history & documentation
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...
Thirty years among the dead is a timeless masterpiece, written by a devoted medical professional, who had the courage to investigate the many cases whereby “psychiatric illnesses” turn out to be obsessing spirits of...
Snake gods and snake goddesses are common among the most ancient gods of the world. Also common are legends of encounters with snake-like creatures in folklore, like Melusine. Since the beginning of the world...
Marjorie Cameron Parsons Kimmel (April 23, 1922 – July 24, 1995), who professionally used the mononym Cameron, was an American artist, poet, actress and occultist. A follower of Thelema, the new religious movement established...
Norman Alfred William Lindsay (* February 22, 1879 in Creswick, Victoria; † November 21, 1969 in Faulconbridge, New South Wales) was an Australian sculptor, artist, painter, etcher, sculptor, writer, art critic, novelist, cartoonist and...
Kerberos (Greek Κέρβερος, latinized Cerberus, also known as Zerberus – “demon of the pit” is in Greek mythology a mostly multi-headed dog that guards the entrance to the underworld so that no living person...
Nandor Fodor (May 13, 1895 in Beregszász, Hungary – May 17, 1964 in New York City, New York) was a British and American parapsychologist, psychoanalyst, author and journalist of Hungarian origin. The quotations below,...
The symbolism of precious stones has always played a very important role in many cultures and was not confined to the niche of magic. Several books were published on the subject. One of the...
The meaning of Typhon in astrology is very explicit. This rather infamous astrological newcomer is classified as a SDO annex Binary Extended Centaur. Typhon was discovered automatically on February 5, 2002, by Near-Earth Asteroid...
In his Songs of the Russian People, W. R. S. Ralston gives us interesting information about the inferior inhabitants of their spirit-world, among them is the Domovoy (plural Domovuie). The Church has waged war against...
