Owen Davies@odavies9

Historian of witchcraft, magic, ghosts, religion, folklore & medicine. Also @odavies9.bsky.social

Joined April 2016
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Geoffrey Munn@GeoffreyMunn1
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Once again the veil between the two worlds is at it thinnest! Here is a 17th silver memento mori pomander with an articulated jaw bone that flaps up and down in wear. Hinged compartment for amulet spices. C 1640
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Art of Divination book. Over on Instagram Yale University Press are giving away a free copy of my new book and a freebie Tarot deck!
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Next week: join us for online talk: David Keohan, 'Stone Lifting: Unearthing a Lost Tradition'. Tues 3 Nov 19:00-20:30 GMT on Zoom. Tickets £6.00 (£4 for members with promo code) eventbrite.co.uk/e/stone-lif…

Stone Lifting: Unearthing a Lost Tradition

The finding and reigniting of an ancient culture of strength in Ireland

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Financial Times
@FT
Oct 27
The trip highlights the remarkable relationship between a son of the US president and a tycoon with a criminal record who has close ties to Vladimir Putin’s personal security service. Intelligence experts say such connections are ripe for manipulation. ft.trib.al/p0LBRYI
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ニューズウィーク日本版で紹介されました。
ニューズウィーク日本版@Newsweek_JAPAN
Oct 27
なぜ妖怪は怖くなくなったのか？ 人間の「上から目線」が生んだ意外な変化 かつて人々が恐れた妖怪は、なぜ親しみやすい娯楽のキャラクターへと変わったのか。民俗学者・島村恭則氏の著書『恐怖の民俗学』から、妖怪と人間の関係の変遷を読み解く newsweekjapan.jp/articles/-/…
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Carlos Zorrilla@CarlosToisan06
Oct 26
Replying to @MarcoFoster_ @TheGoodLiars
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Only Sweden is allowed to mock Norway. But when other countries do, we Swedes will stand up for our dear neighbours. Because we are siblings, and you stand up for your family. So stfu trump. Heia Norge! ❤️🇳🇴🇸🇪
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Kenny Brophy@urbanprehisto
Oct 26
A new #UrbanPrehistory blog post on #Glasgow deep time - the discovery of a probable fragment of Neolithic polished stone axe at the Camphill excavations this summer was a rare & significant discovery in a city of few axes...@EddieCStewart @ArchScot theurbanprehistorian.wordpre…

Glasgow deep time

The excavation of Camphill enclosure in Queen’s Park, Glasgow, in the late summer of 2026 was an exercise in trying to demonstrate that this extensive monument could, just possibly, be Iron A…

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Wild scenes of celebration in Belgrade as Vučić concedes Serbian election – Europe live

Student List movement projected to have 138 seats in the new parliament, well clear of the 126 required for majority, to Vučić’s 104

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Serbian students have given us all a lesson in organisation and mobilisation against authoritarianism 👏 👏 👏
Hanna Liubakova
@HannaLiubakova
Oct 25
#Serbia's Aleksandar Vučić has acknowledged defeat. After years of dominating Serbian politics, he is facing a loss to the student movement born out of protests against corruption. No final results available. People are already gathering on the streets.
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Europe Elects
@EuropeElects
Oct 25
Serbia: The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS-EPP) has admitted defeat in today's parliamentary elections. The Student List (SL-*) has won a majority of votes. #Serbia #Srbija #Izbori2026
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ČT24
@CT24zive
Oct 25
Na Staroměstském náměstí začala Demonstrace Ruce pryč od médií! Pořádá ji spolek Milion chvilek pro demokracii na podporu České televize a Českého rozhlasu. Návrh na zrušení televizních a rozhlasových poplatků schválila sněmovna v prvním čtení v sobotu po půl páté ráno.
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Lois Avenger Lane
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Natalka
@NatalkaKyiv
Oct 23
— Do you know where my home is? — In Mariupol? — No. My home is wherever my flag is. This is where my home is. He survived the Olenivka prison massacre and spent 4.5 years in Russian captivity. 💙💛Now, he’s finally home.
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RT @Volksverpetzer: Warum der AfD-Datenleak vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht den letzten Baustein für das Verbot liefern könnte und warum n…

AfD-Datenleak kann zum Gamechanger im Verbotsverfahren werden

Warum der AfD-Datenleak vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht den letzten Baustein für das Verbot liefern könnte kann und warum nur noch eine einzige Stimme im Bundesrat dazu fehlt.

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DER SPIEGEL
@derspiegel
Oct 23
In der Affäre um illegale Wahlkampfspenden aus der Schweiz hat AfD-Chefin Alice Weidel wohl Öffentlichkeit und Partei getäuscht. Das legen geleakte Mails nahe. Demnach wusste Weidel früher von Zahlungen, als sie behauptete. Link in X-Bio.
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Gary Lachman@GaryLachman
Oct 23
I'm looking forward to the last of my 4 part series on the Secret History of Consciousness. This week we look at Jean Gebser and his "structures of consciousness," from the Archaic to the Integral. Join us: eventbrite.com/e/a-secret-hi…
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📣CALL FOR PAPERS📣 'Folklore and the Natural World': The Folklore Society’s Annual Conference 2027. 11-13 June 2027, The Cut Conference Centre, Shrewsbury. Deadline for proposals: Sunday 13 December 2026 folklore-society.com/event/s…
Edward Hicks, Peaceable Kingdom of the Branch, Wikimedia Commons

ALT Edward Hicks, Peaceable Kingdom of the Branch, Wikimedia Commons

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Larry the Cat
@Number10cat
Oct 22
Of all the lies told in this history of the world, this might be the biggest
Acyn
@Acyn
Oct 21
Vance: There is no person who hates the idea of people enriching themselves fraudulently over access to the government than Donald J. Trump
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The verified record of Russia's crimes in Ukraine: case files, UN statements, fact-checks, sanctions, the cost of the war, and a calendar of where Ukraine is on the agenda. Every figure has a source, a date and a tier. Open data, 6 languages. ukraine-evidence.org/?src=x
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