#Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish

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New and Restocks from Fiddler's Green!

Tales from Fiddler's Green 2: Midnight Flowers

The Fellow That Goes Alone by Kenneth Grahame

The Ring of Truth

Link to all Fiddler's Green and Peculiar Parish titles carried at The Spiral House Shop.

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Two collaborations I worked on a number of years ago. I had the pleasure of illustrating The Riddle of the Sphinx, a leaflet published by Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish Magazine about the artist's path and the secrets of immortality. Next to it is a bookmark I illustrated for occult publishers Three Hands Press.

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“Common sense is the enemy of romance,”

— wrote Oscar Wilde, in response to an invitation to join the Thirteen Club, a London society that sought to debunk superstition,

“Leave us some unreality.”

The entire quote above is part of the leading paragraph in my newly purchased zine “A Purple Thread: The Supernatural Doom of Oscar Wilde”.

OH, how I love delving into this stort of mystery 🖤💜🖤 Happy Friday, dear friends 💜 I hope you get to enjoy some (romantic) unreality this weekend 😘

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My Witch Library (Oct 2019)

Planners/Calendars

Llewellyn’s Witches’ Date Book 2019

Llewellyn’s Witches’ Calendar 2019

Introductory Books (General Witchcraft):

Enchantments: A Modern Witch’s Guide to Self-Possession; Mya Spalter (First Edition, First Printing)

Introductory/Reference Books (Wicca, Scott Cunningham)

Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practicioner (First Edition, 12th Printing)

Living Wicca: A Further Guide for the Solitary Practicioner (First Edition, Second Printing)

The Complete Book of Incense, Oils & Brews (First Edition, 38th Printing)

Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic (Second Edition, 17th Printing)

Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Expanded & Revised Edition; Second Edition, 29th Printing)

Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Wicca in the Kitchen (Third Edition, 12th Printing)

The Magical Household: Spells & Rituals for the Home; Cunningham & David Harrington (First Edition, 24th Printing)

Introductory Books (Wicca, other authors)

Wicca for Beginners: Fundamentals of Philosophy & Practice; Thea Sabin (First Edition, 14th Printing)

Exploring Wicca: The Beliefs, Rites, and Rituals of the Wiccan Religion; Lady Sabrina

Moon Magic

Moon Magick: Myths & Magick, Crafts & Recipes, Rituals & Spells; D.J. Conway (First Edition, 15th Printing)

Tarot Decks

The One World Tarot; Crystal Love & Michael Hobbs (Second Printing)

Books on Tarot

Guide to the Pythagorean Tarot: An Interpretation based on Pythagorean and Alchemical Principles; John Opsopaus, illustrations by RHO (First Edition, First Printing)

Fairy/Faerie Magic

The Vanishing People: Fairy Lore and Legends; Katharine Briggs, illustrations by Mary I. French (First American Edition)

Folk Stories/Fairy Tales

Irish Folk & Fairy Tales: Omnibus Edition; Michael Scott (First Edition, First Printing)

Zines

Fiddler’s Green: Peculiar Parish Magazine (Clint Marsh, editor/publisher)

Volume 1 - Number 4

Volume 2 - Number 1 (May 2018)

Volume 2 - Number 2 (February 2019)

Fiddler’s Green Leaflets (Clint Marsh, author)

Nine Defenses Against The Basilisk: Black & White Magic for Surviving Anxiety; illustrations by Alexis Berger (FG1102)

The Place of the Song-Dream: The Animal Spirituality of Kenneth Grahame; illustrations by Timothy Renner (FG1103)

Armchair Demonology: The Magical Benefits of Cultivating Bad Habits; illustrations by Gerhard (FG1104)

Exploding the Tangerine: A Shy Person’s Guide to Battle Magic; illustrations by Oliver Bly (FG1201)

Enchantment Dismantled: Superstition and the Thinking Irrationalist; illustrations by Kelly Patton (FG1202)

Our Bogeys, Our Shelves: The Magician’s Library as Mentor, Companion & Oracle; illustrations by Jeff Hoke (FG1301)

The Riddle of the Sphinx: The Artist’s Path and the Secrets of Immortality; illustrations by Adrienne Rozzi (FG1302)

Non-occult Zines

Herbal First Aid: Assembling a Natural First Aid Kit; Raleigh Briggs (Microcosm Publishing)

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The Devils of Spring

After a considerable effort all 485 preorders of the Skeptical Occultist Journal issue four are now in the post. Keep an eye out for them and do post pictures on social media when they arrive. Especially those who have gotten the early preorder special marbled dust wrappers. Orders have come from over 20 countries around the world, thanks to everyone who ordered! We have just 15 copies left before it is already out of print!

