tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post1204985455597105267..comments2024-03-28T12:10:31.018-04:00Comments on Wormwoodiana: Ancient Mysteries BooksDouglas A. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-3634143244284074902021-05-13T13:15:07.754-04:002021-05-13T13:15:07.754-04:00When I was a kid in the 1960s we had a a couple of...When I was a kid in the 1960s we had a a couple of books on “unexplained mysteries” but I can’t remember the actual name of them. I loved poring over those books. I remember the moving coffins of Barbados, Spring-Heeled Jack, UFOs, the Cardiff Giant, and maybe the Oak Island “treasure” if I’m not mistaken. It wasn’t a matter of whether they were true or not, it was just so much fun in that Bill Ectrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14957393680007486942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-43595919715591355452021-05-11T14:28:01.667-04:002021-05-11T14:28:01.667-04:00How splendid to be reminded of such interesting ti...How splendid to be reminded of such interesting times! An original 1969 copy of The View Over Atlantis has accompanied me over the years as has the 1970 reprint of The Old Straight Track, which I think should be added to your list. Other books I recognise have come and gone but I can't remember parting with Aubrey Burl's The Stone Circles of the British Isles. This confusion arises from Tony L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06086435547958107871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-85966259993447085222021-05-10T03:03:17.848-04:002021-05-10T03:03:17.848-04:00A fascinating list. Writing as a professional arch...A fascinating list. Writing as a professional archaeologist there is a line to be drawn somewhere in here between the mainstream archaeology and the less orthodox approaches, although it's not clear where it is. I still have my copy of Hitching's World Atlas of Mysteries, read repeatedly as a child in the late 70s - maybe that's what got me started?Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02387200500482034555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-72711529817805422382021-05-09T21:40:14.593-04:002021-05-09T21:40:14.593-04:00I collect these kinds of books as well. I'd l...I collect these kinds of books as well. I'd love to see this list expanded with comments on the salient features of each book, and interesting tidbits, quirks, or conceits noted. I see a few here I don't already have; great topic, much appreciated!jrmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505645109110921876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-13080818696332162582021-05-09T14:52:08.493-04:002021-05-09T14:52:08.493-04:00Fitting here, also, would be Mark Alexander's ...Fitting here, also, would be Mark Alexander's "British Folklore, Myths and Legends" (Weindenfeld & Nicholson, London, 1982), with its evocative maps at the end listing shrines, holy wells, hillside figures, Arthurian sites, fairy hillocks, etc.Carl Lavoiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07119500485476429777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-8971186103811580242021-05-09T12:49:44.394-04:002021-05-09T12:49:44.394-04:00Thanks, John, the World Atlas is not one I know bu...Thanks, John, the World Atlas is not one I know but yes certainly cryptozoology and UFOs were in the same heady mix. Mark Mark Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806452973664951726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-16963474572759485352021-05-09T08:10:51.505-04:002021-05-09T08:10:51.505-04:00I've got quite a few of these, mostly the Mich...I've got quite a few of these, mostly the Michell and Ashe titles, but I have a copy of Mysterious Britain that's now rather worn from being carried in a rucksack on visits to Glastonbury and Stonehenge. Great photos in that one. I still hope to find a cheap copy of Michell's View Over Atlantis with the Roger Dean cover. US-only, I think.<br /><br />I'd add Hitching's World John Coultharthttp://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilletonnoreply@blogger.com