Wednesday 5 August 2020

Boleskine House Sold

Following last year's fire which almost totally destroyed it, Boleskine House has been sold for redevelopment. The former owner, Mrs MacGillivray, doubted she would be able to sell the property for anything more than the price of the land alone, about £100,000. The house itself is a complete write-off. It has been totally incinerated apart from the brickwork. Instead she was no doubt delighted that she picked up half a million for it, see: https://www.galbraithgroup.com/property/inv190064-boleskine-house---lot-1-foyers-inverness-iv2-6xt. The new owners are a new organization called the Boleskine House Foundation. They have a well designed upmarket website and describe themselves as: "a not-for-profit group whose primary goal is to restore the Boleskine House estate to its historical integrity." There's not much information about who the people are behind this organization. The "Founders" and "Contributing Members" tabs are blank. They make it clear that they are not associated with the modern followers of Aleister Crowley and Thelema. The Boleskine House Foundation "is an independent organisation with primary secular interests". They have a section about the history of the house where they generously describe Crowley as a "spiritual thinker", which I suppose he was literally. In the news pages they have announced that planning permission has been granted for the first phase of the work to restore the house; but, as I said in the background links above, it's not so much a restoration as a recreation. Their end goal is to have the house and gardens completely rebuilt in their original appearance. They hope to open the house to the public and use it to host educational events. Source: https://www.boleskinehouse.org. I wish them luck. However, it is very likely that they will run into many obstacles unless they take into account the points I made in the background links. There is an open portal that has caused frequent terrifying and destructive incidents at the house for over a hundred and twenty years. It is possible that this portal can be shut and the house returned to normal but it will not be an easy task. I suspect that the two fires in 2015 and 2019 were the direct result of malign supernatural forces. It would be tragic to see the organization's dedicated work being lost if those forces struck again. I advise them to consult with magickal experts as soon as possible.

2 comments:

Laurence said...

"magickal experts"? The Catholic Rite of Exorcism is the only way of dealing with this.

Ben Emlyn-Jones said...

If my daughter ever goes to stay there and she starts talking in a weird voice I'll know who to call!