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6.33 × 9.33 x .91 inches,
204 pages
ABOUT THE BOOK
Creating delicate black-and-white photographs of encounters with the natural world, Justin James Reed discovers that reenchantment is indeed a gift. A gift that is offered by acknowledging the true reality of one’s past and the guides who have been there all along. Reed’s photographs show the beauty and fragility of beings that we share this planet with, exploring the quiet ways in which nonhuman entities communicate with us. Essays by Jo Hickey-Hall, Brother Richard Hendrick, Timothy Grieve-Carlson, Kim Philley, and the author himself are intertwined throughout the book, connecting a broader dialogue around the phenomena to Reed’s photographic practice. This book is ultimately about the authors own journey of connecting anomalous experiences from his childhood to a deep, lifelong relationship with the natural world.
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
Justin James Reed
Justin James Reed’s artistic practice explores ecological and supernatural realms through the mediums of photography and experimental book making. His work is included in numerous collections, notably the Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections, Rice University (as part of the Center for the Impossible), Yale University Art Gallery, Foam Fotografiemuseum Collection, The New York Public Library, MoMA Library, and Stanford University Libraries. He has been published in Foam Magazine, Aperture’s The PhotoBook Review, Harper’s Magazine, and The Wire Magazine. He is Professor Emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts and taught in the Department of Art & Art History at The University of Richmond. Justin is the Founder & Director of Lights in the Sky, a fine art gallery for and by experiencers of anomalous phenomena in Richmond, Virginia.
Jo Hickey-Hall
Author and Folklore researcher, Jo Hickey-Hall, is the host of The Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast, which collects and preserves contemporary experiences. Jo undertook her History Master's with Professor Ronald Hutton at the University of Bristol and later contributed to Dr. Simon Young’s book, Magical Folk: British and Irish Fairies 500AD to the Present. She created the Modern Fairy Sightings Project in 2016 to challenge the cultural taboo surrounding disclosure and aid further understanding about this mysterious universe. Her Podcast launched in 2020 and now sits within the highly esteemed SpectreVision Radio platform. She has appeared on Sky History’s Britain’s X-Files, has assistant-produced the forthcoming documentary film, Fae Folk: A Search for Connection, and her first book, Modern Fairy Sightings: Personal Encounters in Extraordinary Times, was released in November 2026.
Brother Richard Hendrick
Brother Richard Hendrick is a priest-friar of the Irish branch of the Capuchin Franciscan Order and the author of the viral poem Lockdown and the bestseller Still Points: A Guide to Living the Mindful, Meditative Way. His second book, Calming the Storms: Meditation as a Path to Inner Peace and Happiness, was recently published. For over 20 years, he has worked to bring the insights of the Christian Contemplative tradition to wider public awareness, particularly in relation to modern mindfulness theory.
Timothy Grieve-Carlson
Timothy Grieve-Carlson is an Assistant Professor and the Gibson-Drinko Chair in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. He earned his Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Rice University in Houston, Texas in 2022. His book American Aurora: Environment and Apocalypse in the Life of Johannes Kelpius (Oxford University Press, 2024) explores environmental knowledge and apocalyptic thought in the religion of the early modern mid-Atlantic world. His academic writing has appeared in journals like Preternature, American Religion, Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, Correspondences: A Journal of Esotericism, and Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft.
Kim Philley
Kim Philley is a writer, photographer, and spiritual teacher. Her writing across genres has appeared in The New York Times, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, AGNI, and The Caravan, among other publications. She holds a PhD in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Houston. In 2022, Kim encountered a blue orb in her home for an extended period. Since her evening with the orb, she has developed the ability to consistently photograph spiritual and cosmic phenomena such as energy fields, beings, and UFOs. She is currently working with a team of researchers she met at the Archives of the Impossible conference at Rice University to better understand her photographic mediumship and the discipline she calls Energy Photography. Peter Hall studied art & design at Central Saint Martins and Chelsea art schools in London before training as an architect. His interest comes from a love of comics and classic illustration styles and the imaginative potential of drawing.
Illustrator
Peter Hall
Peter studied art & design at Central St Martens and Chelsea art schools in London before training as an architect. His interest comes from a love of comics and classic illustration styles and the imaginative potential of drawing.
