✸ Hi, I'm River and this is my microcosmic digital temple.
Androgynous man
I am a scholar and academic studying folklore, magic, religion, and superstition.My background is in cultural anthropology, ethnography, and archaeology — this website is a place I made to be able to talk about my interests and experiences more casually.
I believe that science and magic are sisters, separated by perspective.
I believe in a borderless, warless world.
Proud maximalist and collector of books, textiles, artwork, good luck charms, and religious paraphernalia. I love travelling the world, talking to people, and learning new traditions and belief systems. I'm trying to develop some glamorous hobbies, so lately I've been getting into fragrance. I am the proud father of two beautiful tuxedo cat sisters named Hero and Beatrice, and a draft horse named Apollo with whom I used to joust.
Parlo, leggo e scrivo Italiano, ma non alleno molto. Lo studio da tredici anni, intermittenza.
Everyone should send more mail. Everyone should keep a journal. #proudcursivewriter
GENERAL ♥ :︎ the 17th century; Catholic ritual objects + veneration of saints; WEREWOLVES; vampires; technical breakdowns of airplane crashes; velvet, satin, and linen; taking long walks; barn owls, red-winged blackbirds, blue herons; dawn; winter
BOOKS (fiction): Foucault's Pendulum, Umberto Eco; Instance of the Fingerpost, Iain Pears; As Meat Loves Salt, Maria McCann; Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke; Another Roadside Attraction, Tom Robbins; The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson; The Master & Margarita, Mikhael Bulgakov; The Club Dumas, Arturo Perez-Reverte.
BOOKS (non-fiction): The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell; Man and His Symbols, Carl Jung; They Flew, Carlos Eire; Steeple Chasing, Peter Ross; Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Kimmerer; God's Jury, Cullen Murphy; Old Theiss: A Livonian Werewolf, Carlos Ginzburg & Bruce Lincoln; Grimoires: A History of Magic Books, Owen Davies; Sacred Bliss: A Spiritual History of Cannabis, Mark Ferrara.
TELEVISION: True Detective (season 1),