There is a great deal of work I will be attending to over the summer and I fear Skeptical Occultist shall suffer for it in terms of posts. I have several articles for various publications to finish, as well as having started the editing of two new volumes out late this year on Alkahest Press. I will try to get out some reviews and a few short pieces I have been thinking of on a handful of topics as the months progess.

After the great Fiddler's Green reviewed my book Wyrdwood it has now sold out from Alkahest Press. We are considering a second run of the book but unlikely before the end of summer. From the review:

"The author doesn't present academic folklore, nor actual spells. These essays instead explore aspects of everyday witchery as observed by a longtime practitioner in a self-possessed, unobtrusive prose style that feels like a quiet conversation in the woods." - Andrew Reichart, for Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish Magazine

London is unseasonably warm, with sunny skies that are out of place in late April. I managed to get out to see the Emma Kunz art exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery and highly recommend it. I will be posting more about the show and the artist in a short while, with pictures.

As well there will be some research abroad, travel to the US and a return to Portugal, for various investigations this coming year. Rare manuscripts, potential publishing projects, and a meeting of occult minds all on the calendar. I will send telegrams as I make my way.

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Two issues of Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish Magazine dropped into my mailbox today and the entire experience of getting them was so beautiful that my whole being is vibrating.

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Okay, so it’s not a book exactly, but I promise it’s worth your time: Fiddler’s Green: Peculiar Parish Magazine, ed. Clint Marsh) I saw issues of Fiddler’s Green for sale for the first time last summer while visiting the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft in Ohio. I flipped through it, but wasn’t immediately moved and didn’t add it to my pile of purchases. I should have, and I’m kicking myself now. I slept on this publication, and others are sleeping, too. With a full-length magazine plus an assortment of leaflets available, Fiddler’s Green is sure to please Pagans and witches as well as homesteaders, amateur naturalists, poets, and literature lovers. 🔮These are all gorgeous, with a care for detail that is incomparable, right down to copper staples and foil stamping on the cover. Artists and book lovers will be struck by the level of quality here.🔮Inside, you’ll find a few contributions from well-known writers (like Ivo Dominguez, Jr.), but most of these will be new voices—writers who are focused on producing thoughtful, personal works without touting themselves above the text itself. As someone who gets tired of reading the same folks over and over across publications (even the folks I think are brilliant), it’s nice to have this fresh perspective.🔮These aren’t tradition-specific. Gods or no gods, the focus is magic, folklore, literary fiction and poetry, and our connections to our environment. Two of the issues I bought even included a floppy record insert with music. 🔬Each issue is printed in a limited run, and I could only buy the three most recent. This is a me problem, not a them problem.🔬This also isn’t a real criticism, just me reframing another point of praise: USPS lost part of my order, which was mailed in three separate envelopes. Clint Marsh sent me a replacement, no questions asked. I have not had that level of service from other small publications (which I understand as someone who sells online myself, but does sometimes make me hesitate to make purchases). This is not a collab or paid promotion, I swear. I really just loved these that much. In fact, I just placed an order for everything I didn’t order the first time. #witchesofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx5ZpZ7njdV/?igshid=1k48j10i47g6f

[girlofindustry]

Today I want to share the illustrations I did in this most recent issue of @fiddlersgreenzine 🍃 Elon Heron wrote a beautiful atmospheric story full of symbolic imagery and as soon as I read it, I was excited to illustrate it. 🍎🐝🐚 You can order your own copy of Fiddler’s Green at www.fiddlersgreenzine.com Are you a tea drinking anarchist? A convivial conjurer? Perhaps a closeted optimist? Then you should join the Peculiar Parish! #fiddlersgreen #zines #esoteric #zine https://www.instagram.com/p/CAdmO9mB6MZ/?igshid=16hwvl3x53kja

[mysteriousplanchette]

So incredibly impressed with Fiddler's Green magazine (@fiddlersgreenzine)! It's just a wonderful little 'zine, which they themselves describe as "A Peculiar Parish Magazine. Art & Magic for Tea-Drinking Anarchists, Convivial Conjurors & Closeted Optimists." I couldn't have said it better! Just check out that beautiful cover! Thank you for the luv, Clint. #fiddlersgreen #magazine #esoteric #magic #occult #art #ghost #spirit

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Taking Submissions: Fiddler’s Green Peculiar Parish Magazine - All Fiction Issue

Taking Submissions: Fiddler’s Green Peculiar Parish Magazine – All Fiction Issue

Deadline: July 1st, 2019 Payment: $100

Fiddler’s Green Peculiar Parish Magazine is excited to announce a call for submissions for our first all-fiction issue! This special issue will feature a dozen or so illustrated short stories of the magical and fantastic. Publication is anticipated some time in 2020, with a release date to be announced closer to the time.