Editor
Justin James Reed
Designer
Justin James Reed
6.33 × 9.33 x .91 inches,
204 pages
ABOUT THE BOOK
Creating delicate black-and-white photographs of encounters with the natural world, Justin James Reed discovers that reenchantment is indeed a gift. A gift that is offered by acknowledging the true reality of one’s past and the guides who have been there all along. Reed’s photographs show the beauty and fragility of beings that we share this planet with, exploring the quiet ways in which nonhuman entities communicate with us. Essays by Jo Hickey-Hall, Brother Richard Hendrick, Timothy Grieve-Carlson, Kim Philley, and the author himself are intertwined throughout the book, connecting a broader dialogue around the phenomena to Reed’s photographic practice. This book is ultimately about the authors own journey of connecting anomalous experiences from his childhood to a deep, lifelong relationship with the natural world.
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
Justin James Reed
Justin James Reed’s artistic practice explores ecological and supernatural realms through the mediums of photography and experimental book making. His work is included in numerous collections, notably the Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections, Rice University (as part of the Center for the Impossible), Yale University Art Gallery, Foam Fotografiemuseum Collection, The New York Public Library, MoMA Library, and Stanford University Libraries. He has been published in Foam Magazine, Aperture’s The PhotoBook Review, Harper’s Magazine, and The Wire Magazine. He is Professor Emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts and taught in the Department of Art & Art History at The University of Richmond. Justin is the Founder & Director of Lights in the Sky, a fine art gallery for and by experiencers of anomalous phenomena in Richmond, Virginia.
Jo Hickey-Hall
Author and Folklore researcher, Jo Hickey-Hall, is the host of The Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast, which collects and preserves contemporary experiences. Jo undertook her History Master's with Professor Ronald Hutton at the University of Bristol and later contributed to Dr. Simon Young’s book, Magical Folk: British and Irish Fairies 500AD to the Present. She created the Modern Fairy Sightings Project in 2016 to challenge the cultural taboo surrounding disclosure and aid further understanding about this mysterious universe. Her Podcast launched in 2020 and now sits within the highly esteemed SpectreVision Radio platform. She has appeared on Sky History’s Britain’s X-Files, has assistant-produced the forthcoming documentary film, Fae Folk: A Search for Connection, and her first book, Modern Fairy Sightings: Personal Encounters in Extraordinary Times, was released in November 2026.
Brother Richard Hendrick
Brother Richard Hendrick is a priest-friar of the Irish branch of the Capuchin Franciscan Order and the author of the viral poem Lockdown and the bestseller Still Points: A Guide to Living the Mindful, Meditative Way. His second book, Calming the Storms: Meditation as a Path to Inner Peace and Happiness, was recently published. For over 20 years, he has worked to bring the insights of the Christian Contemplative tradition to wider public awareness, particularly in relation to modern mindfulness theory.
Timothy Grieve-Carlson
Timothy Grieve-Carlson is an Assistant Professor and the Gibson-Drinko Chair in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. He earned his Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Rice University in Houston, Texas in 2022. His book American Aurora: Environment and Apocalypse in the Life of Johannes Kelpius (Oxford University Press, 2024) explores environmental knowledge and apocalyptic thought in the religion of the early modern mid-Atlantic world. His academic writing has appeared in journals like Preternature, American Religion, Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, Correspondences: A Journal of Esotericism, and Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft.
Kim Philley
Kim Philley is a writer, photographer, and spiritual teacher. Her writing across genres has appeared in The New York Times, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, AGNI, and The Caravan, among other publications. She holds a PhD in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Houston. In 2022, Kim encountered a blue orb in her home for an extended period. Since her evening with the orb, she has developed the ability to consistently photograph spiritual and cosmic phenomena such as energy fields, beings, and UFOs. She is currently working with a team of researchers she met at the Archives of the Impossible conference at Rice University to better understand her photographic mediumship and the discipline she calls Energy Photography. Peter Hall studied art & design at Central Saint Martins and Chelsea art schools in London before training as an architect. His interest comes from a love of comics and classic illustration styles and the imaginative potential of drawing.
Illustrator
Peter Hall
Peter studied art & design at Central St Martens and Chelsea art schools in London before training as an architect. His interest comes from a love of comics and classic illustration styles and the imaginative potential of drawing.
Editor
Justin James Reed
Designer
Justin James Reed
