Throughout the centuries, one figure has flittered through both folkloric and fortean encounters. To some, this figure has simply been called the Devil, yet others aren’t so hasty to place such an epithet on him. When we look into the past, A Dark Man has made their presence known in many ways. Some within the confines of the occult and witchcraft would even go so far as to call this Dark Man the witchfather. Digging deeper into the lore of the Dark Man is our guest, the podcaster and author of the new book Song of the Dark Man– Darragh Mason!
Darragh Mason is the host of Spirit Box Podcast, one of my personal favourite podcast out there. Darragh is an absolute treasure and if you are not also supporting Darragh on Patreon, I highly suggest you do so as well. Please listen to Spirit Box and Please support all that Darragh gets up to!
Darragh’s new book Song of the Dark Man: Father of Witches, Lord of the Crossroads is both a personal investigation and an inquisition into this strange and alluring figure. Divided into two parts, if you love folklore and reading about what some of the leading occult figures of today have to say about the Dark Man, this book is not to be missed. Utterly unlike anything I have read before, Darragh’s first foray into the written word is a welcome tome as the whispers of the otherworld grow louder in a darkening age.
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Show Notes
- The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft – awesome resource
- My Patreon episode about the Tuatha dé Danann with Darragh telling all the stories– I absolutely love the way Darragh tells stories
- My Patreon episode about Isobel Gowdie– An incredibly fascinating story
- Robin Artisson
- Gemma Gary
- Michelle DeVrieze
- The Patreon episode about Margaret Barclay which I mentioned in this episode and played a clip of
What Magic is This? 