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The Anomalistic Condition of Possibility: Visibility without Tangibility

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

The Anomalistic Condition of Possibility: Visibility without Tangibility

May 31, 2016 — 1 Comment

A Spectacle of Absence: The Monster as Performance Artist

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

A Spectacle of Absence: The Monster as Performance Artist

May 26, 2016 — 1 Comment

Unidentified Flying Pyromaniac: The Harlech Meteor of 1694

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Unidentified Flying Pyromaniac: The Harlech Meteor of 1694

May 22, 2016 — 0 Comments

12-Step Program for Recovering Skeptics: The Anomaly as a Hard Target

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

12-Step Program for Recovering Skeptics: The Anomaly as a Hard Target

May 20, 2016 — 6 Comments

Ontological Ossification: There’s Nothing Left to Discover?

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Ontological Ossification: There’s Nothing Left to Discover?

May 12, 2016 — 3 Comments

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Curtius Rufus Meets Africa

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Curtius Rufus Meets Africa

May 12, 2016 — 1 Comment

Anomalistics, Pure Philosophic Rule, and the Scientific Administration of Things

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy, Technology

Anomalistics, Pure Philosophic Rule, and the Scientific Administration of Things

May 11, 2016 — 0 Comments

Transcendental Tongue Twisting: Mantras and Semantic Satiation

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult, Philosophy

Transcendental Tongue Twisting: Mantras and Semantic Satiation

May 8, 2016 — 2 Comments

Welcome to Interzone: Anomalistics Turns You on Vegetable

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

Welcome to Interzone: Anomalistics Turns You on Vegetable

May 4, 2016 — 3 Comments

The Real Ghost Theory of Religion

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

The Real Ghost Theory of Religion

May 2, 2016 — 0 Comments

Time Waits for No Air Marshal: Victor Goddard’s Unthinkable War

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy, Technology

Time Waits for No Air Marshal: Victor Goddard’s Unthinkable War

May 1, 2016 — 3 Comments

The Four World Theory: Not to Alarm You, but You’re Going to Die

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

The Four World Theory: Not to Alarm You, but You’re Going to Die

April 27, 2016 — 2 Comments

I’ve Got Your Pseudoscience Right Here, Buddy

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

I’ve Got Your Pseudoscience Right Here, Buddy

April 21, 2016 — 6 Comments

Language is a Bacterium: The Disease Theory of the Great Vowel Shift

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

Language is a Bacterium: The Disease Theory of the Great Vowel Shift

April 20, 2016 — 1 Comment

The Literary Leanings of Maupassant’s Doppelganger

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

The Literary Leanings of Maupassant’s Doppelganger

April 17, 2016 — 4 Comments

Extraterrestrial Exceptionalism: Alien Intervention and the Social Contract

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

Extraterrestrial Exceptionalism: Alien Intervention and the Social Contract

April 14, 2016 — 2 Comments

Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, but Writing Seals Your Fate

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, but Writing Seals Your Fate

April 10, 2016 — 4 Comments

Invisible History: Strange Phenomena and Historiography

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

Invisible History: Strange Phenomena and Historiography

April 9, 2016 — 1 Comment

The Other Geneva Convention: Weather Modification as a Weapon of War

Anthropology, History, Mythology, Philosophy, Technology

The Other Geneva Convention: Weather Modification as a Weapon of War

April 8, 2016 — 2 Comments

Resistive Monsters: Voter Anger and the Herd Instinct

Anthropology, History, Mythology, Philosophy

Resistive Monsters: Voter Anger and the Herd Instinct

March 31, 2016 — 1 Comment

The Lesser of Two Weevils: A 16th Century Insect Trial

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

The Lesser of Two Weevils: A 16th Century Insect Trial

March 27, 2016 — 2 Comments

Aliens Moved My Cheese: Extraterrestrial Ethnography

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Aliens Moved My Cheese: Extraterrestrial Ethnography

March 23, 2016 — 3 Comments

The Age of Doubt: Anomalies, Entertainment, and Wonder

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy, Technology

The Age of Doubt: Anomalies, Entertainment, and Wonder

March 7, 2016 — 4 Comments

The Disappearance of Owen Parfitt: Is it Better to Burn Out or Fade Away?

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

The Disappearance of Owen Parfitt: Is it Better to Burn Out or Fade Away?

March 7, 2016 — 1 Comment

Dr. MacDougall has Weighed Your Soul and Found It Wanting

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

Dr. MacDougall has Weighed Your Soul and Found It Wanting

February 19, 2016 — 11 Comments

Where the Rubber Hits the Road: The Intersection of Anomalies and Beliefs

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Where the Rubber Hits the Road: The Intersection of Anomalies and Beliefs

February 12, 2016 — 3 Comments

They Talk Funny in West Hell: Babbling with Demons

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult, Philosophy

They Talk Funny in West Hell: Babbling with Demons

February 10, 2016 — 4 Comments

The Poetry of Anomalies: Haunting Verses with Alice and Phoebe Cary

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

The Poetry of Anomalies: Haunting Verses with Alice and Phoebe Cary

February 3, 2016 — 4 Comments

Pay No Attention to the Alien behind the Curtain: X-Files and The Colony

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Philosophy, Technology

Pay No Attention to the Alien behind the Curtain: X-Files and The Colony

January 26, 2016 — 6 Comments

Stupid Human Tricks: You’re Different, and I can Tell by Your Uniform

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

Stupid Human Tricks: You’re Different, and I can Tell by Your Uniform

January 22, 2016 — 4 Comments

Just Because You’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean a Monster isn’t About to Eat Your Face

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Just Because You’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean a Monster isn’t About to Eat Your Face

January 13, 2016 — 5 Comments

The Superstitious Pigeon: Magical Thinking, Skepticism, and Anomalistics

Anthropology, Folklore, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy, Technology

The Superstitious Pigeon: Magical Thinking, Skepticism, and Anomalistics

December 28, 2015 — 14 Comments

Karma Kills: Sorcery and Enguerrand de Marigny

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult, Philosophy

Karma Kills: Sorcery and Enguerrand de Marigny

December 21, 2015 — 2 Comments

The Death of an Occult Bromance: Mr. Kelley Goes to Walton Ledale

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult, Philosophy

The Death of an Occult Bromance: Mr. Kelley Goes to Walton Ledale

December 3, 2015 — 2 Comments

How to Feel Normal in an Anomalistic Universe

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Philosophy

How to Feel Normal in an Anomalistic Universe

December 1, 2015 — 11 Comments

The Pied Piper of Transylvania: Tripping Over Fairy Tales

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

The Pied Piper of Transylvania: Tripping Over Fairy Tales

November 13, 2015 — 9 Comments

The Angry Spirit of Castle Slawensik: An Open Letter to Poltergeists

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Occult, Philosophy

The Angry Spirit of Castle Slawensik: An Open Letter to Poltergeists

November 6, 2015 — 6 Comments

The Digital Crowd: Making a Modern Monster?

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

The Digital Crowd: Making a Modern Monster?

November 2, 2015 — 2 Comments

Paranormalization: Don’t Go Back to Buncombe

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

Paranormalization: Don’t Go Back to Buncombe

October 29, 2015 — 4 Comments

The Goblin Jesuit of Lopatcong: Ghosts Believe in You

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Occult, Philosophy

The Goblin Jesuit of Lopatcong: Ghosts Believe in You

October 27, 2015 — 2 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