Het Boze Oog
Het boze oog – is dat nou niets anders dan dom bijgeloof of is er toch iets meer aan de hand? Met zijn 526 pagina’s aan piepkleine lettertjes en meters voetnoten, waar je ook...
Author: vamzzz
Nazi UFO – the occult science of Germany during World War II and the Interbellum
Nazi UFO information is rapidly banned from the ‘official Internet’. I mean the internet that embraces the new neoliberal new speak world dictatorship. Though a fascinating subject, reliable information on the apocryphal science of...
Sak Yant tattoos or Magic tattoos
Sak Yant tattoo is common in Southeast Asia and is distinct for its monochromic and geometric patterns, passages from religious classics, and animal images. Only Sak Yant masters can perform this tattoo. They mix...
Witte wieven, weerwolven en waternekkers
Witte wieven, weerwolven en waternekkers is het vierde boek van Abe J. van der Veen. Het heeft als ondertitel: Een beschrijving van alle geesten, elfen en andere wonderlijke wezens uit Nederland. Het boek is...
Doctor John (Jean Montenee, Jean Montanet) – the original New Orleans Voodoo King
Doctor John (Senegal 1803 – New Orleans 1885) was a legendary Voodoo King in New Orleans. He was known by many other names, such as Prince John, Jean Montaigne, Jean Montenee or Jean Montanet,...
The Seven Nanchons or loa-families in Vodou
There are several families or “nanchons” (from “nations”) of loa or vodou spirits. These nanchons are: Rada (also Radha), Petro (also Pethro, Petwo), Nago, Kongo, Djouba, Ibo and Ghede (also Guede, or Gede). Most...
19th Century New Orleans Superstitions
This article is based on extracts from a historically interesting article on New Orleans Vodou beliefs, published by Lafcadio Hearn in the Harper’s weekly of December 25th, 1886 and republished in An American miscellany,...
La Cegua, Segua or Tzegua, a Central American horse headed Lamia
La Cegua (from Nahuatl, cihuatl, woman), also known as Segua or Tzegua, is a specter from Mesoamerican mythology. It is a character in Mexican and Central American legends appearing as a beautiful woman who...
Magische oliën uit de Hoodoo-traditie
Magische oliën, rituele oliën en zalvende oliën, zijn al heel lang een onderdeel van de Hoodoo-rootwork praktijk. Hoodoo is een vorm van magie die oorspronkelijk uit West-Afrika stamt en die zich via de Trans-Atlantische...
Witches transforming into animals
Witches transforming into animals or turning their victims into animals; we encounter this theme in legends and stories all over the world. Stories in this context date back to classical antiquity. In the “Metamorphoses”/”The...
