The Salem Witch Trials, 1692
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The
seeds of the hysteria that afflicted Salem Village, Massachusetts were sown in
January 1692 when a group of young girls began to display bizarre behavior. The
tight-knit community was at a loss to explain the convulsive seizures,
blasphemous screaming, and trance-like states that afflicted the youngsters. The
physicians called in to examine the girls could find no natural cause of the
disturbing behavior. If the source of the affliction was not att...
What are Ouija Boards?
A
ouija board is a medium through which messages are supposedly communicated by
the dead to or through the players of seance. Ouija boards are also known as
"witch boards" and "talking boards." The nickname "ouiji" or "weejie" is also
used quite a bit. The word "ouija" is actually a combination of two words, the
french word "oui" and the German word "ja." Both words mean "yes" in
english.
Many Spirit...
Ancient mystery returns as 'Satan's hoofprints' are spotted
A 150-year-old mystery has reared its head after a woman woke to find 'Satan's hoofprints' dotted across freshly fallen snow in her back garden. The single track of cloven-like prints - which appear to have been made by a two-legged creature - precisely resemble footprints recorded in the area in 1855.The phenomenon, which has never been explained, became known as the 'Devil's foot prints' in a local legend. Grandmother Jill, 76, of Woolsery, Devon, said: 'I...
Real-life possession documentedAn american woman who levitated, demonstrated paranormal psychic powers and spoke foreign languages unknown to her was clearly demon possessed, according to a board-certified psychiatrist and associate professor of clinical psychiatry at New York Medical College. The unnamed woman, with a long history of involvement with Satanic groups, was observed by a team of priests, deacons, several lay assistants, psychiatrists, nuns, some of whom also had medical and psychiatrictraining, levitating six in...
Lilith
From The Hebrew
Myths by Robert Graves and Raphael Patai (New York: Doubleday, 1964)
Presented here is a chapter discussing Lilith, taken from Hebrew Myths:
The Book of Genesis by Robert Graves and Raphael Patai (New York:
Doubleday, 1964), pp 65-69. Graves and Patai have collected traditional
Hebrew myths that amplify (and sometimes radically alter) stories found in the
Book of Genesis. This chapter, titled "Adam's Helpmeets...
The Succubus in Mythology and History
The Biblical
Succubus (Lilith): When the
Almighty created the first, solitary man, He said: It is not good for man to be
alone. And He fashioned for man a woman from the earth, like him (Adam), and
called her Lilith. Soon, they began to quarrel with each other. She said to him:
I will not lie underneath, and he said: I will not lie underneath but above, for
you are meant to lie underneath and I to lie above. She said to him: We are both
equal, because we are both created from the...
Spirit Walk-ins
To understand what a "walk-in" is one first
needs to understand that our physical body is not *us*. It is the container for
*us*. Similar to someone driving a car. When we see the driver we understand
that they exist irrespective of whether they have a car, or not. So too with our
bodies. We exist irrespective of whether we have a physical body or not. In
other words we existed as a spirit (soul) before the body we now occupy was
born. When our physical body dies we will continue t...
Demonology
As the name sufficiently indicates, demonology is the
science or doctrine concerning demons. Both in its form and in its meaning it
has an obvious analogy with theology, which is the science or doctrine about
God. And with reference to the many false and dangerous forms of this demonic
science we may fitly adapt the well-known words of Albertus Magnus on the
subject of theology and say of demonology, A daemonibus docetur, de daemonibus
docet, et ad daemones ducit ("It is tau...
A demon callsAnthony North: Occasionally, paranormal literature throws up a case so incredible that we either dismiss it as fantasy, or edge towards the idea that demons and possessions are a reality. The facts are just so fantastic, rational inquiry is often forgotten.But are we right to either dismiss or accept? Or is it possible that rational explanations can be placed upon the subject within an overall cultural explanation of phenomena? I opt for this middle ground. Anna Ecklund: Consider the case of Ann...
Witch doctors called in to school hauntA school in Madhya Pradesh has called witch doctors to overcome ghosts that allegedly haunt girl students but mysteriously spare the boys. Officials at the Government Higher Secondary School in Duma village in Seoni district are also performing weird rituals throughout the day in a desperate bid to restore sanity.Naturally, studies have taken a backseat at the school.Villagers believe ghosts come to possess the girls once they reach the school, which has been built on an old cremation ground.Sur...
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