My Pagan Songs

For many summers, I have spent time at the computer writing articles and books. However, this summer, I just didn't feel like it at all. I had a whole bunch of short poems that I had intended to turn into brief songs for years. Unfortunately, I lack the musical talent…

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Popular science

Recently, I was asked whether my publications fall under the category of popular science literature. This prompted me to reflect on the question. Then I provided both a brief and a more detailed response, which I documented. My brief answer was: Partially. The longer response aimed to elaborate on the…

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The Boudicca Project finished

Another book project has been completed! The book "Britain and Boudicca" has just been released in English, German, and Dutch. Unlike some of my other works, this one wasn't initially written in a single language and then translated into the others. Instead, I wrote sections in English, German, and occasionally…

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Boudicca

Today, as I pen these words, it is December 25, 2024. Another year is nearly behind us, and what a tumultuous one it has been on both international and national fronts, with many events that are far from uplifting. Closest to my home in Western Europe, we have witnessed the…

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About the owner of this Site

Summary of a June 2024 interview by Fra. Jossip The publications, written by Gunivortus Goos, usually the first name is shortened to 'Guus' by his family and friends, have a multiple background. First, there is since many decades his addiction to research by going to the 'bottom' of his sources.…

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Romans leaving Britain
"The Romans leaving Britain" by John Everett Millais, 1865

Romans leaving Britain

While writing/translating my upcoming book in English, German and Dutch "Britain and Boudicca", I found a painting by Sir John Everett Millais from 1865, titled "The Romans Leaving Britain". Most of Britain was several centuries part of the Roman Empire, and only after that Empire was in its last spasms,…

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Reworking Boudicca’s Bard

For several weeks now I have been working on this site. Not on the layout, but on 'technical' changes running in the background. In the process, however, some pages have been damaged, it may be, that when you click on something in the menu, the content is not visible or…

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Boring? No!

Though I am retired, I've no time to bore myself. Researching and writing is part of my daily activities, some topics lend themselves for a (popular science) book, others for an article. And seldomly I'm in the mood to poetize. And then, there's also my part of the household, which…

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Until we meet again

My life is partly like that of a hermit. Although I don't live in the wilderness, but in a detached house with a garden, I love to be at home, indoors or outdoors - in the garden or on the terrace. There are very few encounters with other people. And…

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Shyrack Oak

During my research for ancient assembly places in England, I found the entry below. It is about an oak that once stood in the village of Headingly, a suburb of the city of Leeds in West-Yorkshire, England. About that famous old oak, it was written: "The principal object in the…

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E-books

From some of the books I wrote are both a printed version and an e-book available. For other books I have refused an -e-book version, because then, on some book stores on the web and at Google, too much is shown in the 'view inside' option. (It could be that…

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Our renewed book store

At the site HG-SHOP.EU my wife and I sell the books we wrote ourselves, thus, it is just a very small shop. Although the books also can be bought at the publisher and in many book stores, we auto(r)graph all ordered books and that makes each copy unique. Technically, the…

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Work in slow progress

 [sayit block="1" lang="en-US-Wavenet-G" speed="1"]Currently, there are three technical issues at this site, that need attention: 1. As you perhaps see at the right of this page, the icons below the "About Me" text do not show anymore the respected social platforms, only the colors are left. That is why below…

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Lexicon

On my initiative, the contracts with the publishing company of my two-volume work "Gods of the Germanic Peoples" have been terminated, for both the beautiful color edition and the cheaper black/white edition. For the latter, the termination has already become in effect, the color edition will follow soon. The reasons…

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Mist Witches

Quite a few years ago, it was in 2005, I published a small book in German, called "Nebelhexen", which is, translated, Mist Witches. With the completion of that book, the topic was ticked off for me. Yet, my interest in Western European folk tales remained unbroken and the collection of…

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