Every July, thousands gather in Queensland, Australia, for one of the Southern Hemisphere’s largest medieval festivals. But past the jousting and pageantry lies a far stranger reality: the site was…

Early twentieth century Australia saw a flowering of alternative spirituality when a number of communities, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne, embraced the influx of occult and spiritualistic practices from Victorian…

This article was published in New Dawn 170 (Sept-Oct 2018) The masterfully told stories of a magical nanny that held adults and children alike spellbound for decades might incline readers…