Bespoken into existence
It’s so freakin purple out here!
Our swath of violets are filling in nicely in the backyard
The ground is bejeweled!
The Juneberry tree blooms are waning, like the moon
This season, this mid April
A grackle entertains itself with a string and affixes it to another branch
The dogwood is starting to show its splendor
Cardinal mates sail by like pairs figure skaters
I want to keep this purple in my minds eye
http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/temple_of_health/
Here is the IAPSOP archive of The Temple of Health and Psychic Review from Editor Dr. JM Peebles. I found his anti-vaccine books in the library and looked him up.
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| Peebles Anti-Vaxxer book cover |
Peebles also wrote a book called, How to Live a Century and Grow Old Gracefully, and was a member of the California Centenarian Club. He almost lived to 100, just 36 days short.
Per their website, The International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals (IAPSOP), started in 2009 and is a US-based private organization focused on the digital preservation of Spiritualist and occult periodicals published between the Congress of Vienna and the start of the Second World War.
I'm impressed by the size of the collection of journals and ephemera for this ad hoc outfit. I'm just now getting into it, but it seems to be organized really well and I love the titles IAPSOP's archives have to offer!
There's even one called, Curiosite!
http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/curiosite/
Summary of this journal from the website:
Bosc (1837-1913), who wrote most of the journal, was an archeologist and architectural historian, and also a prominent occultist, specializing in the "Celtic Renaissance" (i.e., the occultism of the ancient Celts), magic mirrors, and the use of psychotropic drugs in occultism. "Paul Sedir" (Yvon Le Loup, 1871-1926), like F. Ch. Barlet, one of his mentors, had a hand in every occult movement and society in France at the end of the nineteenth century. He shared many of Bosc's interests, writing on magic mirrors and plants, including psychoactive ones, but over time he increasingly turned away from occultism and toward Christian mysticism. The journal featured short articles on items of general interest in occultism, psychical research and magnetism and had a somewhat supercilious view toward spiritualism that led it to emphasize the frauds revealed by the exposures of phenomenal mediums.
Hmmm, maybe Periodical Curiosity will be in someone's archives some day. HA!
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| Pardon moi? |
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| Happy Easter Mr. Pwesident |
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| Eggy-doo! |
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| Sukey was always jealous of Polly |
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| How dare you! |
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| She gone |
New band names:
Kick Ass Immune Response
The White Blood Counts
Hot Air Balloon Charcuterie
Wind Fan
Jesus Ray Price!
Anchoress Away
Medieval Saints
House hunting needs:
Fireplace
solar, geothermal and wind energy
distant train sounds
bird murmur (must have!)
hoot owl
raccoon tracks
creek
black rat snake wrapped around a rose bush
2 bathrooms
Of interest--TRE, Tension Reduction Exercises or Trauma Releasing Exercises
Grackle time
in my city
Grackle time
Grackle time
in my backyard
a plague of grackles descend on my lawn
with oil slick plumage and dinosaur calls
I identify with their boat tails
I identify with their sharp gales
staring at me like I'm Tippi Hedren
hoping I don't end up like Suzanne Pleshette
I wonder about their brain pans
I stand there looking deadpan
what is their plan?
what is their plan?!
Grackle time
Grackle time
in my city
Grackle time
Grackle time
in my backyard
the plague takes over the feeder
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| Carly Weaver, Grackle lady |
Did Robert Stack have an unsolved mystery?
Or was it just a gig?
Was he driven by the unknown or a steady income?
We'll never know.
