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Magick and Witchcraft
The Familiar Spirit: Witches, Animals, and Invisible Companions in the Early Modern Imagination
The familiar spirit cannot be reduced to a single meaning. It exists at the intersection of folklore, fear, visionary experience, religion, psychology, and social control. To church authorities, the familiar was a demon. To cunning folk, it might be a helper. To modern occultists, it may symbolize spiritual companionship or intuitive awareness. To historians,…
The Familiar Spirit: Witches, Animals, and Invisible Companions in the Early Modern Imagination
The familiar spirit cannot be reduced to a single meaning. It exists at the intersection of folklore, fear, visionary experience, religion, psychology, and social control. To church authorities, the familiar was a demon. To cunning folk, it might be a helper. To modern occultists, it may symbolize spiritual companionship or intuitive awareness. To historians,…
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Demonology | Folklore
The Zmora in Slavic Folklore: Nightmare Demon, Witch’s Double, and Dual-Soul Spirit Explained
The zmora is one of the most complex beings in Polish and Slavic folklore, often described as a nocturnal entity that suffocates sleepers, drains vitality, and causes oppressive nightmare experiences. In modern terms it is frequently labeled a “nightmare demon,” but this definition is far too narrow.
The zmora is believed to…
The Zmora in Slavic Folklore: Nightmare Demon, Witch’s Double, and Dual-Soul Spirit Explained
The zmora is one of the most complex beings in Polish and Slavic folklore, often described as a nocturnal entity that suffocates sleepers, drains vitality, and causes oppressive nightmare experiences. In modern terms it is frequently labeled a “nightmare demon,” but this definition is far too narrow.
The zmora is believed to…
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Demonology
Convent Possession in Europe (1500–1700) – Loudun Was Far from the Only Case
When the restored version of Ken Russell’s The Devils returns to theaters, it may at first seem like a cinematic relic from a more radical era of filmmaking. Yet the events depicted in the film—the seventeenth-century possession case of Loudun—were part of a much broader European history of convent “possession epidemics.”
Between roughly…
Convent Possession in Europe (1500–1700) – Loudun Was Far from the Only Case
When the restored version of Ken Russell’s The Devils returns to theaters, it may at first seem like a cinematic relic from a more radical era of filmmaking. Yet the events depicted in the film—the seventeenth-century possession case of Loudun—were part of a much broader European history of convent “possession epidemics.”
Between roughly…
Demonology | Paranormal
The Devils Returns: Ken Russell’s Restored Cult Film and the True History of the Nuns of Loudun
Some films fade from cinemas, are forgotten, and survive only in archives and footnotes of film history. Ken Russell’s The Devils does not belong to that category. More than fifty years after its original release, the film about the Loudun possession case is still regarded as one of the most controversial,…
The Devils Returns: Ken Russell’s Restored Cult Film and the True History of the Nuns of Loudun
Some films fade from cinemas, are forgotten, and survive only in archives and footnotes of film history. Ken Russell’s The Devils does not belong to that category. More than fifty years after its original release, the film about the Loudun possession case is still regarded as one of the most controversial,…
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British film director (1927–2011)
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Magick and Witchcraft
Grimoires – The Birth of the Magical Handbook
Nearly every ancient civilization practiced magic. The Egyptians possessed thousands of spells against snakebites, illness, and hostile forces. In Mesopotamia, priests composed ritual texts to ward off demons and secure the favor of the gods. The Greeks developed goēteia, theourgia, and astral magic, while the Romans cultivated an extensive tradition…
Grimoires – The Birth of the Magical Handbook
Nearly every ancient civilization practiced magic. The Egyptians possessed thousands of spells against snakebites, illness, and hostile forces. In Mesopotamia, priests composed ritual texts to ward off demons and secure the favor of the gods. The Greeks developed goēteia, theourgia, and astral magic, while the Romans cultivated an extensive tradition…
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Folklore | Paranormal
The Kandahar Giants: Military Legend, Classified Case, or Living Nephilim?
I had never heard of them: the Kandahar Giants of Afghanistan. Creatures resembling XXXXL versions of the Yeti or Bigfoot – red-haired, with six fingers on each hand, and weighing about 1,100 pounds. I recently heard about them on a Joe Rogan podcast, and the story made me curious. I was unsure whether to…
The Kandahar Giants: Military Legend, Classified Case, or Living Nephilim?
I had never heard of them: the Kandahar Giants of Afghanistan. Creatures resembling XXXXL versions of the Yeti or Bigfoot – red-haired, with six fingers on each hand, and weighing about 1,100 pounds. I recently heard about them on a Joe Rogan podcast, and the story made me curious. I was unsure whether to…
Asteroids in Astrology
Asteroids in Astrology: Meanings, Methods and Chart Interpretation
Asteroids in astrology are used to identify highly specific themes, events, abilities, relationships, and psychological patterns that the traditional planets cannot always describe in detail. Their interpretation requires more than associating an asteroid with its name or mythology.
