Philosophy – EsoterX

Category: Philosophy

124 Posts

Terror Management Theory and the Headless Nun of Watton Priory

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Philosophy

Terror Management Theory and the Headless Nun of Watton Priory

January 28, 2021 — 6 Comments

Reflections on Fata Morgana and the H.M.S. Barracouta

Anthropology, Folklore, Geography, History, Mythology, Philosophy

Reflections on Fata Morgana and the H.M.S. Barracouta

January 18, 2021 — 2 Comments

The Politics of the Zombie Apocalypse

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Philosophy, Technology

The Politics of the Zombie Apocalypse

December 31, 2020 — 9 Comments

The Exile of the Great Bell of Uglich

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Philosophy

The Exile of the Great Bell of Uglich

September 22, 2020 — 2 Comments

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

Bertholi is Burning: Deliberate Human Combustion

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Bertholi is Burning: Deliberate Human Combustion

April 11, 2020 — 4 Comments

A Monstrous Ticket to Ride: Liminal Locomotives

Anthropology, Folklore, Geography, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy, Technology

A Monstrous Ticket to Ride: Liminal Locomotives

October 6, 2019 — 4 Comments

An Old Explanation for the Fermi Paradox: N ≈ L and L ain’t Looking Pretty

Anthropology, History, Mythology, Philosophy, Technology

An Old Explanation for the Fermi Paradox: N ≈ L and L ain’t Looking Pretty

August 19, 2019 — 2 Comments

Anomalistic’s Faustian Bargain with Goethian Science

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Anomalistic’s Faustian Bargain with Goethian Science

June 11, 2019 — 0 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

Tin Foil Haberdashery: Disclosure, Revelation, and Mysticism

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Tin Foil Haberdashery: Disclosure, Revelation, and Mysticism

April 10, 2019 — 3 Comments

The Casper Constant: Ghosts as Natural Phenomena

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

The Casper Constant: Ghosts as Natural Phenomena

February 12, 2019 — 3 Comments

Some Phantasms are Just Phoning It In

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Some Phantasms are Just Phoning It In

January 31, 2019 — 1 Comment

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

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

Ancient Aliens and the Promise of Empire

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

Ancient Aliens and the Promise of Empire

June 25, 2018 — 0 Comments

Defense Against the Dark Algorithmic Arts: A Modern Primer

Anthropology, History, Mythology, Philosophy, Technology

Defense Against the Dark Algorithmic Arts: A Modern Primer

May 28, 2018 — 4 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

The Goldfish that Would Be Pisces: Out of Place Objects

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy, Technology

The Goldfish that Would Be Pisces: Out of Place Objects

May 1, 2018 — 0 Comments

The Observer at Infinity: J.W. Dunne vs. the Volcano

Anthropology, Folklore, Geography, History, Mythology, Philosophy

The Observer at Infinity: J.W. Dunne vs. the Volcano

April 15, 2018 — 0 Comments

Dreaming a Dream of Death: Mrs. Wilkie and Mr. Esdaile

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

Dreaming a Dream of Death: Mrs. Wilkie and Mr. Esdaile

April 6, 2018 — 1 Comment

A Few Good Anomalists: You Can’t Handle the Vacuous Truth

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

A Few Good Anomalists: You Can’t Handle the Vacuous Truth

March 19, 2018 — 4 Comments

The Wakulwe Theory of Ghosts

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

The Wakulwe Theory of Ghosts

March 15, 2018 — 0 Comments

Once Upon a Time in Chennai: The Ghost and Captain Halpin

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Once Upon a Time in Chennai: The Ghost and Captain Halpin

March 3, 2018 — 2 Comments

Greeting the Unknown Guest: Party Crasher or Host?

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

Greeting the Unknown Guest: Party Crasher or Host?

February 28, 2018 — 1 Comment

I Was a Skeptic, But I’m All Better Now

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

I Was a Skeptic, But I’m All Better Now

February 19, 2018 — 8 Comments

A Zillion Years of Solitude: The Loneliness of the Anthropic Universe

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

A Zillion Years of Solitude: The Loneliness of the Anthropic Universe

January 2, 2018 — 14 Comments

Forsaking Zalmoxis: Where do Broken Gods Go?

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Forsaking Zalmoxis: Where do Broken Gods Go?

October 29, 2017 — 2 Comments

Fishy Phenomena: Unidentified Submarine Objects and Sea Serpents

Anthropology, Folklore, Geography, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy, Technology

Fishy Phenomena: Unidentified Submarine Objects and Sea Serpents

October 24, 2017 — 5 Comments

Picnic in Pridade no Maranhao: The Legal Empire of the Ants

Anthropology, Folklore, Geography, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Picnic in Pridade no Maranhao: The Legal Empire of the Ants

October 18, 2017 — 1 Comment

Putting Down the Paranormal, or Sailing the Ship of Theseus until it Sinks

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Putting Down the Paranormal, or Sailing the Ship of Theseus until it Sinks

October 16, 2017 — 0 Comments

For Whom the Phantom Bells Toll: Major Moor and the Sorites Paradox

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

For Whom the Phantom Bells Toll: Major Moor and the Sorites Paradox

September 26, 2017 — 3 Comments

Turtles to the Left of Me, Turtles to the Right: The Practopoietic Loop of Causation

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

Turtles to the Left of Me, Turtles to the Right: The Practopoietic Loop of Causation

September 12, 2017 — 0 Comments

Asylum Earth: The Voices in My Head are Scientists

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy, Technology

Asylum Earth: The Voices in My Head are Scientists

August 14, 2017 — 3 Comments

All Your Axioms are Postulates: Pseudoscience vs. Pseudometaphysics

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult, Philosophy, Technology

All Your Axioms are Postulates: Pseudoscience vs. Pseudometaphysics

July 25, 2017 — 3 Comments

The Enchanted Universe and Its Enemies

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

The Enchanted Universe and Its Enemies

July 12, 2017 — 2 Comments

Eternalism vs. Presentism: How Soon is Now?

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy, Technology

Eternalism vs. Presentism: How Soon is Now?

June 29, 2017 — 1 Comment

Release the Calamari: Hans Egede and the Greenland Kraken

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Release the Calamari: Hans Egede and the Greenland Kraken

June 13, 2017 — 4 Comments

If It Weren’t for Philo T. Farnsworth, We’d Still be Eating Frozen Radio Dinners

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

If It Weren’t for Philo T. Farnsworth, We’d Still be Eating Frozen Radio Dinners

June 6, 2017 — 0 Comments

Our Furry Forefathers: The Basque History of Inter-species Relations

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Our Furry Forefathers: The Basque History of Inter-species Relations

May 29, 2017 — 3 Comments

“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