Belief, knowing, and absolutism
Happy snow day everyone. The weather here is wild. We went from feeling like we weren’t going to have winter to having winter land all in one day. I wanted to touch on something I’ve seen a bit lately and that’s the issue of credentialing vs the issue of gnosis, vernacular religion, and ways of…
Help melt ICE (DHS)
Did you know that an LYS in Minnesota has drawn on the history of Nordic resistance to the Nazis by creating/re-creating the resistance cap knit back then? Well they have and you too should buy this pattern: Some history can be found here. Solidarity with those protesting. And while we’re busy watching the chaos unfold…
Welcome (yes, we’re back)
You are very welcome, I am so glad we’re here together. It’s been a long hiatus and a change of direction but, that’s the way things roll. I had considered archiving or deleting the previous blog posts but, the more I thought about (and checked in with others), the more I realised that it gives…
Material culture
Good morning Gentle Reader, I hope you’re well wherever you are. I wanted to take some time to explain some of the terms we routinely use in folklore (also in adjacent fields such as anthropology and archeology). One of my faves is material culture, especially textiles but also more ephemeral aspects such as food (and…
Back to it
So, Gentle Reader, it’s been a minute since I was last here. I have been working on far too many things to keep up here. I am sorry about that. I will have this summer and fall off from teaching but I will still be researching so, why not dust this off as well? I…
What is folklore?
Good day all! I realise that I started talking about the foundation of folklore but kind of got off course. This post is my course correction to get us back on track (good thing I’m the only one grading me right now). So to recap: we have talked about the origins of folklore and what…
the Witchery Society 