Steve Patterson

Steve Patterson is a writer, Folklorist, Woodcarver and agricultural labourer. He lives and works with his dog in an old quarry in West Cornwall. He has been a student of folklore and the occult for as long as he can remember. Since the mid 1990s Steve has been an active supporter of the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Boscastle, and has regularly given workshops and talks on the subject.

Links:
The Folklore Podcast’s episode 37 Alien Big Cats – Steve Patterson

Publications

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Fulgur Press, Dance of Sun and Moon, Ithell Colquhoun, Frances Colquhoun, Judith Noble, Tilly Craig, Victoria Ferentinou, Tifaine Bachet, Isabel Seligman, Andrea Kollnitz, Terri Geis, Amy Hale, Steve Patterson, Richard Shillitoe, Jesse Bransford

The Dance of Sun and Moon

Fulgur Press, Dance of Sun and Moon, Ithell Colquhoun, Frances Colquhoun, Judith Noble, Tilly Craig, Victoria Ferentinou, Tifaine Bachet, Isabel Seligman, Andrea Kollnitz, Terri Geis, Amy Hale, Steve Patterson, Richard Shillitoe, Jesse Bransford

Straddling the worlds of Surrealism, occultism and modernist literature, Ithell Colquhoun (1906–88) was widely respected in her lifetime, but her transgressive, esoteric and poetic paintings and writings were long neglected until Richard Shillitoe’s 2009 book Ithell Colquhoun: Magician Born of Nature initiated her revaluation

Fulgur Press, Dance of Sun and Moon, Ithell Colquhoun, Frances Colquhoun, Judith Noble, Tilly Craig, Victoria Ferentinou, Tifaine Bachet, Isabel Seligman, Andrea Kollnitz, Terri Geis, Amy Hale, Steve Patterson, Richard Shillitoe, Jesse Bransford

Troy Books, Steve Patterson, Spells from the Wise Woman's Cottage

Spells from the Wise Woman’s Cottage

Troy Books, Steve Patterson, Spells from the Wise Woman's Cottage

Deep within the winding corridors of Boscastle’s Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, a low humble door and two small windows allow visitors a glimpse into another world.

Troy Books, Steve Patterson, Spells from the Wise Woman's Cottage

Troy Books, Steve Patterson, Cecil Williamson's Book of Witchcraft

Cecil Williamson’s Book of Witchcraft

Troy Books, Steve Patterson, Cecil Williamson's Book of Witchcraft

“Cecil Hugh Williamson (1909-1999) is, I believe, one of the great unsung heroes of the twilight world of folklore and witchcraft. He is probably best known for founding the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Boscastle, North Cornwall, which he ran up until midnight on All Hallows Eve 1996; three years before his passing over into the spirit world.

Troy Books, Steve Patterson, Cecil Williamson's Book of Witchcraft

Scarlet Imprint, Serpent Songs, Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold, Gemma Gary, Shani Oates, Arkaitz Urbeltz, Stuart Inman, Jane Sparkes, Tony MacLeod, Xavier Bakaikoa Urbeltz, Steve Patterson, Richard Parkinson, Francis Ashwood, Johannes Gardback, Radomir Ristic, Anne Morris, Jesse Hathaway Diaz, Sarah Lawless

Serpent Songs

Scarlet Imprint, Serpent Songs, Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold, Gemma Gary, Shani Oates, Arkaitz Urbeltz, Stuart Inman, Jane Sparkes, Tony MacLeod, Xavier Bakaikoa Urbeltz, Steve Patterson, Richard Parkinson, Francis Ashwood, Johannes Gardback, Radomir Ristic, Anne Morris, Jesse Hathaway Diaz, Sarah Lawless

Serpent Songs is an anthology of the voices of traditional craft: the words and works of those who remain untamed, cunning folk, exorcists, pellars, sorgin, witches and mystics. A collection of fifteen essays, introduced and curated by Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold.