#82 / Dr Mark Fitzpatrick on belief, place and dual observance.

For episode #82 we welcome Dr Mark Fitzpatrick. He is a teacher,
writer, and independent scholar, specialising in the Weird and
the Wonderful. He has a PhD in Literature from the Université de
Paris – Sorbonne Nouvelle, and is currently an invited lecturer
in several Paris universities.


Originally from Cork, he spent twenty years in Paris, living in
garrets and trying to get his novels published. When this proved
to no avail, he began publishing his work online on his website
thehollowbehindthehearthstone.com, under a variety of aliases,
and his first novel, Unreal City, is coming out in early 2022.


He has recently moved to Aquitaine, where he lives in a little
house on the grounds of a Strange Crumbling Manor, with his wife,
his two children, a Wicked Uncle, and two and half cats.


In the show we discuss the nature of belief and Mark details a
remarkable experience he had with other in land around his home.
We also discuss dual observance, being in right relation with
place, the festival of Imbolc and bringing pagan festivals into
ones circle.


In  the Plus show we discuss the relationship between pagan
festivals and subsistence farming and dependence on being in good
relation to the land and the intelligences therein. We also get
into how the others may cultivate human beings for whatever their
business may be. Towards the end of show we get into the
differences between the Gaelic mind and Anglo mind through their
respective languages and stories and the influence in how they
see the world.


Show notes:
https://www.instagram.com/the_hedge_school/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA1F9UJHqKcIzNCIFpT071A
https://thehollowbehindthehearthstone.com
https://www.facebook.com/malachasivernus/
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/JlaRPA

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