Traditions Magazine
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Traditions Magazine was an American independent quarterly journal of international folklore and cultural traditions.
The magazine made its debut in October 2004. Its stated mission is to provide innovative and well-researched information to its readers by offering an opportunity to explore folk traditions using both scholarship and experience. Although published in the United States, many of the magazine's articles are written by authors from around the world.
The magazine centers on folklore, traditions, history, and the occult. Articles are typically on topics in areas such as archaeology, customs, environmental issues, folklore, gender roles, hagiography, herbalism, history, magic, mythology, religious cosmology, rituals, and superstitions, as they are presented within their native cultural context, using the tools of cultural anthropology. Some of the cultures that have been covered in the past include Anglo-Saxon, Brazilian, British, Cornish, Egyptian, Hellenic, Irish, Pakistani, South African, and Welsh cultures.
Traditions Magazine was closed in September 2005.
[edit] Contributors
Some of the writers who have contributed to Traditions Magazine include:
- Frances Billinghurst resides in Adelaide, South Australia. She has been interested in the occult and ancient civilizations for most of her life. Frances is trained as a ceremonial magician as well as being initiated into Alexandrian Wicca, and founded the Temple of the Dark Moon in 1999. These days she is drawn to pre-Gardnerian Witchcraft, as well as experimenting with various magical techniques. She is also an avid book collector, a chocoholic, and red wine consumer. Frances Billinghurst writes for various mainstream magazines as well as Pagan publications.
- Karolina Blaha-Black lives in Texas and is a freelance writer who has written a variety of articles about travel, animals, the environment, in addition to stories, and reviews. She maintains an interest in cultural and occult traditions and mythology.
- Aisling Bronach currently resides in Florida, United States. She received her B.A. in Anthropology from the University of South Florida. She spends most of her time engaged in the study of Irish archaeology, folklore, and mythology. Over the years her life has remained dedicated to honoring the ancestors and preserving the memory of their stories and traditions. Many of her public writings have appeared in magazines focusing on Paganism and folk traditions.
- Martin Byrne lives near Carrowkeel, a great megalithic site in County Sligo, Ireland. He was certified by the Irish Bord Fáilte as a qualified tour guide. He has an extensive knowledge of Irish megalithic sites and related mythology, and has studied the astronomical alignments of the chambered cairns and passage graves of Ireland.
- Cathy Mosley is a storyteller and writer who resides in Springfield, Illinois. She attempts to retell folk stories as they would have been presented by the original bards and storytellers of past times. Cathy is also the editor for the feature "Stories for the Seasons" that is hosted by Nature In Legend and Story Society (NILAS).
- Diane Williams, known also as Zuna, lives in the Gauteng area of South Africa, and is a Sangoma and fully fledged member of Litiko Letinyanga, also known as the Traditional Healers' Organization. As a practitioner of several disciplines, she has studied herbalism and the occult in many forms, and was initially introduced to the African spiritual inspiration of the Ancestors and the Inyangas soon after her arrival to Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Diane practises the art of cleromancy. This form of divination involves the casting of bones to gain knowledge about a person or subject. She performs personal psychic readings, and also provides information about the African mystical traditions she follows to those who are curious.
- Marion Woolley spent much of her childhood growing up in the village of Guilsborough in Northamptonshire, England, where she discovered her love for the history of the place. She is a simple Pagan woman living in Cardiff where she is studying for her MA in Language & Communication Research.
Other individuals who have written for Traditions Magazine include the American writer John Opsopaus; British runologist Bob Oswald; Brazilian Rafael G. dos Santos; Bilal Saqib, formerly of Canada, but who now lives in the United States; and Irishman Brian Walsh.
[edit] External links
- Traditions Magazine Website
- The Sacred Island, Martin Byrne's website about Irish megalithic sites
