Anthropological studies of magic in the early-to-mid 20th century primarily focused upon pre-industrial societies outside of Europe, the Classical World … More
Author: Wayne Perkins
Saints & Mystics in Legend & Tradition
A Two-Day Conference Held by the Folklore Society Saints and Mystics in Legend and Tradition: The Seventeenth Legendary Weekend of … More
Four ‘Modern’ Witch Bottles
Some of the ideas discussed here will be expanded upon in my next Zoom talk, ‘Witch Bottles: Spirit Traps or … More
The Virgin Mary & the Ragged Staff : A Stick To Beat the Devil With!
When referring to the Virgin Mary, most of us are familiar with her title, the ‘Queen of Heaven’ but in … More
Illustrated Talks on Zoom & ‘In Person’ 2023 – 2024
Main image: Curious shoe outlines cut into a lead plaque, St Mary’s church, Chalk, Kent Tuesday 5th December 2023 @ … More
‘Historic Graffiti & Ritual Protection Marks in the Worcestershire Churches’
Main image: You need hands! The stone bench inside the porch of St Peter in Little Comberton, Worcestershire is festooned … More
Illustrated Talks 2023 – 2024
Main image: Bellarmine, Bartmaan or ‘Greybeard’ salt-glazed bottle. Tuesday 13th June 2023 @ 8pm. ‘Witch Bottles: Decoy, Spirit-trap or Counter-witchcraft … More
Spiritual Middens: Decoys, Spirit Traps or Counter Witchcraft Measures?
Thu, 16 February 2023, 20:00 – 21:30 GMT Online talk via Zoom Archaeologists regularly discover large collections or ‘caches’ of … More
History Society Finds: Concealed Shoes, two Witch Bottles & a ‘Witch’s Nail’ from Charing, Kent.
Pat Winzar (1920 – 2012) was an archaeologist and historian who worked on Eccles Roman Villa and became Council member … More
If the walls could speak………..
Examples of figurative art among graffiti corpora are relatively common but no more straight forward to interpret than some of … More