Our Editor Our guest editor for this…

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New in the Spiral House!

As-If: Punk Magic and the Art of Self-Invention

Up the Magic Punx!

Er... 

Up The Punk Magic?

Ya, that makes more sense.

Another thoughtful zine from the folks at Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish covers the transformative power of the "As-If" technique in "As-If: Punk Magic and the Art of Self-Invention." This essay by Clint Marsh, originally featured in Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish Magazine, explores how this powerful approach can help you overcome creative blocks and manifest your dreams.

Through the spirit of DIY in creating its own culture from music to print and other forms of art, chart your path and cast the spell of As-If" until it shows you the way!

16 pages, cardstock cover and with the Fiddler's Green signature copper embossed cover.

[skepticaloccultist]

The Uncertainty of January

The month of January was much heavier than I remember it ever being. A certain cloud of disorganization and an overwhelming sense of some tectonic shift occurring behind the scenes permeated the days.

I have so far had no luck finding a printer that can reproduce the look and feel of the previous issues of the Skeptical Occultist Journal for a reasonable rate. I am still waiting on a couple of samples and hope springs eternal that I will have found one in the next few weeks and get this issue off to the printer. A heartfelt thank you to those whose patience I am trying with all of this nonsense.

There is an unmistakable sense of dread in the UK at the moment, with uncertainty about everything from political status to food shortages. I find myself staring out into the room, unable to think of the words on the page as I consider my options in the coming year.

Change is afoot, whether I am ready for it or not. Which direction it will take is down to a lot of things far beyond my control. In the meantime London is cold, wet and full of books to read and strong coffee. I wander its streets considering options, exploring avenues of unkept desire in a psychogeographical nightmare of all consuming glass and concrete. There are of course those places where solace is found, namely in the basement of hidden bookshops, private libraries, and record stores.

On that note I am rather pleased to say that my previous piece "The Confederacy of the Green Door" is featured in the upcoming issue of the Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish Magazine. It will feature illustrations by Gerhard. Available for order from Fiddler's Green.

I am attempting to pull myself from this January funk and get reviews and posts up to date so there should be a flurry of posts happening over the next week or so. In the meantime we are down to just a handful of my volume of essays on the nature of the folkwitch "Wyrdwood" over at Alkahest Press.

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Fiddler’s Green Peculiar Parish

"Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish Magazine" Clint Marsh, editor

In the way that one does, drifting on the wave of interesting links on the internet, I stumbled onto this amazing esoteric magazine produced in the style of victorian pamphlets, called the Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish Magazine.

Published by Wonderella and edited by Clint Marsh, who contributes throughout along with an amazing selection of authors and artists. Marsh's personal editorial approach to publishing make each issue a fascinating read on a wide range of topics.

Its style is like a softbound almanac periodical, laid out in three columns with a range of interesting subjects from all corners of the occult world. All of the issues have been bound in a thick green paper stock with a cloth-like surface texture in a remarkable spring green colour and impressed with metallic golden lettering across the top. The issues are handsomely decorated throughout with illustrations and stylistic advertisements from a selection of occult publishers and artists.

The history of small pamphlet publishing in magic and the occult goes back to the very start of the printing press. Two to eight page supplementals would be published as early as the 16th century detailing the accounts of trials of witches, gossip of goings on in royal circles and parish scandals related to bewitchment and cunning craft parsons.

In the late 18th century, a monthly periodical was even published called the "Conjuror's Magazine" that had a variety of material and subjects from tracts of Agrippa and translations of occult text to astrological and even slight of hand illusionist tricks. Under 40 pages each month for the distinguished occultist of the Georgian era.

What Fiddler's Green accomplishes is to bring back a sense of wonder and aesthetic beauty to magazine publishing. The attention to detail in the design is exquisite, with dozens of tiny subtle touches that make reference to obscure bits and pieces of publishing history. The paper a gentle butter coloured 'vellum' pleasant to the eye and to the touch.

The magazine takes its name from the popular concept of the pre Christian afterlife of sailors, Fiddler's Green. A lush pastureland of endless summer nights filled teeming with wildlife. A place to gather and discuss the wonders from the world over.

The content is exceptional, a fascinating range of articles that covers reviews of books and periodicals, guest contributions from aforementioned occultists and artists, and presents it all in a package that speaks of a love for great design and a wide range of occult thought and creative endeavor. Marsh is to be commended in his efforts.

