“And so let us beginne; and, as the Fabrick takes its Shape in front of you, alwaies keep the Structure intirely in Mind as you inscribe it.”

Started Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd 📚

Preparing for my trip to London next month, arming myself to defend against Darknesse and Shaddowe

Bronze statue of a seated elephant. In the background is the prominent spire of the Christ Church Spitalfields, one of the Hawksmoor churches. This is a photo from my visit to London last month. I stayed just behind this church in Brick Lane, unknowing of its legendary occult status (at least in the novels of Peter Ackroyd)