Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Steele Alexandra Douris, author of the new Spirits, Seers & Séances. Those of us who enjoy the interplay of the seasonal and the spectral can learn a lot from the Victorians, whose celebrations often combined the festive and the uncanny in striking ways. The Victorians, who were obsessed with ghost legends and lore, truly had spirits for every season. Christmas In nineteenth-century England, which didn't celebrate Hallowe'en as enthusiastically as Scotland, Ireland, or the USA, Christmas was the ghostliest holiday. Spirits were believed to be particularly active at Christmastime, and telling ghost stories around a roaring fire was a

An ENORMOUS thank you to our LlewellynCon presenters today: Emily A. Francis, Steele Alexandra Douris, Jhenah Telyndru, and Mat Auryn! Unable to watch their presentations live? Click on their images below to watch the recording! And, be sure to follow our YouTube channel, where we'll be sharing the recordings of each presentation! Watch Emily A. Francis: Creating a Mindset for Joy Watch Steele Alexandra Douris: Victorian Spiritualism and the Birth of Paranormal Investigation   Watch Jhenah Telyndru: Exploring the Myths of Avalon   Watch Mat Auryn: Mastering Your Magick with Psychic Skills Thank you again to all who presented and attended—you