Tag Archives: weirdness
Happy Candlemas
– photo by Mitch Waxman The wheel of the year turns and turns, and the foul weather being suffered by the Lords and Ladies of the Pentacle this day is actually a good thing- for it means that the hag Cailleach … Continue reading
marble glories
– photo by Mitch Waxman A favored aphorism amongst Occultists is “as above, so below”, a saying attributed to having been coined by Hermes Trismegistis and recorded upon the legendary Kitab Sirr al-Asrar (aka Smaragdine Table, Tabula Smaragdina) or Emerald Tablet. … Continue reading
the stinking shallows
– photo by Mitch Waxman As mentioned in yesterday’s posting, aimless wandering around the Dutch Kills tributary of Newtown Creek was how your humble narrator spent Monday afternoon. The stealthy ones… let’s just call them Cats… pointed me in this … Continue reading
curious ears
– photo by Mitch Waxman Newtown Creek Alliance HQ is hidden away somewhere on, near, or under the Creek- I’m not allowed to say where or which. I can tell you that it bears an astounding resemblance to the “Hall … Continue reading
Greenwood Cemetery, October 28th, 2010
– photos by Mitch Waxman A trip to Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, seeking AND FINDING the spot where Robert Suydam lays with his bride. You have no idea how much it freaks a humble narrator out when the realization that … Continue reading
keenest eagerness
– photo by Mitch Waxman Oh yes, lords and ladies of Newtown, we have arrived once more at the apex of the autumnal season of spooky here in the Newtown Pentacle. Consequently, attention must once more turn to the cemetery … Continue reading
blurred outlines
– photo by Mitch Waxman As always, Lords and Ladies of Newtown, your humble narrator finds himself overwhelmed by obligation and social fealty. To be seen by so many diminishes me. The recent uprooting of Newtown Pentacle HQ from its … Continue reading
tears of long weeping
– photo by Mitch Waxman Your humble narrator, afflicted by vast physical cowardice and a strangely shy nature, rather enjoys visiting the location of an auspicious event long after its danger has faded away. The event- an apocalyptic fire at … Continue reading
bodily encumbrances
A personal note, and a “moving forward” statement of intent: – photo by Mitch Waxman Sporadic will be the best case description of postings over the next few weeks. Binary forces, personal and professional, are exerting their pull on my … Continue reading
Remember, remember the 23rd of August
– photo by Mitch Waxman Supernal terror greets the calendar’s arrival on the Vulcanalia – or the 23rd of August, a chilling sense memory of forgotten anniversaries and lost worlds. Woe to we unlucky few, when the question raised by … Continue reading
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