Witchcraft

The entrance to the cave is only 1 m × 1.3 m in area, bordered by upward and downward bulging boulders. A roundish stone acts as a threshold above which one must bend to crawl. The first outer corridor is 6.4 m long, 1 m wide, and 1–2 m high. It ends in a rectangular corner that is the darkest place in the whole cave . Credit: Open Archaeology (2023). DOI: 10.1515/opar-2022-0328 The national park of Koli in eastern Finland is…

Posted in: Comics, Heritage Sponsored, Vintage Paper | Tagged: Atomic Age, Avon Periodicals, Kelly Freas, pre-code horrorBest known as a science fiction artist of covers for pulps & paperbacks, Kelly Freas did a fantastic Pre-Code Horror cover for Witchcraft #5Published Wed, 05 Jul 2023 16:25:11 -0500 by Mark Seifert | Last updated Wed, 05 Jul 2023 16:30:20 -0500 | Kelly Freas (1922 – 2005) is best known as a science fiction and fantasy artist on pulp covers for titles like Astounding Science Fiction, Planet Stories,…

Sometimes you want your fantasy tales pierced with bloody drama and apocalyptic magic; other times, you’re in the mood for something a bit sweeter. There’s a reason “cozy romantasy” is a popular genre, and Sangu Manganna’s debut The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches enchanted lots of its fans. The author returns next year with A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping, and io9 has a first look to share today.What is One Change Mark Zuckerberg Should Make to His Social Platforms? | Gizmodo InterviewHere’s a brief…

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Taylor Swift’s Eras World Tour Comes Under Fire As Several Netizens Accuse Her Of Promoting Satanism & Witchcraft On Stage ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift is one of the most popular pop stars in the Music industry. Often her songs are chartbusters, making her one of the best-selling musicians in history. The singer is now on the Eras world tour but is making headlines for a different reason. Swift is no stranger to media attention and headlines over her affairs with…

Humanity’s unceasing interest in djinns and genies, witches and sorceresses peaks each year during Halloween. Every second person is dressed up as a witch – hooked noses, pointy hats, boiling cauldrons in hand. However, the first witch, Lilith, was, apparently, a beauty. The first wife of Adam, she was a free thinker who refused to bow to her husband’s whims, and then left him. Adam defamed her, and the first witch was born, writes India’s first Wiccan priestess, Ipsita Roy Chakraverti, in her newest “witch book”, Way…

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Documentary maker Alice Diop delivers a piercing fiction feature in the form of a courtroom drama, based on a real-life case: mysterious, tragic and intimately unnerving. The severity and poise of this calmly paced movie, its emotional reserve and moral seriousness – and the elusive, implied confessional dimension concerning Diop herself – make it an extraordinary experience.Kayije Kagame plays Rama, a bestselling author and academic who lives in Paris and is heading to the town of Saint Omer, near Calais, to write what…

Belief in witchcraft is widespread around the world, according to a new global study that involved more than 140,000 people – but it's highly variable from place to place.Based on the results, about a billion people across 95 countries believe in witchcraft, and the study notes that is "most certainly an undercount", given the sensitivity of discussing witchcraft for some respondents.While at least some people believe in some version of witchcraft almost everywhere – about 40 percent of those who took the survey said…

A map showing country-level prevalence of witchcraft beliefs around the world. Credit: Boris Gershman, 2022, í, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) A newly compiled dataset quantitatively captures witchcraft beliefs in countries around the world, enabling investigation of key factors associated with such beliefs. Boris Gershman of American University in Washington, D.C., presents these findings in the open-access…