Wyrd is a concept in Anglo-Saxon culture roughly corresponding to fate or personal destiny. The word is ancestral to the Modern English ‘weird’, whose meaning has drifted towards an adjectival use with a more general sense of ‘supernatural’, ‘uncanny’,…
Hibernicis (‘hi-ber-ni-kis’) are a boutique Irish brand from Catherine Logue, formulating ritualistic products using seaweed from surrounding Atlantic coasts. Based on the Irish tradition of coastal bathing for holistic health, the brand honours a rich cultural and linguistic heritage.…
Phoebe Tickell trained as a Natural Scientist: exploring the world through a lens that detects patterns, interconnection, and seeks truth. Guided by the creativity required to appreciate complexity, she has gone on to formulate meta-curricula based on ‘magical’ or…
If the Camera Obscura is a darkened room that renders complex reality into something 2-dimensional and discrete through a pin-hole, we might conceive of an Atlas Obscura as a collection of maps that pinpoint the obscure and turn it…
Sambar are an ethical vegan fashion brand from serial creative, Andrea Nunez. Each of their bags is carefully handcrafted in Spain by local artisans, using textiles made from sustainable sources such as organic cotton and up-cycled polyester. ‘Sambar’ is…
The history of humanity is a history of terraforming and somaforming – of the external and internal transformations and adaptations to a series of increasingly improbable environments and black swan events. In To Be Taught, If Fortunate (2019), Becky…
The modern conception of time has undergone its own evolution – being neither an organic or apolitical force. It reflects a well-defined ideology that draws its origins from the pursuit of a technological superiority and undisputed efficiency, fostered by…
Access to medical cannabis is facing growing demand, and with just a few select players in the market, growth practices for both plant and producer are having to adapt to global supply chains. One of these adaptations, is gamma radiation.…
While the eyes are a window to the soul, art is a prism of light refracting and reflecting our worlds back upon us: illuminating the intangible, illogical, emotional, surreal depths of our conscious and unconscious spheres. As the recurrence…
Mainstream medicine has long advocated for the need to move away from a patriarchal approach to care, which is top-down and prescriptive, and towards a personalised patient-centred approach that is collaborative. This is because there is no ‘one size…
As an experience, tantra is not confined to a singular definition and exists on a spectrum. Different variations, adaptations, interpretations and derivatives of the practice seem to emerge everywhere you look, but it is rooted in a long-standing tradition…
