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It's certainly a very strange tangle of tales with an unexpected possible antecedent and literary echoes. Curious, indeed...
October 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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…and another photo of this stone with the rest of the stone row (towards sunset this evening) #StandingStoneSunday
September 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Thank you for that recommendation... It sounds like a good place to start!
September 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My knowledge of both is patchy, but Hinton Ampner has in the past vied with Borley as the most haunted in England. I heard, when the old HA house was demolished, a casket with the remains of a baby was found under the floor. Implications of infanticide with other crosscurrents, colonialism included
September 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
As accidental as it is, I found it a compelling image, and agree it has a very spiritual vibe.

I found this just now. During the owner's absence on his plantation in Jamaica, the disturbances became more frequent and terrifying for his wife and children at Hinton Ampner blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/...
Hauntings at Hinton Ampner
Amongst the papers of the Ricketts and Jervis family (Add MS 30001-30013) at the British Library lies an 18th century account of ghoulish goings-on. Add MS 30011 documents a series of curious observat...
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August 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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The juxtaposition of book and balls was done in January 2018... Only today have I realised what might have inspired this - Emblem 141 (Eternitas) from Henry Peacham's Minerva Britanna (1612), featuring a very Melusinian-looking form holding two orbs, and she has 17 stars on her!
August 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The juxtaposition of book and balls was done in January 2018... Only today have I realised what might have inspired this - Emblem 141 (Eternitas) from Henry Peacham's Minerva Britanna (1612), featuring a very Melusinian-looking form holding two orbs, and she has 17 stars on her!
August 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM