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Finished my main summer project, a seasonal planting calendar. This is meant to serve as a visual reminder of when you should be planning to plant your produce (based on the planting seasons of the Eastern U.S., NY specifically).
Just a note, each plant has different needs, and some require starting seeds indoors while others can be planted directly outdoors (and some you can likely find already growing around you). Some have longer growing seasons than what is shown. Lots of info can be found online, have fun researching!
Prints & more found here. Happy planting!
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Fiddler’s Green Peculiar Parish
“Fiddler’s Green Peculiar Parish Magazine” Clint Marsh, editor
In the way that one does, drifting on the wave of interesting links on the internet, I stumbled onto this amazing esoteric magazine produced in the style of victorian pamphlets, called the Fiddler’s Green Peculiar Parish Magazine.
Published by Wonderella and edited by Clint Marsh, who contributes throughout along with an amazing selection of authors and artists. Marsh’s personal editorial approach to publishing make each issue a fascinating read on a wide range of topics.
Its style is like a softbound almanac periodical, laid out in three columns with a range of interesting subjects from all corners of the occult world. All of the issues have been bound in a thick green paper stock with a cloth-like surface texture in a remarkable spring green colour and impressed with metallic golden lettering across the top. The issues are handsomely decorated throughout with illustrations and stylistic advertisements from a selection of occult publishers and artists.
The history of small pamphlet publishing in magic and the occult goes back to the very start of the printing press. Two to eight page supplementals would be published as early as the 16th century detailing the accounts of trials of witches, gossip of goings on in royal circles and parish scandals related to bewitchment and cunning craft parsons.
In the late 18th century, a monthly periodical was even published called the “Conjuror’s Magazine” that had a variety of material and subjects from tracts of Agrippa and translations of occult text to astrological and even slight of hand illusionist tricks. Under 40 pages each month for the distinguished occultist of the Georgian era.
What Fiddler’s Green accomplishes is to bring back a sense of wonder and aesthetic beauty to magazine publishing. The attention to detail in the design is exquisite, with dozens of tiny subtle touches that make reference to obscure bits and pieces of publishing history. The paper a gentle butter coloured ‘vellum’ pleasant to the eye and to the touch.
The magazine takes its name from the popular concept of the pre Christian afterlife of sailors, Fiddler’s Green. A lush pastureland of endless summer nights filled teeming with wildlife. A place to gather and discuss the wonders from the world over.
The content is exceptional, a fascinating range of articles that covers reviews of books and periodicals, guest contributions from aforementioned occultists and artists, and presents it all in a package that speaks of a love for great design and a wide range of occult thought and creative endeavor. Marsh is to be commended in his efforts.
Since, as luck & charm would have it, I was sent all four copies of Fiddler’s Green I will outline them with pics:
Issue one came to me as a handmade facsimile since it is absolutely sold out but the publisher wanted to give me a full overview. The first issue starts out strong, with interesting pieces, one comparing the mythological Basilisk to the emoitional state of anxiety, occult perspectives on tea drinking as ritual, and all peppered throughout with insightful pieces by editor Clint Marsh.
By the second issue, “Verdigris Soul” (a special edition for the Occult Humanities Conference), the content is even wider and more exploratory, with a lovely piece on Isacc Bonewits, an interview with William Kiesel of Ouroboros Press and a piece by Daniel Schulke, rounded out with Marsh’s prose and all wrapped up in an incredible package consistent with the first in design but glowing in its presence.
Issue three, “Gardener’s Giantess,“ takes everything up a notch, the cover paperstock stays the same green cloth pattern cardstock, but with an added fold over flap on the front and back covers. It’s a nice touch I have been considering adding to the next issue of Skeptical Occultist as it gives it such a clean and strong looking edge. Content wise the issue has a great mix of pieces from Clint, including one about his library, and finally a memoria of the late Michael Howard by Daniel Schulke.
The most recent issue, number four, ”Crown & Crossroads“, continues on with delightful content and beautiful design (though the cover flaps have gone) it delves into “the seductive nature of spiritual striving, the possibilities of voluntary wonder, self-sovereignty, etiquette, Goetic magic, the eeriness of the English countryside, the powerful messages and entities in Watership Down, and a poem on initiation and landscape.” In particular Clint’s piece on casting a magic circle is a wonderful personal narrative of practical magic and the entire issue is stuff full of beautiful illustrations and wonderful poetry and prose.
The central component that I really like about the Fiddler’s Green Peculiar Parish Magazine is the idea of it being a catalyst for conversation and communication between the editor, writers and readers. The pay is listed in each issue as “Fiddler’s Fare”, which amounts to a likewise contribution in terms of practical issues, but is built on an idea of barter at its core, of community and dialog, which I find particularly interesting as an editorial statement. Each issue comes with an addressed envelop that affords its readers the chance to use old fashioned post to communicate with the publication, and ostensibly other readers through the letters column. In addition they have a reviews section titled “publications received” at the rear that is strongly reminiscent of my interest in youth ‘zine culture in the 1990s.
“Fiddler’s Green Peculiar Parish Magazine” is a wonderful publication bound to be thought of as a highlight in occult/esoteric journal & ‘zine publishing of the early 21st century. A strong collection of voices with a range of ideas, historic references and incredible illustrations I look forward to many more issues to come.
Get your copy of issue four of Fiddler’s Green from Wonderella here:
Thanks for your thoughts on this! I ordered their most recent issues, looking forward to reading it myself.
anaisnein
this isn’t altogether my beat but it sounds fascinating and I badly want to read that one unavailable piece on anxiety as basilisk :|
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