Evans Wentz’s Quest for Fairies May 2, 2017
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
Beach has recently become interested in Walter Yeeling Evans Wentz (or Evans-Wentz as he became)* the American mystic who in his late twenties and early thirties researched Breton, British and Irish fairies, before running off to India to become a guru. Many readers will know Evans Wentz for his Fairy Faith In Celtic Countries, the […]
Cellphones and the Paranormal January 12, 2016
Author: Beach Combing | in : Actualite
Beach this last weekend enjoyed re-reading one of the greatest books ever written on the supernatural, Andrew Lang’s Cock Lane and Common-Sense (1894). Lang, an extremely learned Victorian Scot, has a simple position. There are, he believed, a core of paranormal experiences that repeat themselves in every culture at every time: invisible knocking, levitation, throwing […]
Dreaming Murder in Parliament #5: Andrew Lang Speaks! October 16, 2013
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
***Lots of great correspondence on this, but legal wrangles with builder mean still not time to put up. Will try tomorrow. My comment about three fold dreams were particularly misguided!*** Andrew Lang on the Perceval murder and Mr Williams’ dream, the single most cogent discussion we’ve found. The most commonly known of dreams prior to, […]
‘Psychic’ Phenomena: Trends in Time? July 24, 2012
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary, Modern
Beach has had a lot of fun today reading Andrew Lang from morning to the kids’ homecoming. What a pleasure! Lang (obit 1912) was a Victorian/Edwardian writer who had a clear fascination with psychic-phenomena among many, many other things. But Lang was tough-minded and always looked for other solutions before starting on about clairvoyance or […]
