Comment – Tunnel Vision – the plans for Stonehenge
News – Archaeologists discover earliest-known sacred sit still in use; mapping Britain’s folklore; Odinists claim churches; vandalism at Clava Cairns.
Feature – The Magic of Hares
Article – Purgatory Fields- by Eric Fitch
Feature – Merrivale Ritual Complex
Article – The Giant’s Grave
Reviews - Witchcraft – A Hereditary Tradition by Jon Dathen; The Way into Faerie by Rae Beth
Folklore Diary – Your guide for the next quarter
Comment – Pagan Heritage Destroyed
News – Dave Swarbrick obituary; giant beer censored; English Heritage ‘vandalism’ at Tintagel; Police warning on Solstice at Avebury
Article – Following the Old Oss
Article - The Songline of LLeu, by Laurence Main
Feature -The Fairlop Oak
Article – Paganism in the Workplace, by Lee Smith
Reviews - King Arthur’s Camlan by Laurence Main; The House of Susan Lulham by Phil Rickman
Folklore Diary & Events – Your guide for the next quarter
£1.60 inc. UK p&p
Contents:Comment – Dorchester Archaeology Saved (for now); Merry Meet in Shops
News – Michael Howard (1948-2015); Terry Pratchett (1948-2015); Mystery Bronze Age Enclosure in Devon; Anglo-Saxon Leechbook Remedy Kills MRSA; Peterborough’s Pompeii
Article – Abbotsbury Garland Day
Article - Fate and the Norse Gods by Eric Fitch
Feature - In the Footsteps of a Wizard – John Cowper Powys in Dorchester
Article – Baring Gould’s Chairs
Article – The Devil’s Quoits
Reviews – The Lost Book of Fleams by Kate Aimson; Friends of the Dusk by Phil Rickman
Folklore Diary & Events – Your guide for the next quarter
£1.60 inc. UK Postage
Comment – Stonehenge – Should exclusion be reintroduced?
News – ITV commissions Merrily Watkins Drama, Glastonbury temple licensed for weddings, Tarr Steps featured on new stamp, Traces of new stone avenue found at Avebury.
Article – Woden and England, by Eric Fitch
Article - Campaign to save Dorchester’s archaeology
Feature - The Lost Stone Circles of Dorset Part 3
Article – The legend of the dog Gelert
Reviews - Listening to the Stones by Beatrice Walditch; Night After Night by Phil Rickman
Folklore Diary & Events – Your guide for the next quarter
£1.60 including UK Postage
Comment – Archaeology and Commerce – a Case Study
News – Stonehenge survey; Ancient Sethian Magical Papyrus Translated; Norfolk Doorstop was Offering to the Gods; Pagan Blue Plaques.
Article – An Old Mummer at the Chequers, Wheeler End
Article - King Arthur, Warlords Wizardry, History and Prophecy
Feature - The Lost Stone Circles of Dorset Part 2
Article – The Twelve Days of (a Dorset) Christmas
Reviews - Wassailing – Reawakening an Ancient Folk Custom by Colin & Karen Kater; The Shortest Day – A Little Book of the Winter Solstice by Karen Kater; Mumming Plays in Hardy’s Wessex by Jerry Bird
Folklore Diary & Events – Your guide for the next quarter
£1.60 including UK postage
Comment – Of Bombs and Bees
News – Ancient Welsh Yew; Austin Osman Spare Portrait Mystery; Gardner gets Blue Plaque
Article – The Angels of Mons
Article – Montem Mound
Article – Midsummer Hemp Custom
Feature – The Lost Stone Circles of Dorset Part 1
Reviews – Ameth – The Life and Times of Doreen Valiente by Jonathan Tapsell; Pagan Britain by Ronald Hutton
Folklore Diary & Events – Your guide for the next quarter
£1.60, including UK postage.
MM52 Cover
Comment – Merry Meet is Changing
News – Archaeological ‘Bad Practise’ in Somerset; Roman ‘Healing Dog’ found in Gloucestershire; Yorkshire Woodhenge Discovered; Possible Human Sacrifice in Somerset
Feature – Thomas Hardy’s Ghosts Song – Yuletide in a Younger Time
Feature – The Devil’s Den Article – Montem Mound Update by Eric Fitch
Article – A Maiden’s Grave
Article – The Giant’s Grave Poem – The Paphian Ball by Thomas Hardy
Reviews - Pagan’s Progress – a Ge-Ography Primer by Michael Dames; A Dance with Hermes by Lindsay Clarke
Folklore Diary – Your guide for the next quarter
£2.25 + £0.55 UK Postage
Overseas customers please email for a price.
Comment – Of Angels & Baguettes – public art and ancient sites
News – Stonehenge was ‘London of the Mesolithic’; Ancient Iron Rod was Viking ‘Witch Wand’; Farewell to Freya; ‘New’ Dartmoor Stone Circle Uncovered; Scottish ‘Wishing Tree’ Investigated.
Article – A Holy Sea-fort – St Catherine’s Chapel, Dorset.
Poem – The Old Witch-Hare
Feature – John Cowper Powys’s A Glastonbury Romance
Article – Who was Saint George?
Reviews – Of Sirens and Centaurs: Medieval Sculpture at Exeter Cathedral by Alex Woodcock; The Magus of Hay by Phil Rickman; Lord of the Silver Hand by Gerald Killingworth; The Witches’ Herbal by Michael Howard; The Ceremony of May by Rose & Garry Blakeley (CD); The Liberty to Choose by James Findlay, Bella Hardy, Brian Peters, Lucy Ward (CD)
Folklore Diary & Events – Your guide for the next quarter
£1.60, including UK postage.
