Cultivating Presence:
A Conceptual Autoethnography Examining Neofolk
and Its Relation to Contemporary Miracle and Mystery Traditions
Neofolk is Parry’s religion. Or more accurately, as a Liberal Catholic inspired by the experimental music, mystery traditions, and unparalleled creativity of this alternative cultural scene, Parry confesses to having spent over thirty years involved with avant-garde performance. As such, this first volume of neofolk musings explores the politics and philosophical implications inside the artistries of contemporary miracle productions on the cutting edge of psychodrama.
Rev David William Parry holds a PhD in English, is an initiate of Germanic magick, and actively encourages the recovery of Anglo-Saxon Text which he describes as a lifeline into the soul of indigenous European tribes.
Excerpt
Neofolk is my religion. Or more tellingly, folk Catholicism tinged with martial industrial poetics. Understood either way, I once coined this phrase over collegial drinks following a talk at the Atlantis Bookshop in Museum Street, London, during an evening close to the millennium’s turn. However, upon recently consulting my notebooks, I discovered this quip was adapted from two earlier tropes focusing on “theatre” and “literature”, even though these prior sentiments were not wholly accurate. After all, my adorations of the Ancient Greek muse Clio and her scenographic historical scribblings had never been on the same conceptual level as that of Calliope’s epic poetry. Therefore, I donated these previous witticisms to the English novelist Jonathan Wood over a cup of Moroccan coffee in the full knowledge that such formulas suited him and his corpus far better than me, or mine.
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