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Ed Cameron
Ed Cameron
2 years ago

Err, O K . Anyone for a cuppa and a lie down?
Two favourite bits of this:
“The account is corroborated by the occultist Louis Wilkinson…”
“Whatever the truth of the story,…” 
Perhaps we should take notice of the writer’s former employment.

Last edited 2 years ago by Ed Cameron
Hilary Easton
Hilary Easton
2 years ago
Reply to  Ed Cameron

Ah yes, I hadn’t noticed that

Martin Bollis
Martin Bollis
2 years ago

Thank heavens, we can all stop worrying.

All that’s needed is the Great Cone of Power to ex spell the invaders.

One wanders, is the writer the flake in cone?

Hersch Schneider
Hersch Schneider
2 years ago

Okaaaaay…

Sam Wilson
Sam Wilson
2 years ago

Hilarious and biting. More from Andrew Watts please.

Madeleine Jones
Madeleine Jones
2 years ago

This article missed an opportunity to talk about superstition, esoteric stuff, cats and occult matter in Russia! No, really Russia loves this stuff. There’s a reason why there’s conspiracy theories around Rasputin.
(I should finally read The Master and the Margarita)

Philip Stott
Philip Stott
2 years ago

Probably my favorite book (hence the Woland avatar).

Jonathan Sidaway
Jonathan Sidaway
2 years ago

As well as the Gardnerians’ response the occultist Violet Firth, AKA Dion Fortune, and her associates, worked persistently and regularly during the war to provide protection. The details of this are both guarded and published by some of Fortune’s successors. The overlap with the Revd Gilbert Shaw’s work is interesting; Fortune used Christian symbolism, but could not really be called a Christian by most criteria.

Jonathan Nash
Jonathan Nash
2 years ago

Err they’re not actually fighting Putin – you do understand that, right?