Please Help Foxes - NFWS

The National Fox Welfare Society - a wonderful charity - helps cure sarcoptic mange in foxes. Please donate or visit their shop for lovely fox gifts for animal lovers. Link

Prince William to marry Catherine Middleton next year

We wish them
every happiness.
BBC Link

Alan Moore on Austin Osman Spare

Man Myth and Magic cover image from "The Vampires Are Coming", a painting by Austin Osman Spare



"Austin Osman Spare (30 December 1886 – 15 May 1956) was an English artist who developed idiosyncratic magical techniques including automatic writing, automatic drawing and sigilization based on his theories of the relationship between the conscious and unconscious self. His artistic work is characterized by skilled draughtsmanship exhibiting a mastery of the use of the line, and often employs monstrous or fantastic magical and sexual imagery."

Posy Simmonds' "Tamara Drewe" is now a film

Congratulations to Posy Simmonds, creator of "Tamara Drewe". The creator shares her experiences as illustrator and writer here.
The series is available online ttp://www.guardian.co.uk/books/series/tamara-drewe

Of Chatsworth and Its Duchess

Chatsworth is having an Attic Sale! One can only imagine...
Derbyshire, England
Viewing October 1-4, 2010
Auction October 5-7, 2010
http://www.sothebys.com
http://www.chatsworth.org


And the Duchess of Devonshire has a new book, titled WAIT FOR ME.
The Guardian has delightful photos and a review
Essay on the author at The Lady

Sloanes and Witchcraft: Winston Churchill OBOD

The roots of English mysticism are rooted deep in the past.


This photo shows a young Winston Churchill flanked by a number of men in suits and Druid robes, and documents his initiation into the Albion Lodge of the Ancient Order of Druids in August 1908 at Blenheim, his family home.


Helen Duncan was the last person charged under the Witchcraft Act in Britiain, and Churchill helped to end it. http://psychictruth.info/Medium_Helen_Duncan.htm

"Some maintain that Churchill, a natural psychic in his own right, who had been
ordained as a Druid during a special ceremony at his ancestral home of Blenheim Palace
at the turn of the century and no stranger to Spiritualism, was actually defending a religious freedom."

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Visit the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids online
http://www.druidry.org/

True Prep: Not Sloane

Q.E.D.