ancestors
Column: El Silbón, a Venezuelan Legend About the Ancestors
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Alan D.D. recalls a Venezuelan legend of a banshee named El Silbón, “The Whistler,” and contemplates the relationship we have with our ancestors.
ancestors
Columna: El Silbón, una leyenda Venezolana sobre los Ancestros
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Alan D.D. recalls a Venezuelan legend of a banshee named El Silbón, “The Whistler,” and contemplates the relationship we have with our ancestors.
Paganism
Column: Dowsing Rods
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The beautiful thing about England, I thought, was that with a rail pass you could get just about anywhere in the country within a few hours. That was before I got there, of course. I hadn’t plotted the courses to the places I needed to visit in any great detail; I assumed that England, having an actual public transit system, would lead me anywhere I liked with no great effort on my part. Experience had proved otherwise. Two weeks into my trip, I had learned that if a map could be misread, I would misread it, and if a timetable could be missed, I would miss it.
Paganism
An Outsider at the Crossroads
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“I still can’t believe you’re moving there. That neighborhood is dangerous.” At that point, I had already had this conversation way too many times, with way too many well-meaning friends who simply couldn’t see past their prejudice. It seemed that every cup of coffee over the past month came with a free intervention attempt. It was getting quite tiring, and my patience was wearing rather thin.