Issues of Undefined Boundary contain a collection of essays that seek to shed light on the psychedelic and spiritual underbelly of the British Isles, and volume two begins with by highlighting female voices and figures.
This themed issue of Undefined Boundary encompasses folklore, hauntology, art, and psychogeography, with articles on women such as Leonora Carrington, Ithell Colquhoun, Angela Carter, and Kate Bush. Editor Cormac Pentecost explains the lens of this issue as, ‘This is very much not a “woman’s'' perspective on Psychick Albion, but rather a kaleidoscope of differing and sometimes incompatible visions.’ (6) A matching bookmark is included with this issue, and full-colour illustrations are included throughout, with a two-page spread in the centre showcasing black and white photographs of Dartmoor folklore artist Theo Brown.
Contents include:
Introduction by Cormac Pentecost
‘Many Wonderous Revelations’: In the Footsteps of Three Daughters of Psychick Norfolk by Sally Huxtable
Theo Brown: Folklore, Dartmoor, and the Underworld by Stephen Canner
The curious case of Gladys Mitchell by Hazel Smoczynska
‘Two Steps On The Water’ - Folk Horror and the work of Kate Bush by Daniel Pietersen
Giants Grave, Chalke Queens and Reality Checkpoint: locating memory and myth in the hinterlands of Cambridge by Helen Billinghurst
Gwendolen McBryde: Ever in the Shadow by Rosemary Pardoe
Falal to Prejudice: Personal reflections on the work and wanderings of two daughters of Albion, Angela Carter and Leonora Carrington by Andrew Hedgecock
Catherine Blake by Linda Landers
Ithell Colquhoun: Following the Ancient Scent by Lally Macbeth
Dame Julian of Norwich and a Medieval Shamaness’ Sickness by Nick Ford
Shrewsbury: Temporal Boundary Press, 2023. Perfect bound Paperback, 132 pages. New.