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John Cowper Powys was a highly eccentric British writer, whose extremely long novels explored folklore, landscape and mythology. Though some were set in the South West of England, Powys later reinvented himself as a kind of wizard Welshman. His magnum opus, Porius, is around 1000 pages long and features Merlin, King Arthur, the bard Taliessin, Neanderthal giants, the cult of Mithras, and an alchemical child. Two accounts of bilocation (being in two places simultaneously) are associated with Powys. In one incident, he promised to appear to a friend at precisely two o'clock the following day. At the appointed time, the friend looked up and saw Powys before his image slowly faded. The other account involved him appearing at a hotel to a nephew who had annoyed him, bursting through some doors and shouting "No tea! No tea!" The nephew later asserted there was no way Powys could have been at the hotel at that time. #literature #folklore #mythology #weird #paranormal #books #occult

Occasionally I wonder if I could popularise a new form of #divination based on the shuffling of #desktop images - a backgroundomancer. Looks like I have a portentous (and nature-filled?) weekend coming up! #photography #naturePhotography #technology #prophecy #occult #silly #TellingStories

The young crescent moon occulted Mercury today...as seen from the mountains of southern New Mexico. First photo is a telephoto shot of the moon only a minute after it uncovered our innermost planet. This was taken in bright twilight as a wind and dust storm was easing up. Second photo is a wider angle shot ten minutes later that includes Venus in the bottom third of the frame. The evening twilight sky colors are pallid because of the dust storm clouds billowing a mile below me on the floor of the Tularosa basin. #Mercury #Moon #Crescent #Occult #Occultation #Astronomy #Twilight #Evening #Photography #Astrophotography