Friend of the Gutter Kate Laity has created a meditative, divinatory short film Nephomancy: Scrying with Clouds. “Nephomancy: predicting the future by reading portents in the clouds The Old English text comes from the Exeter Book riddles 1 & 3. Filmed in the Howff Cemetery, Dundee, Scotland in […]
The journey from unfair to unjust is a twisted maze, one littered with false starts and dead ends; it’s also, significantly, the journey undertaken in Labyrinth, from childhood to adulthood, powerlessness to power.
At Asking the Wrong Questions, Abigail Nussbaum continues the Great Tolkien Reread with “A Knife in the Dark” and “Flight to the Ford” from The Fellowship Of The Ring, Book 1. “These chapters contain some of the novel’s most memorable events, but taken as a whole they feel […]
Irreverent Tarot podcast by friend of the Gutter Kate Laity looks at “some of the weird and bizarre bits of tarot history from a long time tarot reader who is fascinated by the history of the cards across their three ages (game / occult repository / self-development tool).” […]
Bellenac’s vineyards are failing and the solution will not be a new strain or a scientific intervention. The farmers seek an older solution: a willing sacrifice.
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts on Caroline Golum’s Revelations of Divine Love (USA, 2025): “Revelations of Divine Love is a wonderfully handcrafted and stylized film. It reminds me of the best of early theater—or even community theater. People come together with no money and use […]
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