Northern Earth 159 Out Now

Submitted by JohnB on Monday, 25 November 2019 Page Views: 3610

In the December 2019 issue of Northern Earth: Early humans digested - From the Philippines to Tibet, from Denisovans to hobbits, from Australia to Greece * Real fairies- Fairies may be traditional, but have they yet fled our lands? * The monoliths of Mawkywrat, India * Flames in a Yorkshire hearth

• Season‘s Gleanings - the usual round-up of news and other snippets picked from news and other media
• Mike Haigh’s Archaeology Review - Prehistoric violence and skullduggery, a hilltop enclosure by< a white horse and a Pictish cross slab
• Early humans digested - From the Philippines to Tibet, from Denisovans to hobbits, from Australia to Greece ... Mike Haigh gathers threads of our human ancestry
• The Alt-Antiquarian - A new regular feature by the editor aims to address fresh approaches to our field
• Real fairies- Fairies may be traditional, but have they yet fled our lands? Peter McCue has witnesses...
• The monoliths of Mawkywrat, india - part of our continuing endeavour to draw attention to megaliths outside western Europe
• Flames in a Yorkshire hearth - Colin Park reminds us that the past is not so far away, nor so forgotten
• Having Your Say - A bumper postbag (mostly virtual) addresses various topics in recent NEs, ethics of antiquarian tourism, a Scottish mystery, and dreams and messages from sacred sites
• All Things Considered: Reviews - A wide range of books are commented on by our reviewers, comprising folk magic, witchcraft, phenomenology, psychogeography, archaeology and the Gypsy Switch

Northern Earth takes a broad-based ‘earth mysteries’ or neo-antiquarian approach, looking at historical and contemporary cultural and geographical environments free from agendas or beliefs.

Topic areas include megalithic sites, alignments, sacred landscapes, psychogeography and deep topography, folklore & tradition, esoteric traditions, strange phenomena and other aspects at the interface of human consciousness and the land from prehistory to the present

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