Pagans, Heathens and Witchcraft

The old gods are still among us

IN THE STONE CIRCLES OF BRITAIN, to the holidays we celebrate without a second thought, the gods of antiquity still loom large in our psyche. For those whose path takes them from the straight and narrow, the world is a magical place.

From the olden days and up through all the years
From Arcadia to the stone fields of Inisheer
Some say the Gods are just a myth
But guess who I’ve been dancing with
The great god Pan is alive

The Fairy and the Fiddle

A Pagan Year, Ireland, Pagans, Heathens and Witchcraft, The History Trekker

Faerie Ring in Tullyhorkey, county Donegal, Ireland, and the story of magical fiddles and pipes, photographed by history travel photographer Todd Atteberry for the History Trekker

Tales of Old Stony Brook II: Of William Sidney Mount, spirits and Spiritualism

Death, Haunted Houses and Buildings, Haunted Towns and Cities, New York, Pagans, Heathens and Witchcraft, People of History, Pubs and Taverns, Tales from Stony Brook, The best in haunted travel tips, True Ghost Stories

The Hawkins Mount House. In Richard Matheson’s classic novel from the 1970s, Hell House, a team of investigators are sent to spend a week in a haunted house to provide definitive proof of life after death. Almost immediately, a conflict breaks out between the scientist, who while not doubting the existence of the supernatural, or […]