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Werewolf with child and torn up bodies, Lucas Cranach (I), 1510 - 1515 - detail

Peter Stumpp, werewolf or political scapegoat

Peter Stumpp (c. 1535 – 1589, also spelled as Peter Stubbs, Peter Stube, Peter Stubbe, Peter Stübbe or Peter Stumpf) was a German farmer and alleged serial killer, accused of werewolfery, incest, witchcraft and...

Leshy

Leshy, the Lord of the Russian Forest

The Leshy or Lyeshy (Belor: лясу́н Lyasun, лесаві́к Lesovik; Ukr. лісови́к Lisovik; Pol: Laskowiec) is a forest spirit, widely known among Russians (especially in the North), and to a lesser extent representations about him...

Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist is the way of thinking and feeling (mentality) of an age or certain time-frame. In occult terms a Zeitgeist is an etheric storm, to use Dion Fortune’s definition, with a very strong morphogenetic...

Naamah, Abyzou Lilith Agrat bat Mahalath Eisheth Zenunim

Jewish Femmes Fatales for Dummies

Jewish culture is rather cramped, when it comes to human sexuality. In ancient times the Egyptians, Babylonians and, of course, especially the Greeks, were a lot more liberated in this context. It is therefore...

Genius loci

Genius loci – the spirit of a location

The Latin term genius loci literally means “the spirit of the place”. In Roman mythology, the spirit originally meant a guardian spirit (genius), who was often depicted in the form of a snake. In...

Tatzelwurm_Fountain in Kobern-Gondorf - haselwurm

Haselwurm and Tatzelwurm

The Haselwurm and the Tatzelwurm or Stollenwurm are a strange creatures which dwell in a foggy way between spirit beings from folklore and cryptozoological rarities. The weirdest thing about the creature is the fact...