Occult – EsoterX

Category: Occult

244 Posts

History, Occult, Philosophy

This is the end of one road, but not goodbye

January 19, 2023 — 21 Comments

The Murder of John Gamble: Contempt of Corporeality

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Occult

The Murder of John Gamble: Contempt of Corporeality

November 14, 2022 — 1 Comment

Strange Waves of Seriality: Objectivism at Play in the Fields of the Absurd

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Occult, Philosophy

Strange Waves of Seriality: Objectivism at Play in the Fields of the Absurd

November 11, 2022 — 7 Comments

Etienne Bottineau and Nauscopy in the Ile de France

Anthropology, Folklore, Geography, History, Occult, Technology

Etienne Bottineau and Nauscopy in the Ile de France

October 27, 2022 — 2 Comments

Dictation from the Dead: Spiritualist Copyright Infringement

Folklore, History, Occult

Dictation from the Dead: Spiritualist Copyright Infringement

December 11, 2021 — 1 Comment

Webster v. Molesworth: Amateur Ghost Hunting and Scottish Rental Law

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Occult

Webster v. Molesworth: Amateur Ghost Hunting and Scottish Rental Law

May 28, 2021 — 3 Comments

Black Box Eclecticism in Modern Paranormal Investigation

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Occult, Philosophy

Black Box Eclecticism in Modern Paranormal Investigation

May 9, 2021 — 4 Comments

Leap Castle and the Fear of Ubiquitous Ghosts

Anthropology, Folklore, Geography, History, Monsters, Occult

Leap Castle and the Fear of Ubiquitous Ghosts

April 15, 2021 — 1 Comment

Wrangling Your Elementals with Hassan Khan Djinni

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Wrangling Your Elementals with Hassan Khan Djinni

February 5, 2021 — 2 Comments

The Curse of the Lawrenceburg Ferry

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult

The Curse of the Lawrenceburg Ferry

January 17, 2021 — 1 Comment

The Miseducation of a Solomonar: Learning the Dark Arts at Scholomance

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

The Miseducation of a Solomonar: Learning the Dark Arts at Scholomance

December 17, 2020 — 2 Comments

The Shadow over Newburyport

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

The Shadow over Newburyport

December 9, 2020 — 4 Comments

Pandemic Magic: A Brief History of Abracadabra

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult

Pandemic Magic: A Brief History of Abracadabra

July 2, 2020 — 2 Comments

The Count de Cabreras: A Valencian Vampire Hunter in Hungary

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

The Count de Cabreras: A Valencian Vampire Hunter in Hungary

June 24, 2020 — 1 Comment

The Fire Inside Willie Brough

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

The Fire Inside Willie Brough

June 23, 2020 — 2 Comments

The Possession of Nicola Aubry: Lessons on Exorcism from Satan

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

The Possession of Nicola Aubry: Lessons on Exorcism from Satan

May 13, 2020 — 1 Comment

Sense and Supersensibility: The Procession of the Damned

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult, Philosophy

Sense and Supersensibility: The Procession of the Damned

May 4, 2020 — 6 Comments

Last Minute Confession of the Warlock Major Weir

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult

Last Minute Confession of the Warlock Major Weir

April 29, 2020 — 3 Comments

Captain Beauclerk’s Prehistoric Horse Haunting

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Captain Beauclerk’s Prehistoric Horse Haunting

April 22, 2020 — 4 Comments

Jacopo Donati and the Bored Banshee

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Jacopo Donati and the Bored Banshee

April 20, 2020 — 7 Comments

Pro-Tips on How to Cheat the Devil

Anthropology, Geography, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Pro-Tips on How to Cheat the Devil

April 18, 2020 — 2 Comments

Human Salamanders: Check the Expiration Date on Your Superpowers

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Human Salamanders: Check the Expiration Date on Your Superpowers

September 4, 2019 — 2 Comments

Albert de Rochas, the Father of Future Life Progression

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult

Albert de Rochas, the Father of Future Life Progression

August 31, 2019 — 2 Comments

Gardening with the Devil

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Gardening with the Devil

August 28, 2019 — 1 Comment

The Sleeping Preacher of North Alabama

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

The Sleeping Preacher of North Alabama

June 29, 2019 — 2 Comments

Vetting Your Oracle: Even Prophets Need References

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult, Philosophy

Vetting Your Oracle: Even Prophets Need References

May 28, 2019 — 0 Comments

Anomalous Airwaves: In My Defense, I was Left Unsupervised

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Anomalous Airwaves: In My Defense, I was Left Unsupervised

