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monalyisha
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Puppy‘s first pool time. Summer is coming. 💦

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monalyisha
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Fiction: Juno Loves Legs (book club)
Nonfiction: Cunning Folk (just started)
Audio: Of Time and Turtles (nearly done)

I just cracked open the middle book this morning & I‘m already slightly obsessed (despite the fact that it has endnotes, which make me want to rip my hair out; fortunately, it seems like they‘re mostly just crediting source material & I can ignore them without missing anything). Also, how gorgeous is that cover?! 🤩

#weekendreads

rachelsbrittain Oo that one sounds super interesting! I'm going to have to check it out 👀 2w
monalyisha @rachelsbrittain YES! I think what‘s been most fascinating to me so far is the close overlap of priests and “cunning folk”, religion and “service magic.”

I was under the impression that anything smacking of magic would‘ve been condemned as witchcraft & grounds for getting a person (usually a woman) hanged during the trials. But it seems like “cunning folk” were largely safe and well-regarded (even the women!).
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monalyisha @rachelsbrittain And priests could/did employ and sometimes even WERE “cunning folk.” Practices included finding lost things or people, healing, etc. And the exact rituals are hugely fascinating!

I know my understanding is different because my witch trials history is US-based (I actually lived in Salem, MA for a spell) while the author‘s from the UK & digging into the history there. But still!
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rachelsbrittain That's fascinating! 2w
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bibliothecarivs
The Book of English Magic | Richard Heygate, Philip Carr-Gomm
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Recent acquisition:

📖 The Book of English Magic by Philip Carr-Gomm & Richard Heygate

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DGRachel
The Book of Lilith | Barbara Black Koltuv
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Women have been choosing the bear since the dawn of time…

CSeydel 😆 2mo
TheBookHippie Word. 2mo
lil1inblue 😂 😂 😂 2mo
dabbe Pretty nails! 💜 2mo
DGRachel @dabbe Thank you!☺️ 2mo
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UnderworldAmusements
Might is Right: The Authoritative Edition | Ragnar Redbeard, Arthur Desmond
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“He is pre-eminently, the prophet of unreason—the preacher of rabble-rabies. All that is enervating and destructive of manhood, he glorifies,—all that is self-reliant and heroic, he denounces.“

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Rachel.Rencher
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We saw road signs for a Danish windmill in the middle of Iowa on our way to see John Green. What was supposed to be a quick detour for it turned into about an hour of book shopping, touring the grounds, looking at trinkets, and an impromptu mead tasting with two old ladies who sold me some Viking Blod to sip while I read my new book of Nordic folk tales tonight. 🤍

Ruthiella Sounds like a great detour! 😃 3mo
MaGoose That is some detour!! Sounds great 👍 3mo
kspenmoll Such fun! Especially when u expected! 3mo
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inkilea
Silver Nitrate | Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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Enjoyed this one. I think some would find the characters a bit unlikeable, but it's at the level where I'm happy enough. The ending felt a bit twee, but I'll definitely pick up another by the author (I think I have at least one more from a past 99p spree).

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Darklunarose
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A great deal in information in here. Including some short little biographies of some of the big names in this field

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PirateJenny
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An examination of cunning folk in history, from their heyday to when they began to lose their influence. Cunning folk are practitioners of folk magic, which is different from witchcraft, no pact with the devil is assumed. It's a fascinating and well researched book and a must read for anyone interested in this topic.