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THREADS will be on BBC4 Wed 9th October. Check the schedule here. A brilliant nuclear-themed evening: bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00f…

Louder Sound has kindly republished my ProgMagazineUK article from a few years ago about the making of Hawkwind's In Search Of Space... loudersound.com/features/hawkw…

Lakulisha became a wandering monk and founded Pashupata sect, the oldest sect following Shaivism, and wrote Pashupata Sutra that defines the spiritual life of the Pashupata ascetics. -Dvilingi Lakulisha 4th Century Gajendra Ghat, Mandsaur © Archeological Museum, Bhopal, MP

Starting today - A *free* online conference on Yoga yogicstudies.com/yogavidya-2024…

One of my all-time favourite magical films.

Hookland Irish Gothic Journal Julianne Regan Neil Philip @justrena Thomas S Brown Hopeless Maine PhilHine Dr Alison Ray Rob Turpin Sebastian Baczkiewicz Alice Lowe Richard Kadrey Kim Newman Paul Watson has gone away Catharine Arnold @London_Darkside The Last Changeling Thank you, David! Hookland is a place of inspiration and home. Whilst it's on most other platforms, this one is my default setting

How Mantra meditation practice works in the path of self-realization, youtube.com/watch?v=c_9snK…

New blog post. My review of Noah Angell's "Ghosts of the British Museum". enfolding.org/book-review-gh…

A superb collection of essays (most of which are free to download) by Ācārya Sthaneshwar Timalsina - a wondrous resource for anyone interested in tantric studies. vimarshafoundation.org/writings

I think I've realised why we're fucked as a society. People don't have enough albums by the Damned. Everyone should have the first four, at least. Most people don't even own one album by the Damned, not even Machine Gun Etiquette. What the hell is wrong with them?

We can certainly chart seasonal shifts in graffiti. When autumn comes, so does an increase in spraycan-spat ghosts and fox brides – apposite for All Hallows' Eve and its focus on witchcraft. – Sophie Morley of Woden College's Graffiti Research and Formalisation Team (GRAFT), 1981

An early Halloween cartoon for New Scientist 🧪🦇

Totally arbitrary Pan as makeup artist for a Cussons lipstick campaign, circa 1940's

If you’re still up for more of my ramblings, I had another great chat with my friend and colleague Brendan. Discussing Hegel, dialectics, Kuhn, progress in knowledge, and where things are headed in general. Give it a look, if you’ve got the time! youtube.com/watch?v=YUjaR9…

Good parenting sometimes requires you to judge at which point your child's stories about an invisible man who lives in the local pillbox are cause for concern. – Joanna Vickers – Angelica Brailsford #VOH

OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED TODAY: Sideways Through Time, the revised & expanded edition, the most comprehensive oral history of Hawkwind in the 1970s ever! More details here: daysoftheunderground.com/sideways-throu… Buy it here: strangeattractor.co.uk/shoppe/sideway… Launch event: thehorsehospital.com/events/allhail… Thanks!

For today's New Moon 'Fox Dreaming of the Moon' #FoxFriday🦊#FoxMoon🌑#NewMoon

November Mandala 🍂 - gingko leaves magnolia seedpods Japanese anemone

I invented this phrase and I stand by it, especially on days like this.

On Sunday 2 February I'll be presenting an online lecture "Yogis Behaving Badly" for The Last Tuesday Society, examining "armed yogis" in general, plus how one group of Yogis took over the rulership of the state of Marwar in Northwest India. eventbrite.co.uk/e/yogis-behavi…