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Folklore & Forteana Links Supernatural beasties, folk customs, strange tales and more. |
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The Absolute Elsewhere - a fantastic archive of sixties and seventies book covers of "Fantastic, Visionary, and Esoteric Literature". Well worth a dip in and the eighties are, apprently, on their way. Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit - Academic research into the paranormal at Goldsmiths University in New Cross, headed up by the one and only Chris French. Goldsmiths also run free lectures on Wednesday afternoons, speakers have included Dr Rupert Sheldrake and our own David V Barrett. Apotropaios - the new home for the 'folk magic' website. Apotropics are means of warding off evil, including shoes, charms, horse-skulls and dried cats. This is another pro-active research page. ASSAP - The Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena. At the Edge - The online archive for the earth mysteries and folklore fanzine. Centre for Fortean Zoology - The online home for Dragon expert, and SELFS speaker, Richard Freeman. The CFZ like drinking, beastie hunting, producing mad films and odd books, and then drinking some more. Cryptoworld - Cryptozoological blog and gallery, including film clips and photos from the Death Worm expedition to Mongolia. The Daily Grail - The place to go for news on alternative history and fortean news. Up-dated daily (hence the name) with plenty of discussion. |
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Paul Devereux - The grand old grumpy old man of earth mysteries and psychic research. Flying Saucery – Dave Clarke and Andy Roberts are among the top paranormal researchers in the UK. They mainly investigate UFOs but have also cast their steely gaze upon the Angels of Mons, the Grey Man of McDhui, and Celtic stone heads, screaming skulls and other forteana. I really want them to talk at SELFS but they lurk up in the north. Blighters. Foamy Custard - A growing site for contempory folklore, cultural studies and mythology studies The Folklore Society - Quoting the leaflet I have to hand “folklore has been defined as ‘traditional culture’, but no one phrase can do justice to the subject. It embraces music, song, dance, drama, narrative, language, foods, medicine, arts and crafts, religion, magic and belief. Folklore is the way that people fill their lives with meaning, through the stories they share, the daily rituals they perform.” Does that interest you in any way? Then the best place for you is here. |
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The Fairy Museum - an amazing on-line collection of art inspired by the fey folk. It's an actual museum too, it's in Wiltshire. Fortean Times - Still going strong. The web site includes an article archive, a fortean news section which is up-dated daily and an ever-so-busy message board. The Lebanon Circle - the online shop for those who "specialize in mentalism, mediumistic performance or just pure magic" and like therwmins. Most forteans then. Eddie Lenihan - The website for the fine folk-story collector and teller from Ireland. Eddie knows "more about the living fairy faith than most” says Jeremy Harte, "wildly bearded" adds Paul Devereux. |
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Magonia - A fine publication that investigates “contemporary vision and belief”, mostly around ufology but often branching out to other issues of perception and narrative. Regularly amusing and often thought provoking, Magonia is the nearest thing the British paranormal world has to Private Eye. Phenomena Magazine - Phenomena! Do-doo-duh-do-dah! A strange and interesting mix of the Fortean Times, the late, loopy UFO Magazine, the sort of sweaty nonsense one finds in Nexus and some po-faced new age stuff. They're on-line only at the mo'. The Skeptic - Most links here are open-minded but don't accept just any old cobblers. The Skeptic's view is much narrower and harsher but, sometimes, the subject deserves that. Snopes - the Urban Legend Reference Pages. If some one has repeated or emailed an urban myth or foaf (friend-of-a-friend) tale to you, the chances are that Snope has already found the facts, if any, behind it. Tradition Magazine - An interesting mix of folklore, folk music & dance and, um, 'traditional' stuff, what ever that is. It's early days for the mag, making it one to watch. Weird Britian - A great source-site for British paranormal investigations. |
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