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The church of bones and lost souls

In the old streets of Naples, there’s a small church of bones, mystery and cult worship – an offshoot of the Neapolitan Cult of the Dead.

September 19, 2019 in Travel.
The Devil's Plantation, an old burial mound south of Glasgow. (Reproduced by kind permission: www.devilsplantation.co.uk

The lines of secret geometry, illness and obsession

The film, The Devil’s Plantation, retraces the wanderings of an archaeologist and a patient from a mental institution who frequently but unknowingly interweave across each other’s paths through Glasgow’s “oldest mystery”.

August 16, 2013 in Glasgow, History, Psychogeography, Scotland.
Glasgow City Chambers (from www.getintravel.com)

The Stones and the Torment (Part 3)

Continuing a skewed mix of horror, psychogeography, myth and history as Glasgow is threatened by an old curse that allows the Quarter of Torment to break through The Sacred Line. Click to for an intro and to catch-up previous parts of The Stones and The Torment

August 13, 2013 in Glasgow, Psychogeography, Scotland.
Part of the stone circle overlooked by soon to be demolished tower blocks Copyright: Glasgow Album http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/

The Stones and the Torment (Part 2)

The story continues with a semi-fictional look at Glasgow’s arcane history as old man Mackail explains the history of the Sighthill Stone Circle, and starts to reveal its hidden secret to a confused narrator.

July 11, 2013 in Glasgow, History, Psychogeography, Scotland.

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