Since, as luck & charm would have it, I was sent all four copies of Fiddler's Green I will outline them with pics:

Issue one came to me as a handmade facsimile since it is absolutely sold out but the publisher wanted to give me a full overview. The first issue starts out strong, with interesting pieces, one comparing the mythological Basilisk to the emotional state of anxiety, occult perspectives on tea drinking as ritual, and all peppered throughout with insightful pieces by editor Clint Marsh.

By the second issue, "Verdigris Soul" (a special edition for the Occult Humanities Conference), the content is even wider and more exploratory, with a lovely piece on Isacc Bonewits, an interview with William Kiesel of Ouroboros Press and a piece by Daniel Schulke, rounded out with Marsh's prose and all wrapped up in an incredible package consistent with the first in design but glowing in its presence.

Issue three, “Gardener’s Giantess," takes everything up a notch, the cover paperstock stays the same green cloth pattern cardstock, but with an added fold over flap on the front and back covers. It's a nice touch I have been considering adding to the next issue of Skeptical Occultist as it gives it such a clean and strong looking edge. Content wise the issue has a great mix of pieces from Clint, including one about his library, and finally a memoria of the late Michael Howard by Daniel Schulke.

The most recent issue, number four, "Crown & Crossroads", continues on with delightful content and beautiful design (though the cover flaps have gone) it delves into "the seductive nature of spiritual striving, the possibilities of voluntary wonder, self-sovereignty, etiquette, Goetic magic, the eeriness of the English countryside, the powerful messages and entities in Watership Down, and a poem on initiation and landscape." In particular Clint's piece on casting a magic circle is a wonderful personal narrative of practical magic and the entire issue is stuff full of beautiful illustrations and wonderful poetry and prose.

The central component that I really like about the Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish Magazine is the idea of it being a catalyst for conversation and communication between the editor, writers and readers. The pay is listed in each issue as "Fiddler's Fare", which amounts to a likewise contribution in terms of practical issues, but is built on an idea of barter at its core, of community and dialog, which I find particularly interesting as an editorial statement. Each issue comes with an addressed envelop that affords its readers the chance to use old fashioned post to communicate with the publication, and ostensibly other readers through the letters column. In addition they have a reviews section titled "publications received" at the rear that is strongly reminiscent of my interest in youth 'zine culture in the 1990s.

"Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish Magazine" is a wonderful publication bound to be thought of as a highlight in occult/esoteric journal & 'zine publishing of the early 21st century. A strong collection of voices with a range of ideas, historic references and incredible illustrations I look forward to many more issues to come.

Get your copy of issue four of Fiddler's Green from Wonderella here:

Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish Magazine

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Fiddler’s Green Leaflets

Fiddler's Green Leaflet Series

As the November winds blow the last of the leaves from the London planetrees a new set of 'leaves' have blown through my door. A pair of Fiddler's Green Leaflet series pamphlets brought by the postman.

These exceptionally designed leaflets are a treasure. Each is an article that appeared in a now out of print issue of the Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish Magazine. The small leaflet style is just the thing for the simple pleasures of afternoon reading.

Each is 12 pages, staple bound in handsome papers, with a copper foil leaf logo to the front. The same attention to detail found in the Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish Magazine is found in these enchanting additions to any zine and leaflet collection.

"The Place of the Song-Dream: The Animal Spirituality of Kenneth Grahame" by Clint Marsh & Timothy Renner

A lyrical exploration of Kenneth Grahame's Piper at the Gates of Dawn, the central chapter of his anthropomorphic tale of animal adventure, "The Wind in the Willows". Insightful and beautiful look at this familiar "children's" story from Clint Marsh, with two inviting illustrations by Timothy Renner.

"Enchantment Dismantled: Superstition and the Thinking Irrationalist" by Clint Marsh & Kelly Patton

A concise examination of the role that superstition plays in our lives and a practical manual for sorting out how these superstitions can be either negative or positive depending on the role they play. Wonderfully illustrated like an old educational text by Kelly Patton.

Clint Marsh and his Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish Magazine & Wonderella Press continue to add beautiful publications to their catalogue of treasures. I look forward to opening each package I recieve over a strong cup of coffee.

