Author Archives: Sara MacKian

The last time I posted about a book on here it was to comment on how engrossed I had become with Philip Carr-Gomm and Richard Heygate’s ‘The Book of English Magic’ which completely absorbed me for my week by the pool … Continue reading →

Thank you to everyone who came along to the book launch. Professor Charles Emmons and Professor Steve Pile blew me away with their very kind words, we had some lovely wine and I even sold a few books. What more … Continue reading →

Thank you to everyone who attended the ‘virtual book launch’ earlier in the year to mark the publication of my book ‘Everyday Spirituality: Social and Spatial Worlds of Enchantmnet’. I am now delighted to be able to advertise the real thing. … Continue reading →

I love it when a book stops me in my tracks and demands 100% attention from cover to cover. So it was with my unlikely holiday read this year. I stumbled across Philip Carr-Gomm and Richard Heygate’s ‘The Book of English … Continue reading →

I have recently come back from the Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference which this year had the theme of ‘Security’. Together with colleagues I organised a session on the role of alternative spiritualities in promoting wellbeing in an age … Continue reading →

Join me at the York Festival of Ideas on 11th June where I will be talking about the research for my book and why I think we need to take seriously the place of spirit in the modern world. I … Continue reading →

I have just spent three enchanting days at a conference on Sacred Practices in Everyday Life (SPEL) – one of the culminating points of the religion and society research programme, directed by Professor Linda Woodhead of Lancaster University, and funded … Continue reading →

‘I was deeply sceptical about the existence of paranormal phenomena, and had confined them to a mental file-drawer labelled “not true, but fun to talk about at parties”’ (Wiseman, 2011. 3). Richard Wiseman is a highly successful psychologist, with a … Continue reading →

In July 2011 I posted about my experiences with a media training day at The Open University. The day found me traipsing through a graveyard tossing Tarot cards over my shoulder and I have kept the results well hidden until … Continue reading →

I would like to invite you all to my ‘virtual book launch’. Join us with a toast on Friday 10th February to mark the publication of my new book ‘Everyday Spirituality: social and spatial worlds of enchantment’ (Palgrave Macmillan), based on … Continue reading →