THE BOOKS OF ALBION: THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF PETER DOHERTY.

Product Information

Continuing from where scholarship usually stops and using instead the approaches of storytelling, the final chapter weaves this wide variety of ideas together as a 'songline' for the Avebury landscape. This re-mythologising of the land follows two 'dreamtime' ancestors along the Kennet valley to the precursors of Avebury henge and Silbury Hill. This is a book about railways such as has never been told before. Wonders and blunders, supernatural experiences, ritual customs, and a wealth of weird tales that sound as if they might be true. But surely they aren't? Or are they? The tide of history has receded, leaving thirty names on memorials to the fallen. Who were these 'lost sons'? What was the story of their lives and deaths? The numbers of deaths as a proportion of those who served is almost three times the national average. How did the village react? Ymir's Flesh gathers together the distorted fragments of this mythology and provides an original and inspiring insight into the complex inter-weaving of mythological themes.

Overall, a very thought-provoking book that, by showing the way that contemporary myths work, effectively deconstructs the world-view that leads to fanaticism.' As none of the wooden weohs and stapols have survived there is, clearly, considerable speculation involved. However these suggestions fit within a plausible 'underlying' worldview established in the first two volumes of The Twilight Age. The fifth volume of this series looks in more detail at the locations of such carvings. a very interesting read, well-researched, well-written and lavishly illustrated and I have really enjoyed reading it!' Trubshaw writes with practised and confident ease. His entertaining and sometimes jocular style makes for very easy reading; the experience is rather like sitting in a comfortable pub with a pint, listening to a seasoned storyteller.'Avienius' Ora Maritima, verses 111–112, i.e. eamque late gens Hiernorum colit; propinqua rursus insula Albionum patet. The second edition contains a summary of independent confirmation of the links with Asia together with nine more illustrations. I really enjoyed reading this collection. The stories are so well told and the printing is so well done that you can feel you are actually there listening to conversations about ghosts, UFOs, old Leicestershire witch trials, phantom hounds, silent sentinels, and so much more. There's just enough of local dialect to add to the reality… Highly recommended.' Later, in the 14th century, a more elaborate tale was developed, claiming that Albina and her sisters founded Albion and procreated there a race of giants. [20] The "Albina story" survives in several forms, including the octosyllabic Anglo-Norman poem "Des grantz geanz" dating to 1300–1334. [21] [a] [22] [23] [b] [25] According to the poem, in the 3970th year of the creation of the world, [c] a king of Greece married his thirty daughters into royalty, but the haughty brides colluded to eliminate their husbands so they would be subservient to no one. The youngest would not be party to the crime and divulged the plot, so the other princesses were confined to an unsteerable rudderless ship and set adrift, and after three days reached an uninhabited land later to be known as "Britain". The eldest daughter Albina ( Albine) was the first to step ashore and lay claim to the land, naming it after herself. At first, the women gathered acorns and fruits, but once they learned to hunt and obtain meat, it aroused their lecherous desires. As no other humans inhabited the land, they mated with evil spirits called " incubi", and subsequently with the sons they begot, engendering a race of giants. These giants are evidenced by huge bones which are unearthed. Brutus arrived 260 years after Albina, 1136 before the birth of Christ, but by then there were only 24 giants left, due to inner strife. [25] As with Geoffrey of Monmouth's version, Brutus's band subsequently overtake the land, defeating Gogmagog in the process. [25] Manuscripts and forms [ edit ] Everything is Change is the fourth book in the Living in a Magical World series. These books will challenge you to recoergnise the traditional magic still alive in modern society, and empower you with a variety of skills and insights.

Sometime in the early 1990s Beatrice Walditch compiled various translations and interpretations of the Anglo-Saxon rune poems into a personal 'work book'. Only three copies were ever printed and two of those are lost, presumed destroyed. However the final copy has been scanned and made available as a free PDF. Beatrice makes no claims for this being a definite book about runes, but offers it for those who might want to make a first acquaintance or simply be inspired by the ideas and worldview which it offers.Singing Up the Country reveals that Bob Trubshaw has been researching a surprising variety of different topics since his last book six years ago. From Anglo-Saxon place-names to early Greek philosophy – and much in between – he creates an interwoven approach to the prehistoric landscape, creating a 'mindscape' that someone in Neolithic Britain might just recognise. This is a mindscape where sound, swans and rivers help us to understand the megalithic monuments. a b Baswell, Christopher (2009), Brown, Peter (ed.), "English Literature and the Classical Past", A Companion To Medieval English Literature and Culture, c.1350–c.1500, John Wiley & Sons, pp.242–243, ISBN 978-1405195522 Drawing upon nearly twenty-five years of research, Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland provides a unique source of information on the counties' holy wells, standing stones, ancient crosses and medieval carvings, arranged as twelve bicycle or car tours, with introductory information. The second edition is fully revised with entirely new illustrations and maps. There's a sense of wonder throughout, of tapping into something old and mysterious in our heritage. It was almost lost, but the last few decades have seen a revival of interest in such wells. This book forms a part of our increasing knowledge base about them and encourages us to get to know them more. I am inspired to visit more wells, especially those local to me, and to begin to really get to know them much better than I do now.

Holy wells were once widespread throughout Britain. They were often dedicated to local saints and were important features in the medieval sacred landscape. Over many centuries, pilgrims sought the healing powers of their waters, and many left votive offerings in the form of bent pins, coins and rags.

free to download Heart of Albion PDFs

This wider significance includes the recognition of a distinctive social structure, formally defined in the institutions, myths and religion. The myths of creation have a pivotal r le in the construction of this system. A vast and complex mythical scenario describes the spontaneous generation and subsequent dismemberment of a primal humanoid being and the manufacture of the features of the cosmos from parts of his body. Jeremy Harte combines folklore scholarship with a lively style to show what the presence of fairies meant to people's lives. Like their human counterparts, the secret people could kill as well as heal. They knew marriage, seduction, rape and divorce; they adored some children and rejected others. If we are frightened of the fairies, it may be because their world offers an uncomfortable mirror of our own. Everything about pilgrimage was about recalling previous events and people, emphasising their meaning and significance for people who were making the pilgrimage. In consequence little about pilgrimage is straightforward. Instead we should think of a great complexity of interwoven ideas.

I loved this book, with no reservations. I loved the discussion, the focus on myth and the author's ability to look at Freud in particular with a critical eye.' Over a hundred years have passed since the 'Great War' engulfed thousands of small communities. Around eighty men from Wymeswold, out of a total population of under eight hundred, are known to have served with the army during the hostilities. Watch the start of a talk by Bob Trubshaw about Singing Up the Country on YouTube. Filmed at Megalithomania 2012, Glastonbury UK by Pentos TV.This is a splendidly presented and illustrated book... and is a very worthwhile addition to the burgeoning literature on this fascinating aspect of our history and folklore. Recommended' Curiosity about railway folklore has created chapters ranging from ghosts and fairies to prophecy and inspiration; commuters' trials; crimes by the Krays, Great Train Robbery and mythical 'Maniac on the Platform'; legends surrounding locos and the strategic steam reserve; fortean phenomena; trainspotters and pedants; traditional folklore and contemporary legends. The life and times of the Whittlecreek and Eaton StTorpid Heritage Railway and the Queen Alexandra Arts Centre This is a major study of mythic themes in Northern European paganism and it is highly recommended.' The Cauldron