by Jack Barrow | May 1, 2015 | General Blog, Non Fiction, Pagan, Publishing, Thoughts and Observations, Travelogue, Writing
I’ve been up all night, or at least I feel as though I have, my body clock’s all out of kilter but it’s May Morning, the sun’s shining and the year has begun. I swear I saw some cow parsley in the hedgerows this morning although it’s not normally out until end of May...
by Jack Barrow | Nov 13, 2014 | Media, Social Media, Thoughts and Observations
Reactions to the Sainsbury’s Christmas advert have been bouncing around the social media world for the last day or so. It’s a genuinely moving piece of film (it moved me to tears but then again so do some episodes of Star Trek) and it’s very well made. It’s thoughtful...
by Jack Barrow | Oct 21, 2014 | Current Affairs, General Silliness, Media, Politics, Thoughts and Observations
We had a fun start to the day today with a geektastic YouTube clip found by a colleague over the weekend. If you are not a geek read on at your own peril. The video was of some old computer floppy disks that someone had put together and programmed to play music. (You...
by Jack Barrow | Aug 5, 2014 | General Blog, Thoughts and Observations
Okay, now I love you all dearly, mostly because I hope you will buy my books and tell your friends what fun they are, but here’s the thing. I’ve just seen the first Facebook post of someone mentioning the ‘C’ word. (Not that one, the worse one...
by Jack Barrow | Apr 30, 2014 | General Blog, Magick, Psychology, Thoughts and Observations
Aleister Crowley, the infamous Victorian occultist and all round bad boy, once beloved of the Beatles, believed that everybody had potential to develop to their ultimate fulfillment. Later, in the Sixties as The Beatles were putting Uncle Aleister on the cover of Sgt...
by Jack Barrow | Mar 26, 2014 | General Blog, Technology, Thoughts and Observations
I’m a bit of a fan of Formula 1 motor racing. I’ve been watching it on and off for many years, mostly off during the years of Schumacher/Ferrari domination. When one driver or one team becomes dominant it gets boring. I didn’t watch the last couple of...
