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Felix John Taylor @felixjrt.bsky.social · 4d

A little post about The Unicorn, a magazine that ran for two or three issues in 1895, and published H G Wells and almost (but not quite) Arthur Machen: felixtaylor.org/the-quest-fo...

The Quest for Raven-Hill’s Unicorn – Magic Arts

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 8d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Felix John Taylor @felixjrt.bsky.social · 8d

Who were C L Moore's influences? What pushed her into writing the early pulp tales?

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 9d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Felix John Taylor @felixjrt.bsky.social · 8d

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fantasy-th... This is on the 23rd, if you live in or near Oxford and have a long lunch break to fill

‘Fantasy & the Occult'

‘Fantasy & the Occult: Charles Williams, Dion Fortune and the Order of the Golden Dawn’ (Felix Taylor)

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 17d

"There was a whole world of underground activity [in the period that birthed Lud Heat]. Those first years of the 70s were the best for it, because so much of the 60s had been taken up by psychedelic gangsters and chancers”'

#IainSinclair’s Lud Heat At 50

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Cover of an early edition of Iain Sinclair's Lud Heat. Black and white photograph of a church set within a yellow border with the title and author's name in red lettering.

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Felix John Taylor @felixjrt.bsky.social · 28d

Thank you, yes I kept seeing his name crop up in connection to Machen and Waite, but there's nothing too much online about him! What we really need are letters or an undiscovered memoir...

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Felix John Taylor @felixjrt.bsky.social · 28d

New blog post up on the publisher Ralph Shirley and popular occult journalism in early 20thc London: felixtaylor.org/ralph-shirle...

Ralph Shirley and The Occult Review – Magic Arts

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · Sep 15

Book Cover of the Day:

ICELANDIC
FAIRY
TALES
A.W. HALL
• NEW YORK•
Green cover and spine, An illustration of a gnome-like figure with a tall, pointed cap and a staff is also present, standing below a star and radiating lines on spine.
The front cover is also green and features a prominent illustration of a winged, fairy-like figure with a pointed hat and a wand, standing atop a large, stylized bee or insect. Rays of light emanate from behind the fairy's head.

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Felix John Taylor @felixjrt.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hear me talk about the Golden Dawn in the setting of an Oxford college:

oxfordfantasylit.bsky.social @oxfordfantasylit.bsky.social · Sep 1

This term Oxford's @engfac.bsky.social and Exeter College are hosting a seminar series on 'The Weird and the Wonderful'. Open to the public and free to attend (talks and registration in the link below). Topics range from Arthur Machen to Game of Thrones: english.web.ox.ac.uk/seminar-seri...

Fantasy Literature Seminar Series: The Weird and the Wonderful

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Dr Jodie Marley 🔮 @jodielmarley.bsky.social · Aug 20

Ithell Colquhoun exhibition at the Tate recently. Beautiful, & magic(k)al in every sense of the word, given the palpable weird aura coming off some of these

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Felix John Taylor @felixjrt.bsky.social · Aug 20

Good point- in fact that whole neighbourhood felt surprisingly open (and green), very different to how I'd imagined it

Felix John Taylor @felixjrt.bsky.social · Aug 20

A month ago today! Still standing

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John Higgs @johnhiggs.bsky.social · Aug 1

New book announcement! LYNCHIAN: THE SPELL OF DAVID LYNCH, an exploration into why his work has such a profound impact on us. Out in November, pre-order link in bio, some details in my newsletter... It is happening again!

Cover of Lynchian: The Spell of David Lynch by John Higgs

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Matthew Cheney @melikhovo.bsky.social · Aug 11

I'm pleased to share my open access article "Decadent Echoes: Arthur Machen, M. John Harrison, K.J. Bishop, and the Ends of Mystery", from a forthcoming issue of the journal Humanities:
www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/14...

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · Aug 9

Goodnight.
Full Moon, Cornwall, Morna Rhys.

The painting portrays a rolling landscape illuminated by moonlight.
A traditional-looking house with visible windows is nestled within the landscape, Palm trees and other vegetation, including flowering plants, are prominent. A winding path or track leads through the landscape, bordered by a low wall.

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Felix John Taylor @felixjrt.bsky.social · Aug 10

New blog post up on the Arthur Machen papers at the Harry Ransom Center: felixtaylor.org/arthur-mache...

Arthur Machen in America (#2) – Magic Arts

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Felix John Taylor @felixjrt.bsky.social · Aug 8

ft. my essay on what Lovecraft thought of Wales and Welsh people (not flattering, with the exception of Arthur Machen) - whole issue should be online soon!

Lovecraft: RPG & More @lovecraftrpg.bsky.social · Aug 2

Lovecraft Annual 2025 No. 19 is now available on the #hippocampuspress website. #lovecraft #hpl www.hippocampuspress.com/journals/lov...

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Felix John Taylor @felixjrt.bsky.social · Jul 29

It's half nine in the evening, fool, quit trying to index a whole book

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Felix John Taylor @felixjrt.bsky.social · Jul 26

A short post about my trip to the US to see some Arthur Machen archives (part one of who knows how many?) felixtaylor.org/arthur-mache...

Arthur Machen in America (#1) – Magic Arts

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Felix John Taylor @felixjrt.bsky.social · Jul 24

A highlight: the cavernous basement of the Strand bookshop in NYC!

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Darryl Jones @profdarryljones.bsky.social · Jul 23

‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ will be published by Oxford University Press on 10 September 2025. Set your watches, mark your calendars, and spread the word!

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Die Booth @diebooth.bsky.social · Jul 24

How the hell is anyone with a wfh desk job expected to do 10k steps a day? I would LOVE to do 10k steps a day.

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · Jul 17

Lucia Joyce - daughter of James Joyce and Nora Barnacle - in 1928. Photo by Berenice Abbott, born 17 July.

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Arthur David Spota @adaspota.bsky.social · Jul 20

British artist and occultist Austin Osman Spare
#AustinOsmanSpare

Astral body and ghost, 1946
(Spare's interpretation of the merging of the astral body and the Kia (or Zos), representing the state of self-realization and potential transformation.)

#Occultism #Thelema #ChaosMagic

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