THE BOOKS OF ALBION: THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF PETER DOHERTY.

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Interest in this aspect of our sacred heritage has been growing since the publication of Janet Bord's first book on holy wells over twenty years ago. Many holy wells have now been restored, and the modern visitor may still experience a quiet communion with the spirit of the place, and come away spiritually uplifted. This is a book that will appeal greatly to anyone with an interest in prehistory, mythology, and the Avebury area in particular, which goes beyond the standard academic tracts into a feel for the spirit of place and a veneration for the ethos of our distant forebears.' There have been fascinating developments in the study of folklore in the last twenty-or-so years, but few books about British folklore and folk customs reflect these exciting new approaches. As a result there is a huge gap between scholarly approaches to folklore studies and 'popular beliefs' about the character and history of British folklore. Explore Folklore is the first book to bridge that gap, and to show how much 'folklore' there is in modern day Britain. Michel, Francisque, ed. (1862), "Appendix I: De Primis Inhabitatoribus Angliæ", Gesta Regum Britanniæ: a metrical history of the Britions of the XIIIth century, Printed by G. Gounouilhou, pp.199–214

In Everything is Change Beatrice Walditch shows how contemporary ideas of an ever-emergent cosmos are also part of the traditional worldview in places as far apart as Greece and China. This understanding of how the world works is in complete contrast to Christian concepts and the various successors – including supposedly secular science as well as modern paganism. This is a splendidly presented and illustrated book... and is a very worthwhile addition to the burgeoning literature on this fascinating aspect of our history and folklore. Recommended' Janet Bord lives in North Wales. She and her husband Colin have written more than 20 books on folklore and mysteries since their first successful joint venture, Mysterious Britain (1972). In 2010, artist Mark Sheeky donated the 2008 painting "Two Roman Legionaries Discovering The God-King Albion Turned Into Stone" to the Grosvenor Museum collection. [35] See also [ edit ]Crossing the Line provides a wealth of tales to make even the delays on a train journey enjoyable. Then take an active role in keeping these tales alive by recounting the more perturbing ones to fellow passengers or unsuspecting 'gricers'…

Explore Fairy Traditions is a very good book, both an entertaining read and useful source of information. […] newcomers to the subject will be impressed… [and] An excellent primer that has much to recommend it to more advanced students of the field… Highly recommended.' filled with poems, drawings, personal reflections, lyrics and collages, and is a powerfully compelling collection. The result is entertaining and erudite, broad and iconoclastic, scholarly but frequently nicely naughty. The range is stunningly eclectic and the style easy, evocative and witty. A substantial number of academics have looked at many aspects of medieval Christian pilgrimage and also at traditional pilgrimages by followers of other major faiths. A few academics have also taken an interest in modern Christian pilgrimage. The published research covers a surprisingly broad range of specialisms and, inevitably, older ideas and assumptions are challenged by more recent thinking. This overview attempts to summarise this academic interest, focussing mostly on pilgrimage in England. Inevitably most of the attention is devoted to how pilgrimage develops and the heyday in the twelfth to fourteenth centuries.

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By drawing together, for the first time, detailed information about these popular customs of the church, Mark Lewis hopes to stimulate further interest, research and recording of these remarkable events.