February 18, 2019 — 0 Comments

The Sorcerous Syndicate of Molfetta: Dodging the Inquisition

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult

The Sorcerous Syndicate of Molfetta: Dodging the Inquisition

December 31, 2018 — 1 Comment

Ghost Writer: Stop the Phantom Presses

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Ghost Writer: Stop the Phantom Presses

December 4, 2018 — 0 Comments

Exit Stage Left, Pursued by a Ghost Bear

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Exit Stage Left, Pursued by a Ghost Bear

November 6, 2018 — 0 Comments

Dead and Dreaming: Persistence of the Unconscious After Death

Anthropology, Folklore, Monsters, Mythology, Occult, Philosophy

Dead and Dreaming: Persistence of the Unconscious After Death

November 3, 2018 — 5 Comments

Queer Eye for the Dead Guy: Naked Ghosts and Phantom Fashion

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Queer Eye for the Dead Guy: Naked Ghosts and Phantom Fashion

August 30, 2018 — 3 Comments

Mommy Dearest: Portable Consciousness and the Near Death Experience

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult, Philosophy

Mommy Dearest: Portable Consciousness and the Near Death Experience

August 5, 2018 — 0 Comments

The Curious Afterlife of The Lord of Cool

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

The Curious Afterlife of The Lord of Cool

July 13, 2018 — 0 Comments

The Electric Girls of Smyrna

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult

The Electric Girls of Smyrna

June 3, 2018 — 1 Comment

Algernon Joy and His Useless Doppelgänger

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Algernon Joy and His Useless Doppelgänger

May 19, 2018 — 6 Comments

Daniel Defoe’s Insufficiently Haunted Planet

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult, Philosophy

Daniel Defoe’s Insufficiently Haunted Planet

May 5, 2018 — 3 Comments

Beware Ghosts Bearing Gifts: Ezekiel Grosse and the Curse of the Rosewarne Gold

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Beware Ghosts Bearing Gifts: Ezekiel Grosse and the Curse of the Rosewarne Gold

April 28, 2018 — 1 Comment

What’s the Market Value of the Devil?

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

What’s the Market Value of the Devil?

April 6, 2018 — 1 Comment

Astral Projection for the Discriminating Dog

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Astral Projection for the Discriminating Dog

March 27, 2018 — 1 Comment

“It is a condition of monsters that they do not perceive themselves as such. The dragon, you know, hunkered in the village devouring maidens, heard the townsfolk cry ‘Monster!’ and looked behind him.”
-Laini Taylor

“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.”
-Oscar Wilde

“Life is Hard. After all, it kills you.”
-Katherine Hepburn

“Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.”
-Theodor Adorno

“All would be well. All would be heavenly–If the damned would only stay damned.”
-Charles Fort

“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”
-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.”
–Jerry Garcia

“You can’t create a monster, then whine when it stomps a few buildings.”
–Yeardley Smith

“Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history.”
–Robert Anton Wilson

“The earth, it has been said, is one vast graveyard, and man can nowhere put down his foot without stepping on the remains of a brother.”
–M. Schele de Vere

“Even from the greatest of horrors, irony is seldom absent.”
–H.P. Lovecraft

“If the sleep of reason produces monsters, what does the sleep of unreason produce?”
–Guillermo Cabrera Infante

“The problem with people who say monsters don’t really exist is that they’re almost never saying it to the monsters.”
— Seanan McGuire, Discount Armageddon

“Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean there isn’t an invisible demon about to eat your face.”
–Jim Butcher, Storm Front

“What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.”
–Eric Hoffer, American Social Philosopher

“The human head is bigger than the globe. It conceives itself as containing more. It can think and rethink itself and ourselves from any desired point outside the gravitational pull of the earth. It starts by writing one thing and later reads itself as something else. The human head is monstrous.”
–Günter Grass, German Novelist