark shrouded hovel. But why am I talking about it, when I should be poeming about it? Up in old East London Things roam on claw’d feet We dare…
The Séance
The word “séance” has come to be most associated with a group of people gathering and sitting to attempt to contact spirits, either loved ones who have passed away, or other entities who roam the alternative planes of reality. These entities are generally held to comprise of remnants of the ancient gods and pagan spirits….
Welcome To The Coven
Happy Halloween! Like any sorceress of substance, I am far too busy recovering from my various Samhain activities to do an adequate job of introducing you to this- currently the most up-to-date and accurate online source for magic potions, charms, hocus-pocus and cocktail combinations which will both intoxicate your mind and produce or prevent a…
The New City Witches Cocktail Coven 