Alchemisland

Neuralchemy, summoning lost worlds, astral womb knowledge

Time

Minutes courting hours, men counting time Elaborate astronomical devices Saturnian monoliths, becogged, wrought of black iron and gold They say Time is running out Out of where? Frogs who when submerged in boiling water leap Content to languish in water brought slowly to boil Great fire of time burning us away Slow to start, our…

alchemisland

27th Oct 2023

alchemisland of Ireland, Filí my pockets

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Dawn and Court

Moon drawn down, dual dawn Quicksilver basilica Alabaster pate Below, hydromania Selene’s suitors crane to meet her, crashing and pushing and collapsing Eärendil with pleasure differed awaits the dischargement of her heavenly duties Myriad dizzying rotations dormant, laden impatience Listless, languid, She shivering shimmering Winter queen, White stripped bone bleached none of green, whims of…

alchemisland

27th Oct 2023

alchemisland of Ireland, Filí my pockets, wyrd mythology

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Books to look out for: Astral Geographic by Andy Sharp, published by Watkins Books

Pre-order here: In the introduction to Astral Geographic, Andy Sharp says that magic can become a life enrichment tool. Something which enables one to enhance experience through creative engagement. Andy’s first book, The English Heretic Collection, arrived at just the right time for me, when my life was in dire need of enrichment. Couple months…

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1st Sep 2023

alchemisland of Ireland, wyrd mythology

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The Bullaun

Final week in July but inside the church a chill winters the air. Father Herlihy’s sermon always runs long on Sundays. Never less than four but sometimes five hours long. He would write all night of a Saturday, crafting righteous tracts of comical dimension, designed to forestall what it was that his congregation got up…

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29th Aug 2023

alchemisland of Ireland, Short Stories, wyrd mythology

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The Liffey Thing

From April 23 1983 Irish Independent article by Peter Cowan Archaeologists have described the largest Viking graveyard ever to be excavated in Europe outside Scandinavia as a “significant find”. Pottery, stirrups, and locks were found during preliminary trenching at Dublin’s Phoenix Tunnel. ACI were notified when workmen found high numbers of topsoil artifacts. Foreman K…

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28th Aug 2023

alchemisland of Ireland, Short Stories, wyrd mythology

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Time

Dawn and Court

Books to look out for: Astral Geographic by Andy Sharp, published by Watkins Books

The Bullaun

The Liffey Thing