September 3, 2010

Occult Symbolism of the Ace of Spades

Four Aces

SOURCE : Occult Symbolism of the Ace of Spades When we emerge onto the earth plane, we do so through the gateway of the [Ace of Spades]. At any moment in time, circumstances present at that moment are unique. When we are still young, we can see the gateway clearly and there is an undeniable [...]

Reincarnation in African Traditional Religion

In search of my ancestors

SOURCE : Reincarnation in African Traditional Religion One of the ways of increasing the ancestor’s vital force is by sacrifices and prayers from the living descendants. Hence the wish of Africans to have many children who will offer sacrifices to them after death. By an inverse movement the “force” of the ancestor flows into the [...]

First Statement of the International Necronautical Society

Quoi au bout du tunnel?

SOURCE : First Statement of the International Necronautical Society We, the First Committee of the International Necronautical Society, declare the following:- 1.That death is a type of space, which we intend to map, enter, colonise and, eventually, inhabit. 2. That there is no beauty without death, its immanence. We shall sing death’s beauty – that [...]

Navajo Skinwalkers, lycanthropy, vampirism and witchcraft

SOURCE : Navajo Skinwalkers, lycanthropy, vampirism and witchcraft The Navajo refuse even to say the word allowed for fear of retaliation… [but a] Skinwalker is… a Navajo Witch and capable of causing much pain, suffering and even death. Skinwalkers can transform into wolves, but, depending on the power they seek, other animal skins are used [...]

Navajo witchcraft : how to identify a skinwalker

Lycanthrope!

SOURCE : Navajo witchcraft : how to identify an evil sorcerer Navajo witches differ greatly from the European variety and can’t be recognized with the same methods. Unlike main stream European black-witchcraft there are no warning signs for the presence of a witch at work if they are in human form [i.e. blue flame, spoiled [...]

All About Shadow People : Dark Spirits of the Departed

exit

SOURCE : All About Shadow People : Dark, Dead Spirits of the Deceased Shadow people are most often seen during the evening, preferring to hide under the cover of darkness. Perhaps this is why many shadow people have been observed peeking around corners. If a person has decided to remain as an earthbound disincarnate having [...]

Zombies in Haitian Vodou

Zombies Invade San Francisco!

SOURCE : Zombie – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A zombie is a reanimated human corpse. Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodou, which told of the people being controlled as workers by a powerful sorcerer. Zombies became a popular device in modern horror fiction, largely because of the success of [...]

OBEAH: Afro-Caribbean Shamanism in Jamaica

Jamaican Obeah painting

SOURCE : OBEAH: Afro-Caribbean Shamanism I have heard stories about Obeahmen who charge people only a few pennys to kill off someone, like they really want to just kill for the sake of killing. These are rumors, maybe a few occasions has given rise to this rumor – since the danger inherent in solely working [...]

Brujeria, death metal and popular images of the U.S. Mexico Border Outlaw

Border Patrol

SOURCE : American Studies Journal – Brujeria and the U.S.-Mexico Border Outlaw This paper investigates the death metal band Brujeria, their use of both traditional and contemporary outlaw imagery, and their connection to the narcocorrido, in order to examine the tenacity of the outlaw paradigm as an expression of resistance by subordinate groups in situations [...]

Dance of Death or Danse macabre : the Grim Reaper gallery

Vitral da catedral de Berna / Stained glass at Bern Cathedral

SOURCE : Dance of Death | Danse macabre | Danza Macabra | Пляска Смерти Amazing collection of medieval depictions of the grim reaper – over 330 MB on one page!