Read
The sensation of finding, not inventing, a story continued. It was all there, waiting, and I was the archaeologist picking away the earth to reveal the bones The Owl Service - Introduction | Alan Garner
The practice of Reading leads us to discover the Landweird as recorded in scraps of old verse, storytelling, and song - both old and jumbled and half-forgotten; and new - for the gods are young, and the fullness of their deeds is yet to be told.
The Reading List
Version 2 - April 2023
Do you like folklore? Want to learn about the history of magic? Enjoy 1970s pastoral weird counterculture or creepy children's television?
Are you absolutely horrified by the immensity of the ocean and want to prod that feeling with a stick until it starts creeping up on you as you walk down the street unexpectedly, the knowledge that the sea is just there, fathomlessly deep and impossibly cold, and more mysterious to us than the moon?
You'll fit right in! ~200 recommendations for music, movies, and books
Never not be sure what to do on ritual night when you're too sleepy again! Reading texts with a spiritual mood is a kind of meditative act to keep the invisible world in mind.
Last updated: November 2021
Commonplace Book
The Commonplace Book is a collection of thoughts for contemplation and ritual drawn from my Reading. You should compile your own, with the parts of Landweird that you find.
Last updated: 30th December 2023
The Listening Library
Audio-books, spoken word albums, and radio plays
Last updated: 12th August 2024