# Ghostly Counsel

True myth, deep magic. An Anglican priest's quest to retrace ancient paths in Japan and England, finding common ground between Christian metaphysics and traditional Eastern wisdom for defence against secular technocracy.

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## [The Stran-“ger” in Our Midst](https://frthomasplant.substack.com/p/the-stran-ger-in-our-midst)

_2026-07-21 · Fr Thomas Plant SSC_

Immigration, Episcopal Rhetoric and the Bounds of Hospitality

## [ὁ Χθουλοῦ καλεῖ](https://frthomasplant.substack.com/p/c55)

_2026-06-30 · Fr Thomas Plant SSC_

Innsmouth as Counter-Platonic Descent

## [My Name is Alban](https://frthomasplant.substack.com/p/my-name-is-alban)

_2026-06-22 · Fr Thomas Plant SSC_

From King Oswald's Heirs

## [Light has no colour](https://frthomasplant.substack.com/p/light-has-no-colour)

_2026-06-19 · Fr Thomas Plant SSC_

不可思議光仏, the universality of light-dark imagery, and the need for the Light of the World

## [Your life in the mission house](https://frthomasplant.substack.com/p/your-life-in-the-mission-house)

_2026-06-10 · Fr Thomas Plant SSC_

Do you want to make this dream real?

## [Why do so many Japanese resist baptism? And what can Christian missionaries do about it?](https://frthomasplant.substack.com/p/why-do-so-many-japanese-resist-baptism)

_2026-06-03 · Fr Thomas Plant SSC_

Part 1. On Comparative theology as a missionary necessity

## [Return to the Empire](https://frthomasplant.substack.com/p/return-to-the-empire)

_2026-05-29 · Fr Thomas Plant SSC_

On Japan, Gospel Simplicity, Fr Crouse and Whitsuntide

## [Update: King Oswald's Heirs](https://frthomasplant.substack.com/p/update-king-oswalds-heirs)

_2026-05-03 · Fr Thomas Plant SSC_

Available now: hardback, paperback and ebook

## [Strangers and pilgrims](https://frthomasplant.substack.com/p/strangers-and-pilgrims)

_2026-04-26 · Fr Thomas Plant SSC_

Farewell sermon to the parish of St Margaret of Antioch, Iver Heath

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_2026-04-26 · **Sponsored**_

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## [The Hour for Wine](https://frthomasplant.substack.com/p/the-hour-for-wine)

_2026-04-24 · Fr Thomas Plant SSC_

Sermon at Pusey House on the Eve of St Mark's day