Category: Folklore
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The Heart of Shadows and the Summer Solstice: Interweaving Nature, Belief, and Cornish Folklore
The Heart of Shadows and the Summer Solstice: Interweaving Nature, Belief, and Cornish Folklore
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The Heart of Shadows at Beltane: Exploring the Thin Veil, Folklore, and the Psychological Influence of Ritual
Beltane and Samhain may both thin the veil, but Beltane’s upward movement calls forth entities that do not belong in the world of men. In the wrong hands, the Heart of Shadows could bridge that gap—with consequences that could echo through time.
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Whispers from the Water: A Glimpse into a Sequel to The Atlantic Pearl
“Not a fish,” she murmured, brushing back the tangle of kelp and salt-crusted debris.
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The Green Man and the Power of Art
Lillian, arms folded, studied the piece. “Magnificent is one word for it.”
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The Oss and the Shadows: What Lurks Behind the Mask?
But people also say that, if you step too close, if you lock eyes with the swirling, shrouded thing beneath the mask, something changes.
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The Wheel Turns: Thomas Hardy and the Rhythms of Fate
Thomas Hardy understood this. His novels, though driven by social constraints, human folly, and misfortune, are deeply rhythmic, unfolding in time with the natural world’s cycles.
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Magic, Mysticism, and Power:
Each heroine reflects a different relationship to magic—Sylvia as the mystic, Lillian as the scholar, Margaret as the strategist, and Cassandra as the keeper of secrets.
