The Art of Deer Stalking
Fixed fire: blades forged in fire, revenge, steadfastness
For the proper adherence to ritual we had shaved our hair ultra-close, and smeared on a square of silver zinc.
The Sky Became the Perfect Colour and Back Again
Mutable air: the inner sky, imagination, psychosis
The water came in waves and washed gold summer through her bones. He was above her again, his hair deep silk on her face.
Weird England
Fixed earth: ancient Norfolk flint, deep time, sacred herbs, soporific lettuces, and chilly beaches.
The landscape is dry in its lunar whiteness, with heaps of cracked inky flint in the pale wash of sky.
Haga, Haxan, Hag, Hawthorn
Cardinal earth: rapaciousness, growth, deep roots
Hedges, like lawns, are of no use to the witch unless they are overgrown, wild, and generative.