Jourdemayne, the Witch of Eye Jourdemayne was burned at Smithfield in London for witchcraft in 1441. Friend to the eminent and educated of her time, she was sought by many for her knowledge of dark matters.
Jourdemayne writes about … ... belief in the supernatural: what and why; where does it lead us?
She also occasionally suffers from mission creep. Sorry.
I am editor of … 
the UK’s only regular magazine to take a critical-thinking and evidence-based approach to pseudo-science and the paranormal.
Quotes & Testimonials "Everyone's favourite skeptical witch, Jourdemayne, with superbly written thoughts on superstition, religion and the human condition"
Crispian Jago
"My two favourite bloggers ... are Petra Boynton and Jourdemayne ... Jourdemayne draws her insights from a different background: profound historical knowledge of the extraordinary things people have believed in. She then uses this to contextualise more contemporary matters."
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"This is brilliant - must read"
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David Colquhoun The Anglian Wolf Society 
I support the work of The Anglian Wolf Society, which operates a sanctuary for wolves in North Bedfordshire. Its aims are to:
• educate and inform the public about wolves
• promote and support wolf conservation
• give people who would like to study or work with wolves the chance to do so
Please visit their site and donate if you can. You can even visit, and learn more about these wonderful and often misunderstood animals.
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Since this is Halloween week, let’s talk about one of the major natural contributors to the folkore of the macabre: sleep paralysis.
Have you ever woken up and experienced several of the following together:
• Correctly perceived your surroundings, that is to say, known you weren’t in a dream? • Felt that you couldn’t [...]
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Recent TV & Radio Here is Martin Robbins interviewing me for 'Strange Quarks' at The Guardian
On January 25th 2012 I discussed 'spiritual healing' with Helen Parry-Jones on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour with Jenni Murray
On February 6th 2012 I spoke about the Enfield 'poltergeist' with Janet Winter and Guy Lyon Playfair on ITV's 'This Morning' with Philip Schofield
On March 22nd 2012 the Vanessa Feltz Radio Show asked me to talk about life after death on BBC London. Go to 1 hour, 40 minshere Upcoming Talks So far this year, I've spoken at 'The Ghost Club', the world's oldest psychical research organisation, the 'South Place Ethical Society' at Conway Hall and Leeds Atheist Society at the University. I've also been to Skeptics Leicester, Portsmouth, Horsham, Birmingham, Winchester & Hackney. Wonderful crowds, and great Q & A sessions all around.
The next talks will be at:
Watford Skeptics
28th May 2012
Kingston Skeptics
7th June 2012
Coventry Skeptics
20th June 2012 QED March 2012 I was delighted to be a guest speaker at QEDcon in Manchester on March10th. I'll write about it here very soon.
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