Panic

Sarah Hannant’s photographic investigation of Pan across English gardens and parks merges occult symbolism with visual art practice. Published by Strange Attractor Press with essays by Ronald Hutton and Simon Costin, this 160-page hardback features over 70 in-camera dreamlike images exploring the Horned God as personification of nature, fertility and the wild. The work connects Victorian anxieties about industrialisation threatening natural worlds to contemporary climate crisis, positioning Pan as a figure of ecological awakening and resistance. Hannant’s practice engages witchcraft, magic and folklore through analogue and alternative photographic processes, emphasizing chance and unpredictability. The book builds on her previous counter-cultural work including collaborations with the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, positioning nature-worship and pagan aesthetics within dark, esoteric artistic traditions rather than mainstream environmentalism.

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