Historian of religions, paganism and esotericism. Website: https://www.robindouglas.org Posting in a personal capacity.https://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3mvro6dj24c2jI have a new online article: "The most based church ever: The forgotten history of the Labour Church" A Victorian experiment in combining a spirituality deriving from immanentist theology with Labour politics. Based. https://robindouglas.org/2026/09/18/the-most-based-church-ever/18 Sep 2026 07:41 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvro6dj24c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3mvmxt2rvtk2zI'm delighted to confirm that my forthcoming book, "The Myth of the Jewish Conspiracy" is now listed on the Exeter University Press website. The price is £30, and the publication date is 7 December 2027. https://www.exeterpress.co.uk/products/the-myth-of-the-jewish-conspiracy16 Sep 2026 10:51 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmxt2rvtk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3mvaw3ghva22yAfter 9/11, various people in the West went in search of the ideology which had inspired the attacks and attempted to trace it to its sources. Here are some old notes on Islamism which I'm republishing from my old blog: https://pagesfromahistoriansnotebook.substack.com/p/some-notes-on-islamism11 Sep 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvaw3ghva22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3mv6zvb4qp224Paul McCartney once described the Beatles as having the quality of magick, with a k. There are some acts who are like this and some who just aren't, no matter how talented and original they are. 1/210 Sep 2026 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6zvb4qp224https://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3muzh4e7wyc2dFREE LAUNCH EVENT in Glastonbury 🚨 I'll be speaking about my book at 7pm at Becket's Inn in Glasto on Friday 9 October. Please come along! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzh4e7wyc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3mupcmr6pdk2vAre you interested in joining an online study group on the Book of Abramelin? (You'll know immediately if you are or not!) If so, please click on the link in the next tweet. Please also retweet this for publicity 🙏04 Sep 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupcmr6pdk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3muly6br5rk26A thread for the anniversary of the start of World War II. It is remarkable how the news headlines in the immediate run-up to the outbreak of war were *not* dominated by the growing crisis. /103 Sep 2026 07:59 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3muly6br5rk26https://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3mugrf6omzk22I'm delighted to say that my next book, "Children of Starry Heaven: An Introduction to the Ancient Greek Transcendental Tradition", is now approaching publication with Cherry Hill Seminary Press. It will hopefully be in print in the next few weeks 🙂01 Sep 2026 06:14 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugrf6omzk22https://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3mtqbxgdz3c23'"Mother Earth" Pagan Worship by Vatican Representative: Doctrine of the Faith Official makes Offering of Coca Leaves at Pachamama Ceremony during Official Church Meeting' https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/08/mother-earth-pagan-worship-by-vatican.html23 Aug 2026 07:40 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqbxgdz3c23https://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3mtl6bb7ja222Modern western religious culture is sometimes referred to as a "spiritual supermarket": buyers are presented with a bewildering array of choices in an environment in which the consumer is king. This model of religious plurality can be traced back to Victorian times. 1/21 Aug 2026 06:50 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtl6bb7ja222https://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3mtl6bb7ja222Modern western religious culture is sometimes referred to as a "spiritual supermarket": buyers are presented with a bewildering array of choices in an environment in which the consumer is king. This model of religious plurality can be traced back to Victorian times. 1/21 Aug 2026 06:50 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtl6bb7ja222https://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3mt7mvlnlve2iPeople have been making assertions about this at a high level of generality, along the lines of "guilt is Christian" or "ancient Greeks didn't think like that". [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Aug 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7mvlnlve2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3mt7mfc56ls2iI've now seen "The Odyssey". In all, I think it does as well as any film could in capturing the story. It's pretty close to the original for the most part, and it gets in most of the major episodes. Where it departs from Homer, the departures aren't a problem.16 Aug 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7mfc56ls2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3msoahdsiwc2qJoris-Karl Huysmans and a group of other civil servants participated in an attempt to invoke the spirit of General Boulanger.09 Aug 2026 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3msoahdsiwc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3mshw3py5cs2eSince Homer is fashionable at the moment, I'm going to re-post a couple of introductory items that I produced on Homer and Homeric epic a few years ago. (I'm also planning on writing some stuff on the Odyssey specifically, but that will have to wait for a while.)07 Aug 2026 06:21 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshw3py5cs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3mrhls453wk2tOne extraordinary feature of the Judaeo-Bolshevik myth was that the early Bolsheviks, including Lenin, worried about the optics of it. In internal documentation, we find the preposterous idea that the Marxist regime should put more "Orthodox Christians" in charge because too many Jews looked bad.25 Jul 2026 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhls453wk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3mrepkn7cpc2cNew post on the London "Temple of Reason". An 18th century experiment in founding a secular church. An strange road not taken in the history of freethought in Britain. https://religionoffthebeatentrack.substack.com/p/the-temple-of-reason-in-london24 Jul 2026 06:21 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrepkn7cpc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3mqydbzovys25The Gorgons - A pagan group in 1930s England? New article on my website on what seems to be a satirical account of an all-female pagan cult. The question is whether there was a grain of truth in the satire.... https://robindouglas.org/2026/07/19/the-gorgons-a-pagan-group-in-1930s-england/19 Jul 2026 08:09 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqydbzovys25https://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3mqydbzovys25The Gorgons - A pagan group in 1930s England? New article on my website on what seems to be a satirical account of an all-female pagan cult. The question is whether there was a grain of truth in the satire.... https://robindouglas.org/2026/07/19/the-gorgons-a-pagan-group-in-1930s-england/19 Jul 2026 08:09 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqydbzovys25https://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3mqybol5ii22sWhen Mandela died, there were all kinds of right-on white westerners posting things like "farewell, Madiba, rest in power brother". People who had never met the guy or even been to SA. One imagined Mandela rousing himself to send a last round of tweets saying "fck off, it's 'Mr Mandela' to you" [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jul 2026 07:40 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqybol5ii22shttps://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3mqczm2kodc25I'm delighted to announce that I've been offered a contract by Cherry Hill Seminary (@chseminary.bsky.social) for a book entitled "Children of Starry Heaven: The Ancient Greek Transcendental Tradition". /110 Jul 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqczm2kodc25https://bsky.app/profile/robincdouglas.bsky.social/post/3mqczm2kodc25I'm delighted to announce that I've been offered a contract by Cherry Hill Seminary (@chseminary.bsky.social) for a book entitled "Children of Starry Heaven: The Ancient Greek Transcendental Tradition". /110 Jul 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:vwvghdprwl7qvsmszpyownos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqczm2kodc25