{"product_id":"wyrd-times-memoirs-of-a-pagan-renaissance-man-paperback","title":"Wyrd Times: Memoirs of a Pagan Renaissance Man - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNigel Pennick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany readers will know Nigel Pennick as the author of over fifty books on geomancy, folklore, paganism, and the runes. \u003ci\u003eBut who is Nigel Pennick?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this comprehensive and convivial memoir, Pennick describes his formative years growing up in a London devastated by the Blitz. Beyond the obvious physical destruction wrought by the war, it was a world characterized by severe psychological trauma. For the adults in his life, this could lead to a spirit of callousness and disregard for human life. For his young contemporaries, it was the catalyst to question every received opinion and established institution. During his time as a biology student and scientific researcher, Pennick threw himself into the realms of alternative publishing, avant-garde art, and experimental music. Unlike the American counterculture, however, the British underground embraced elements of localism, ruralism, and the supernatural, which resonated in Pennick's consciousness (the recent popularity of the \"folk horror\" genre of film and literature is proof positive that these ideas have lost none of their imaginative appeal). While he rejected the naive political utopianism of his peers and shunned the excesses of the drug culture, it was these deeper themes of tradition and the spirit of place that would inform his career as a writer over the last half-century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut \u003ci\u003eWyrd Times\u003c\/i\u003e is more than just an inventory of Pennick's intellectual interests. Abundantly illustrated with rare material from his private archives, it is a rollicking ride through a personal universe populated with Dadaists and Diggers; dowsers and ley hunters; witches and toadmen; heathens, football hooligans, UFO fanatics, and eccentric outsiders of every stripe. What's more, it is a virtual catalog of the incredible array of roles Pennick himself has played throughout this unfolding drama: researcher and lecturer, scientist and magician, mummer and musician, artist and craftsman, and far-ranging traveler between worlds-both seen and unseen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout it all, Pennick's unique perspective and wry sense of humor shine forth, illuminating topics like art, religion, tradition, the nature of fate and mortality, and an undying spirit of personal resistance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNigel Pennick\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eElemental Magic\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), \u003ci\u003eA History of Pagan Europe\u003c\/i\u003e (with Prudence Jones, 1995), \u003ci\u003ePagan Magic of the Northern Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003eThe Spiritual Power of Masks\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), \u003ci\u003eWitchcraft and Secret Societies of Rural England\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), and many more. His book \u003ci\u003eThe Eldritch World\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) is available from Arcana Europa.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51780389044512,"sku":"9780999724590","price":33.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/19407592cccd3eabae7c948ecaba5b9d.webp?v=1780527310","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/wyrd-times-memoirs-of-a-pagan-renaissance-man-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}