The Northern Esoterica Society

This book is a map of rooms, rituals, and small enchantments – a diff­erent way of seeing England.

It began with a remark dropped casually over drinks. JB mentioned that he would soon be heading on a weekend trip with something called the Northern Esoterica Society. The name alone set a whole mythology into motion: a fellowship of half-eccentric antiquarians striding across the moors, scarves flying sideways in the wind above forgotten ruins; damp pubs with low ceilings and lanterns on uneven tables; notebooks filled with sketches of obscure ferns and long-disused railway sidings.

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Tiina Sepp is a folklorist and anthropologist, the author of several books and numerous academic articles. She lives between Estonia and England. This is her first book written in English.

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