Here’s a wee (disclaimer: it’s not at all wee) report from the six and a half weeks.
In short: the second Black Fast has been really incredible. I have been counting the days until I could drink coffee, masala chai and tea again on a daily basis. It is every bit as good as I hoped.
I began with my own ceremony. I fasted all day on Ash Wednesday (as I do every Wednesday). I entered the house after the five hour drive back from work and put on the soundtrack to The Last Temptation of Christ by Peter Gabriel, which, as well as setting the mood is just a corker […]
I took down this website well over six months ago to undergo a much needed design overhaul.
After a totally unacceptable hiatus—we are finally back.
I have been fasting as part of my regular practice now for over four months. I have done this before for much longer historically, and I find the process very valuable.
This year I am doing Lent, not only that, but, I plan to try and undertake a Black Fast.
Released on the solstice full moon: here is a collaborative short film we produced of “ReInState: A Mirror Ritual”.
Performed by Stefanie Elrick at Trans-states: The art of crossing over,” in 2016. Editing and colouring by Cavan McLaughlin.
Here is the second peer-reviewed paper that I ever published.
McLaughlin, Cavan. “Hidden in Plain Sight: Open-Source Occultism in the Age of Information”. In Understanding the Unknown, (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2016) doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/9781848884397_007
Here is the first peer-reviewed paper that I ever published.
McLaughlin, Cavan. “The Dark Side of the Sun: The Great Beast, Monstrosity and Solar Narratives”. In Landscapes of Monstrosity, (Leiden, Niederlande: Brill, 2016) doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/9781848883703_007
I am sorry to say that themushroom.net suffered attacks from hackers in the last few weeks and although the security breach has been rectified there has been damage to our styling and plugin functionality in doing so. So apologies for looking a little rough around the edges. I will endeavour to rectify this as soon […]
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