- Sexuality in the Natural and Demonic Magic of the Middle Ages – lengthy abstract with link to the full article. Short version: natural magic enacted through physical objects, demonic magic through ritual – and the latter was worse because it used humans.
- How Witchcraft Is Empowering Queer and Trans Young People – religions are always adapting to the times, and the practitioners described in this article discard the traditional (? I’m not a witch or pagan, so I can’t speak to accuracy) male-female binary to create beliefs and rituals meaningful to their queer identities.
- Tudor controversialists and the Catholic faith – Propaganda and counter-propaganda between the Elizabethan government and English Catholics. Relevant to my WIP as I’m writing Edward Kelley as a recusant. The review suggests a “crunchy” academic book, but in the best possible way.
- Following Isaac Newton’s Recipe for the Philosopher’s Stone Cost $199.23 – Roejen over at Project Archivist put me onto this story last week, and I mused wouldn’t it be great if someone tried this out? Behold, a tidy how-to in modern English! Let me know if you give this a whirl – I’d end up burning my house down.