You can’t shed the blood of a Vestal Virgin without angering the gods. That’s why the Vestal Virgins were buried alive if they got caught fooling around – no blood was spilled but they still got their punishment. (They…
Irish stone circles – and my stupid mystic dancing on video
Yes, I’m communing with the Irish spirits, or at least the Megalithic ones, in honour of Saint Patrick’s Day. Check out my video on the Toronto Star site and wonder why people don’t like travelling with me. And wonder why…
What the pyschic really told me in Bermuda
To go with my article in the Toronto Star today about The Labyrinth, the Psychic and the Triangle, let me delve a little deeper into my Bermuda adventure. What I didn’t get a chance to mention in the article (oh,…
Is it a mystical experience or is that the sun in my eyes?
On my last day in Wales our sparkly red bus tour stops at St. Non’s Well and I’m hell-bent on finding some potent Celtic/Catholic mysticism. Our group troops off to the spring, a small covered well said to have miraculous curative properties.…
Mystical Wales in a red glitter bus
It’s not often you make a pilgrimage in a red sparkly disco bus, but Wales is a land of novel experiences. Along with 4 other writers, our Welsh guide, Steven, and a tattooed driver named Rocky, we sailed down to St Davids,…
Almost famous
Perehudoff’s essay on Aphrodisias is reviewed by Nomadic Chick
Mystical places – do they exist?
Is the existence of sacred and mystical places hype or reality? Glastonbury is a wacky New Age town that was once one of the most powerful religious centres in England. Even today the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey and the Tor resonate with different types of energy.