Alchemy
The combination of philosophy, material experiment and spiritual interpretation discussed in Redgrove's Alchemy: Ancient and Modern.
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SourceDoll Festival
The Girls’ Festival and its dolls in Davis’s discussion of children’s observances.
Japanese legends, Davis retelling
Easter Lifting
The Easter chair-lifting custom described by Wirt Sikes, with men and women taking turns on successive days.
Welsh customs as described by Wirt SikesSourceFestival of the Dead
The return and farewell of ancestral spirits in Davis’s festival account.
Japanese legends, Davis retellingSourceLaughing Festival at Wasa
A procession of communal laughter linked to a god’s missed meeting.
Japanese legends, Davis retelling
SourceMari Lwyd
A horse-skull visiting custom with songs of admission and festive dancing.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
SourceSamain
November Eve as a dangerous threshold in Irish Otherworld narratives.
Celtic fairy traditions
SourceSpiritualism in The Astral Plane
Séance practice interpreted through a Theosophical account of unseen agents.
Theosophical astral cosmologySourceStocsio
An Easter Monday custom at Aberconwy, involving proclaimed rules about rising early and mock punishment in the stocks.
Welsh customs as described by Wirt SikesSourceTanabata Festival
The festival of the Weaving Lady that Davis connects with paper poems, bamboo and the reunion of celestial lovers.
Japanese star-lovers tradition, Davis account
Theosophy in Thought-Forms
The spiritual and symbolic framework through which Besant and Leadbeater interpret thought, moral responsibility and cosmic order.
Theosophy, Besant and Leadbeater
Wedding Bidding
The wedding assistance gathering described in British Goblins, supported through gifts, festivities and reciprocal obligations.
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