Where the Witchboy Wanders

“Their home was old, enormous, filled with tunnels, abandoned passages, nooks and corners ~ and a library filled with her great-grandfather Prince Paul Dolgorukov’s rich collection of books. Helena devoured his tomes on the occult sciences, magic and alchemy ~ including Solomon’s Wisdom, a Jewish book written in Greek in the first century B.C….

“Everywhere Helena Blavatsky went, strange things happened: letters of advice from ‘Ancient Masters’ fell from the ceilings of rooms and train carriages, a teacup materialised in the earth, a brooch beneath a pillow. Each occurrence was a message of some sort, intended to reinforce Theosophy’s wisdom and the power of Helena’s connection to the spirit realm.”

obsession is a dangerous state of mind

“Once upon a time, in a kingdom by the sea, there lived a little Princess named Lenore. She was ten years old, going on eleven. One day Lenore fell ill of a surfeit of raspberry tarts and took to her bed.