Completed my BA in Religious Studies at University of Texas at Austin in 2009, with a thesis on the work of Elizabethan scholar Dr. John Dee & alchemist/rogue Sir Edward Kelly. Currently doing graduate studies in Fall here at UT, on shamanism in contemporary Japanese popular culture, specifically anime. Fulltime Leo.
pastimes
Collecting books, finding obscure medieval grimoires online.
Experimenting in the kitchen, occasionally successfully.
Spotting obscure religious references in anime.
Herding OTOCats.
on the shelf (at the moment, anyway)
謎の彼女Ｘ
The Angelical Language, Vols I & II (Leitch, Llewellyn, 2010)
Barron’s 501 Japanese Verbs (Barron’s Educational Series, 2008)
The Catalpa Bow (Blacker, George Allen & Unwin, 1975)
Japanese Visual Culture (MacWilliams, ME Sharpe, 2008)
Shamans, Housewives, and Other Restless Spirits (Kendall, Univ of Hawaii, 1985)
currently (re)watching
Ghost Hound
Kamichu!
Mononoke
Natsume Yuujinchou
Seirei no Moribito