Comment - Good Riddance to the Noughties; Merry Meet 40 Not Out!
News - Winter Solstice at Stonehenge; Eastbourne Bonfire Revival; James Findlay – New Young Folk Hero; Cissbury Ring Campaign; Bluestonehenge; Pagan Lap Dancing (?)
Poem - Winter Solstice by Sylvie Tavares
FeatureThe Magical Tradition: The Boar’s Head Carol
Article – Leigh Mizmaze
Article – Bless This House – Apotropaic Magic
Article – Cord Magic, by Peter Nash
Reviews – The Well Under The Sea, by Kevan Manwaring; Defences Against the Witches Craft by John Canard
What’s On
£1.60 inc. UK Postage
Comment - Because We Are Too Many; Potter & The Lunatic Fringe
News - New Witch of Wookey; Ancient Spirits Bless Metal-Detectorist; 1st Dorset Medieval Festival; Bronze Age Sauna in Somerset; Decapitated Vikings in Dorset; Saxon Burials in Kent; Eastbourne Lammas Festival; Atlantis Bookshop Snubbed; Ley Triangles
Feature - The Magical Tradition: The Astrologer
Poem – Mabon, by Ruth Francis-Foster
Article – Set in Stone – The Rollright Legends
Poem – Hymn to Gaia, anon. 2nd Century CE
Reviews – Blood & mistletoe: History of the Druids in Britain by Ronald Hutton; Grimoires: A History of Magic Books by Owen Davies; Welsh Witches and Wizards by Michael Howard
What’s On
£1.60 inc. UK Postage
Comment – Slow Motion Disaster; The Valiente Archive
News – Museum of British Folklore on Tour; Hampshire Ceremonial Complex; Peat moors Centre; Dorset Medieval festival; 1st Bard of Caer Dur; museum of Witchcraft Mystery Exhibit; Green Man Books mail order ends
Article – Thomas Hardy’s Druid Stones
Poem – By the Runic Stone by Thomas Hardy
Article – The Filly Loo
Feature – The Magical Tradition – Lady Margaret
Short Story The Three Oaks, A Fable
Reviews – A Pathway Through The seasons, by Rose Blakeley; Weymouth & Mr Punchby Judith Stinton; Covensense by Patricia Crowther; As I Carelessly Did Stray (CD) by James Findlay
Feature – Sacred Sites in Danger
What’s On
£1.60 inc. UK Postage
Comment – News With Bells On!; Ancestral Bones
News – Peat moors Centre to Close; Merry Meet Website Launched; Landscape of Memory; Dorset Medieval Festival; Recession Hits Archaeology; Morris Film Lacks Distributor
Article – The Changing Face of the Green Man
Article – Ghosts Among the Stones – Fernworthy Stone Circle
Feature – The Magical Tradition – The Lambton Worm
Poems – Growing Time and Eostre by Ruth francis-Foster
Reviews – Witch – An Autobiography by Rochelle Moore; English Holy Wells – A Sourcebook by Jeremy Harte; Landscape of Memory by Jerry Bird; The Persian ‘Mar Nameh’ by Payam Nabarz and SH Taquizadeh
Feature – Sacred Sites in Danger
What’s On
SORRY, THIS EDITION HAS NOW SOLD OUT
Some content may be available as a PDF file on request. Please enquire via email.
Comment – Bones of Contention; A Road to Nowhere
News – Portable Antiquities Scheme Saved; Axe Hoard ‘gift to the Gods’; Dorset Rescue Dig Uncovers Rich Pagan Heritage; Portland Stone Circle in Dorchester Garden; Ancient Woodlands Under Threat; Merry Meet – The Book
Article – Here Come I! The Curious World of Mummers
Short Story The Red Lock
Reviews – To Dream of the Dead by Phil Rickman; A Sorcerer’s Tale by Alec Ryrie; The Mysteries of Mithras by Payam Nabarz; The Chemical Wedding (DVD)
Feature – Sacred Sites in Danger
What’s On
£1.60 inc. UK Postage
Comment – Preserve or Restore; Hadron Hysteria
News – Storm Brews Over HEATH; Giant Has Facelift; New Museum Archaeological Fund; Birmingham Bans Pagan & Atheist Websites; Devil’s Quoits Ride Again; Dorset Archaeological Awards; Bardic Chair Revived in Dorchester
Article – Nine Men’s Morris
Article – The Broad Stone, Winterbourne Abbas, Dorset
Feature – The Magical Tradition – The Song of the Wandering Aengus
Reviews – A Spark in the Void by Apawaae; The Green Hedge Witch by Rae Beth; Dowsing For Cures by Wilma Davidson; A Touch of Pagan by Deborah Maudlin; Witch Jar by Kelvin I Jones; Divine Comedy of Neophyte Corax and Goddess Morrigan by Payam Nabarz; Play Something we all Know (CD) by Porvari
Feature – Sacred Sites in Danger
What’s On
£1.60 inc. UK Postage
Comment – What Gloom & Doom?; One For the Birds; Rapturous
News – Stonehenge Vandals Damage Heelstone; Sussex Chieftain’s Grave; Did the Romans Restore Stonehenge?; Shave the Monkey Reform; New Weymouth festival; Lammas Festival; Bikers Vandalise Hill-fort
Article – Jack-in-the-Green
Feature – The Magical Tradition – The Elfin Knight
Article – The First Pagan Revival
Article – The Nine Stones, Dorset
Reviews – The Gods Within by Jean Williams & Zachary Cox; Firechild: The Life and Magic of Maxine Sanders; Lost Islands by Kevan Manwaring; The Cauldron Born (CD) by Damh the Bard
Feature – Sacred Sites in Danger
What’s On
£1.60 inc. UK Postage
