S2 #23 / Dr Andrew Manns, The Transylvania of France

Dr Andrew Manns is a historian and the creator behind The
Thinker’s Garden, a blog specialising in overlooked history. As
editor, he has written and published a variety of historiettes on
little-known Bohemians, occultists, and mystics, such as the “Los
Angeles Noah” (Reverend J.E. Lewis), Lady Walburga Paget, and
Baron Seymour Kirkup. Today takes us through his research into
the little known folklore and occult history of the 
Auvergne a little-known historic province in central


France. Which he has dubbed the ‘Transylvania of France’.


In the Plus show we get into the legends of Lake Pavin (the
storm-raising lake). An interesting angle on the lost children
plane crash from Colombia story from earlier in the year. And
Andrew tells us about the unique healing tradition of the
“Guerisseurs” which is absolutely fascinating. Andrew wraps up
with an interesting note on the belief in the area that fairies
can be seen at a certain high altitude.


Show notes:
Charles Godfrey Leland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Godfrey_LelandBrotherhood
of the Wolf movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIjDB31KfsMThe
Beast of Gévaudan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_G%C3%A9vaudan


The "kind" werewolves story and a deeper explanation on why
Auvergne is like Transylvania:
https://visitauvergne.org/occult-auvergne-5-spine-chilling-legends/


The 1588 werewolf tale:
https://visitauvergne.org/a-werewolf-in-auvergne-a-poem/


Skinwalkers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin-walker


The Wendigo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo


Reddit thread by a Navajo police officer on Skinwalkers
https://www.reddit.com/r/skinwalkers/comments/db1fgy/skinwalker_info_from_a_navajo_policeman/

The story about the "Two Lovers" (the Clermont-Ferrand senator
who rose from the dead to lie by his wife) can actually be found
in Historia Francorum, a book by Gregory of Tours
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_of_Tours


The name of the vampire-like female spirits is:
"fatsillères"
Puy de Dôme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puy_de_D%C3%B4me


The 16th century witches' Sabbat on the summit of the puy de
Dôme:
https://visitauvergne.org/the-puy-de-dome-a-mystical-olympus-in-auvergne/


The Raelians ​​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%ABlism


The legends of Lake Pavin (the storm-raising lake):


https://visitauvergne.org/the-mysterious-lake-pavin/


The academic book on Pavin which Andrew contributed to:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-39961-4Colombian
lost kids story
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12206055/Colombia-jungle-dad-says-hallucinogenic-drug-used-Prince-Harry-key-searchers-finding-children.html





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