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The Origin and Nature of Folk Music: As Exemplified in the Welsh National Melodies was originally published in 1911. Kenneth Morris was a fantasy writer and Theosophist from Wales. In this short piece, he looks at the bardic poetry and chants of Ireland, Wales and England, called a "hwyl".

Algernon Blackwood was a contemporary of Arthur Machen, a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and writer of the weird and supernatural. Originally published in 1906, The Empty House tells the tale of Jim Shorthouse when his aunt shows up in town with keys to the local haunted house and expects him to help her investigate.

Theosophist W. T. Hanson writes about the identity of the artist, almost as a philosophical concept rather than the traditional role that we are familiar with. Hanson explains, that any individual may be an artist, not simply those creating paintings and sculpture. Hanson stresses the importance of living one's life altruistically rather than for financial gain.