Find these and more at the newly launched website for Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish Magazine ~

www.fiddlersgreenzine.com/shop

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Update (10/10/2021)

Planners/Calendars

Llewellyn’s Witches’ Datebook 2021

Llewellyn’s Witches’ Calendar 2021

Books on Sabbats

Llewellyn’s Sabbat Essentials

Imbolc

Ostara

Beltane

Midsummer

Lughnasadh

Mabon

Samhain

Yule

Tarot Decks

The Original Tarot (Siren Imports) (no packaging, no booklet)

Oracle/Non-Tarot Decks

The Spells Deck, Cat Cabral, illustrations by Kim Knoll (Chronicle Books, 2019, second printing)

Zines

Fiddler’s Green: Peculiar Parish Magazine (Clint Marsh, editor/publisher)

Volume 2 - Number 3 (February 2020)

Tales From Fiddler’s Green (Susan Remington Bobby, editor; Clint Marsh, publisher)

Premiere Issue (March 2021)

Cunning Folk Magazine

The Re-Enchantment Issue (Third Printing February 2021)

The Water Issue (First Printing April 2021)

The Fire Issue (First Printing September 2021)

A Purple Thread: The Supernatural Doom of Oscar Wilde; Nina Antonia (Peculiar Parish)

Flitting; Nina Antonia (Peculiar Parish Christmas Number)

The Weeping Cufflinks, or, A cautionary tale of otherfolk haunting your desires and including many instructive and useful notes on City Lore; Tom Sharp (Faery Fellers, March 2020)

Non-occult Zines

The Lark Ascending; George Meredith with illustrations by J.G. Folivéli (Peculiar Parish, December 2020)

My Witch Library (Oct 2019)

Planners/Calendars

Llewellyn’s Witches’ Date Book 2019

Llewellyn’s Witches’ Calendar 2019

Introductory Books (General Witchcraft):

Enchantments: A Modern Witch’s Guide to Self-Possession; Mya Spalter (First Edition, First Printing)

Introductory/Reference Books (Wicca, Scott Cunningham)

Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practicioner (First Edition, 12th Printing)

Living Wicca: A Further Guide for the Solitary Practicioner (First Edition, Second Printing)

The Complete Book of Incense, Oils & Brews (First Edition, 38th Printing)

Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic (Second Edition, 17th Printing)

Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Expanded & Revised Edition; Second Edition, 29th Printing)

Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Wicca in the Kitchen (Third Edition, 12th Printing)

The Magical Household: Spells & Rituals for the Home; Cunningham & David Harrington (First Edition, 24th Printing)

Introductory Books (Wicca, other authors)

Wicca for Beginners: Fundamentals of Philosophy & Practice; Thea Sabin (First Edition, 14th Printing)

Exploring Wicca: The Beliefs, Rites, and Rituals of the Wiccan Religion; Lady Sabrina

Moon Magic

Moon Magick: Myths & Magick, Crafts & Recipes, Rituals & Spells; D.J. Conway (First Edition, 15th Printing)

Tarot Decks

The One World Tarot; Crystal Love & Michael Hobbs (Second Printing)

Books on Tarot

Guide to the Pythagorean Tarot: An Interpretation based on Pythagorean and Alchemical Principles; John Opsopaus, illustrations by RHO (First Edition, First Printing)

Fairy/Faerie Magic

The Vanishing People: Fairy Lore and Legends; Katharine Briggs, illustrations by Mary I. French (First American Edition)

Folk Stories/Fairy Tales

Irish Folk & Fairy Tales: Omnibus Edition; Michael Scott (First Edition, First Printing)

Zines

Fiddler’s Green: Peculiar Parish Magazine (Clint Marsh, editor/publisher)

Volume 1 - Number 4

Volume 2 - Number 1 (May 2018)

Volume 2 - Number 2 (February 2019)

Fiddler’s Green Leaflets (Clint Marsh, author)

Nine Defenses Against The Basilisk: Black & White Magic for Surviving Anxiety; illustrations by Alexis Berger (FG1102)

The Place of the Song-Dream: The Animal Spirituality of Kenneth Grahame; illustrations by Timothy Renner (FG1103)

Armchair Demonology: The Magical Benefits of Cultivating Bad Habits; illustrations by Gerhard (FG1104)

Exploding the Tangerine: A Shy Person’s Guide to Battle Magic; illustrations by Oliver Bly (FG1201)

Enchantment Dismantled: Superstition and the Thinking Irrationalist; illustrations by Kelly Patton (FG1202)

Our Bogeys, Our Shelves: The Magician’s Library as Mentor, Companion & Oracle; illustrations by Jeff Hoke (FG1301)

The Riddle of the Sphinx: The Artist’s Path and the Secrets of Immortality; illustrations by Adrienne Rozzi (FG1302)

Non-occult Zines

Herbal First Aid: Assembling a Natural First Aid Kit; Raleigh Briggs (Microcosm Publishing)