Callum James
@callum-james.bsky.social
Callum James: poet, writer and bookseller.
'The South Downs. Paths of the Dead' (Broken Sleep Books)
Queer. Story. Landscape. Magic.
'The South Downs. Paths of the Dead' (Broken Sleep Books)
Queer. Story. Landscape. Magic.
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Callum James
@callum-james.bsky.social
· Nov 22
For those I am meeting here for the first time, "The South Downs: Paths of the Dead" is my spirit-haunted prose-poem of my walk of the South Downs Way.
If you are interested in magic, spirit work, poetry, walking, landscape or just the generally weird, you might like it...
If you are interested in magic, spirit work, poetry, walking, landscape or just the generally weird, you might like it...
"The Rings of Saturn"
Willow charcoal on cartridge paper.
#asemicwriting #asemicpoetry #asemicart #chaosmagick
Willow charcoal on cartridge paper.
#asemicwriting #asemicpoetry #asemicart #chaosmagick
November 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"The Rings of Saturn"
Willow charcoal on cartridge paper.
#asemicwriting #asemicpoetry #asemicart #chaosmagick
Willow charcoal on cartridge paper.
#asemicwriting #asemicpoetry #asemicart #chaosmagick
Doing a spot of "decluttering" this evening and have found new homes for this lot with friends...
November 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Doing a spot of "decluttering" this evening and have found new homes for this lot with friends...
A wee visit to an antiques centre today, and my eye is always drawn to the things made of paper!
November 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A wee visit to an antiques centre today, and my eye is always drawn to the things made of paper!
Things found on a beach...
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Things found on a beach...
One more follower makes a grand!
If you think your followers are the kinda people who like cool illustrations from popular 1980s books on the occult please consider reposting! 😜
If you think your followers are the kinda people who like cool illustrations from popular 1980s books on the occult please consider reposting! 😜
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
One more follower makes a grand!
If you think your followers are the kinda people who like cool illustrations from popular 1980s books on the occult please consider reposting! 😜
If you think your followers are the kinda people who like cool illustrations from popular 1980s books on the occult please consider reposting! 😜
Autumn: half-way between beauty and rot.
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Autumn: half-way between beauty and rot.
It's a wonder Anglesey's beaches have any pebbles left on them at all!
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It's a wonder Anglesey's beaches have any pebbles left on them at all!
And then take a look at their followers and follow them all too... and perhaps they follow you back... see how this works! 😁
This amazing occult bookshop and events space needs more followers in this place : I promise you won't regret clicking thst button. Thoughtful, inclusive and modern magick, witchcraft and occultism...
@treadwells-books.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
And then take a look at their followers and follow them all too... and perhaps they follow you back... see how this works! 😁
This amazing occult bookshop and events space needs more followers in this place : I promise you won't regret clicking thst button. Thoughtful, inclusive and modern magick, witchcraft and occultism...
@treadwells-books.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This amazing occult bookshop and events space needs more followers in this place : I promise you won't regret clicking thst button. Thoughtful, inclusive and modern magick, witchcraft and occultism...
@treadwells-books.bsky.social
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Not quite sure what I've done to deserve slight snark in my notifications two days running!
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Not quite sure what I've done to deserve slight snark in my notifications two days running!
Visited this ruined and overgrown parish church on Anglesey as the light was fading and, this does not happen very often, absolutely did not like the atmosphere. Could not wait to get out and away.
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Visited this ruined and overgrown parish church on Anglesey as the light was fading and, this does not happen very often, absolutely did not like the atmosphere. Could not wait to get out and away.
Meeting ancient trees is always amazing, this yew though in Llangernyw in North Wales is thought to be 4,000, perhaps 5,000 yrs old!
It is older than Christianity and Stonehenge. 0ne of the oldest living beings on the planet.
It is older than Christianity and Stonehenge. 0ne of the oldest living beings on the planet.
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Meeting ancient trees is always amazing, this yew though in Llangernyw in North Wales is thought to be 4,000, perhaps 5,000 yrs old!
