history & documentation
The Huldufólk (“hidden people”), also called Högfolk is a mythical race of Elves in Icelandic and Faroese folklore. They are supernatural beings that live in nature. They look and behave similarly to humans, but...
White Ladies is a common term applied to apparitions of various natures, with the appearances of ghostly white ladies. They may be supernatural entities playing the roles of fairies, witches, night washerwomen or harbingers...
Witch bottles were originally created for Apotropaic magic (protection or defense magic) and began as countermagical devices used as protection against other witchcraft and black magical attacks. Apotropaic magic has always been one of...
“Nessus in astrology” is an upcoming search term in astrology circles on the Internet. This was expected by those already working with this Centaur. Just like the now widely accepted and introduced Chiron, most...
In the United States, the celebration of Halloween made its appearance mainly in the second half of the 19th century, when large groups of Irish and Scottish immigrants entered the country. During this time,...
An authenticated Vampire story by the famous occultist Dr. Franz Hartmann was first published as a true account on vampirism in THE OCCULT REVIEW, London, September 1909 – whose founder and editor was an...
A gris-gris or gris-gris bag is a protective amulet that brings good luck and chases demons away. The word gris-gris – of African origin – means “fetish” or “charm”; thus a gris-gris bag is...
The Aitvaras or Aitvars is a nature spirit in Baltic, especially Lithuanian, folklore and mythology. Several folklorists and micro-historians such as Wilhelm Mannhardt, W. R. S. Ralston, Claude Lecouteux, and others have pointed out...
MORS-SOMNUS (formerly called 2007 TY430 with MPC-number 341520) is a binary Plutino, discovered on 14 October 2007 by Scott S. Sheppard and Chadwick A. Trujillo and named after the two children of the Roman...
Necromancy is a form of magic which uses the dead to get certain results. There are many forms of necromancy and the art is and was performed all over the planet and goes thousands...