Reliable meanings must be tested through discovery charts, exact aspects, biographical cases, historical events, and repeated…
Asteroids in Astrology: Meanings, Methods and Chart Interpretation
Asteroids in astrology are used to identify highly specific themes, events, abilities, relationships, and psychological patterns that the traditional planets cannot always describe in detail. Their interpretation requires more than associating an asteroid with its name or mythology.
Reliable meanings must be tested through discovery charts, exact aspects, biographical cases, historical events, and repeated…
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Asteroids in Astrology
Asteroids in Astrology: Meanings, Methods, Chart Interpretation and FAQ
Asteroids in astrology are used to identify highly specific themes, events, abilities, relationships, and psychological patterns that the traditional planets cannot always describe in detail. Their interpretation requires more than associating an asteroid with its name or mythology.
Our Asteroids in Astrology Research
Reliable meanings must be tested through discovery charts, exact…
Asteroids in Astrology: Meanings, Methods, Chart Interpretation and FAQ
Asteroids in astrology are used to identify highly specific themes, events, abilities, relationships, and psychological patterns that the traditional planets cannot always describe in detail. Their interpretation requires more than associating an asteroid with its name or mythology.
Our Asteroids in Astrology Research
Reliable meanings must be tested through discovery charts, exact…
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2020 Horoscope | astrological predictions for 2020 are apocalyptic.
The 2020 horoscope is apocalyptic. 2020 will be the most crucial year since 1945 for several reasons. Saturn conjunct Pluto is world karma!
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Before Nosferatu
Historical Records of Vampires and Blood Drinking Corpses in Central Europe (1488-1742)
Long before vampires entered literature and film, they were not creatures of fiction, but a serious problem.
In the towns and villages of early modern Central Europe, the dead did not always remain at rest. Graves were opened. Bodies were found unnaturally preserved,…
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Before Nosferatu
Historical Records of Vampires and Blood Drinking Corpses in Central Europe (1488-1742)
Long before vampires entered literature and film, they were not creatures of fiction, but a serious problem.
In the towns and villages of early modern Central Europe, the dead did not always remain at rest. Graves were opened. Bodies were found unnaturally preserved,…
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Demonology
The Evil Eye: A 3,000-Year-Old Blood-Drinking Predator
The Evil Eye is still very much alive. Across the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, and the eastern Mediterranean, blue-and-white glass eye amulets are sold everywhere, from jewelry shops to tourist stalls. Today they are often treated as lucky charms or decorative souvenirs. But behind them lies an extraordinarily old belief: a person’s gaze…
The Evil Eye: A 3,000-Year-Old Blood-Drinking Predator
The Evil Eye is still very much alive. Across the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, and the eastern Mediterranean, blue-and-white glass eye amulets are sold everywhere, from jewelry shops to tourist stalls. Today they are often treated as lucky charms or decorative souvenirs. But behind them lies an extraordinarily old belief: a person’s gaze…
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Vampirology
Before Nosferatu – The Real Vampire Before It Became a Fictional Character
The word vampire almost immediately conjures up Dracula: an aristocratic nocturnal figure with sharp fangs, a black cape, and an irresistible allure. Yet this image is surprisingly recent. Long before Bram Stoker published his famous novel in 1897, reports circulated throughout Europe about a very different kind of vampire.
This historical vampire did…
Before Nosferatu – The Real Vampire Before It Became a Fictional Character
The word vampire almost immediately conjures up Dracula: an aristocratic nocturnal figure with sharp fangs, a black cape, and an irresistible allure. Yet this image is surprisingly recent. Long before Bram Stoker published his famous novel in 1897, reports circulated throughout Europe about a very different kind of vampire.
This historical vampire did…
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Folklore | Magick and Witchcraft
The Witch in Europe
European Witchcraft is an extraordinarily diverse umbrella term for a phenomenon whose meaning, identity, and connotations have continually shifted over the centuries. What we now call “the witch” stands at the intersection of numerous, often very different traditions: folk belief and folk magic, older religious traditions, ecclesiastical definitions and demonology, folklore and fairy tale,…
The Witch in Europe
European Witchcraft is an extraordinarily diverse umbrella term for a phenomenon whose meaning, identity, and connotations have continually shifted over the centuries. What we now call “the witch” stands at the intersection of numerous, often very different traditions: folk belief and folk magic, older religious traditions, ecclesiastical definitions and demonology, folklore and fairy tale,…