It is older than Christianity and Stonehenge. 0ne of the oldest living beings on the planet.
It is older than Christianity and Stonehenge. 0ne of the oldest living beings on the planet.
The extraordinary Barclodiad y Gawres, a 4,500 yr old neolithic chamber on the cliffs above the Irish Sea. Very atmospheric. The chamber is unusual for containing spirals, circles and other shapes chiselled into the stones, part visible in last photo.
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The extraordinary Barclodiad y Gawres, a 4,500 yr old neolithic chamber on the cliffs above the Irish Sea. Very atmospheric. The chamber is unusual for containing spirals, circles and other shapes chiselled into the stones, part visible in last photo.
Holiday reading: "North" by Gyrus. An ambitious attempt to lay a narrative onto the development of human consciousness from our earliest prehistory. Dense and intense but one of those books which, even when you disagree with it, is giving you new avenues of thought on every page.
November 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Holiday reading: "North" by Gyrus. An ambitious attempt to lay a narrative onto the development of human consciousness from our earliest prehistory. Dense and intense but one of those books which, even when you disagree with it, is giving you new avenues of thought on every page.
Walked out to Eglwys Cwyfan (St Kevin's Church) off the shore of Anglesey today. It dates from 12th century and was nearly lost to coastal erosion: it used to be joined to the land. Now only accesible once the tide is out a certain way.
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Walked out to Eglwys Cwyfan (St Kevin's Church) off the shore of Anglesey today. It dates from 12th century and was nearly lost to coastal erosion: it used to be joined to the land. Now only accesible once the tide is out a certain way.
The extraordinary colours of seaweed.
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The extraordinary colours of seaweed.
Drove half-way up a mountain today to a bookshop in an old slate mine where an elderly deaf man shouted at me about the evils of the modern world for ten minutes before I could leave with my haul, after making me pay by bank transfer from my phone!
November 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Drove half-way up a mountain today to a bookshop in an old slate mine where an elderly deaf man shouted at me about the evils of the modern world for ten minutes before I could leave with my haul, after making me pay by bank transfer from my phone!
The long walk to Ynys Llandwyn where St Dwynwen (the Welsh St Valentine) set up a hermitage and where Wales's richest pilgrimage centre flourished for hundreds of years.
November 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The long walk to Ynys Llandwyn where St Dwynwen (the Welsh St Valentine) set up a hermitage and where Wales's richest pilgrimage centre flourished for hundreds of years.
Found a sinister copy of Golidlocks and the Three Bears today in a junk shop. Some child blacked out her eyes throughout!
November 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Found a sinister copy of Golidlocks and the Three Bears today in a junk shop. Some child blacked out her eyes throughout!
Bryn Celli Ddu this morning. A 4,000 year old neolithic chamber which began as a henge 1,000 years before that. This chamber aligned perfectly on the dawn moment of the midsummer sun. The whole was reconstructed after its excavation in the early 20th century.
November 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Bryn Celli Ddu this morning. A 4,000 year old neolithic chamber which began as a henge 1,000 years before that. This chamber aligned perfectly on the dawn moment of the midsummer sun. The whole was reconstructed after its excavation in the early 20th century.
The view over to Eryri this afternoon from Anglesey
November 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The view over to Eryri this afternoon from Anglesey
Have unpacked in our holiday let on Anglesey. Holiday reading ready to go just as soon as the pizza is ready.
November 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Have unpacked in our holiday let on Anglesey. Holiday reading ready to go just as soon as the pizza is ready.
When you can look up from your meditations on the shoreline of a heavily militarized modern harbour and see a nearly complete Roman fort over the waves with a modern firing range behind you and the howls of Napoleonic POWs on the wind.
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
When you can look up from your meditations on the shoreline of a heavily militarized modern harbour and see a nearly complete Roman fort over the waves with a modern firing range behind you and the howls of Napoleonic POWs on the wind.
Six spells for six friends.
October 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Six spells for six friends.
Circles! It's always circles.
October 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Circles! It's always circles.