​The carved slate labyrinths at Rocky Valley, the 18m waterfall plunging into the stone keive (basin) at Nectans Glen, and the memorial stone to Joan Wytte, deep in Minster Woods: all spaces where the veil between the worlds is said to be thin. Visitors anticipate potent encounters with genius loci (spirits of place), some leave offerings in their wake. Nearby is the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Boscastle, Cornwall, on the westerly tip of Britain. The museum, with its collection of efficacious things, sits at the harbours edge, uncanny and elemental, where the land meets the sea.
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Rocky Valley Labyrinth, Cornwall. © Helen Cornish, 2016
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Joan's Stone, Minster Woods, Cornwall. © Helen Cornish, 2020
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Nectans Glen, Cornwall. © Helen Cornish, 2016
Dr Helen Cornish is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Goldsmiths. Helen’s research is partly located at the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Cornwall.
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