Metaphysics, Folklore, Spirituality
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Read more: Elves and Nature Spirits of Iceland
A cold wind whistles over the Icelandic lava field as a crew of road builders stands idle, gazing at a hulking boulder in their path. According to local legend, this is no ordinary rock – it is the dwelling of elves, part of the huldufólk or “hidden people” who live unseen alongside humans. The workers…
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Read more: "Demons" From Around the World
How a culture’s “evil” spirits reveal their social values
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Read more: Remote Viewing: History & How-To Guide
Can you really spy on someone using just your mind? This question sounds like something out of a pulp sci-fi novel, yet during the Cold War both the United States and the Soviet Union invested serious time and money searching for an answer. In one notorious 1970 experiment, a Soviet housewife named Nina Kulagina allegedly…
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Read more: Egregores, Tulpas, and the Power of Collective Thought
Do Our Beliefs Take on a Life of Their Own? We’ve all heard the phrase “the power of belief,” but what if belief itself could sprout a kind of imaginary friend? What if an idea, fed by many minds, could take on a life of its own? In occult parlance, such a creature is called…
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Read more: Rhythm of Life: A History of Drums
Let’s travel back before Spotify playlists and stadium concerts – about 7,000 years. A group of early humans gather around a fire… one of them starts hitting a hollow log covered with reptile skin. To our modern eyes it might look like a casual weekend at Burning Man, but to them it was serious business.…
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Read more: The Invincible Art: Indonesia’s Debus and the Power of Pain
In a dusty village square in Banten, a man in a black headband stands calmly as another strikes his back with a rattan rod. The crowd gasps—he doesn’t flinch. Moments later, he’s rolling over a bed of thorny cactus and grinning as if it were a plush mattress. A chorus of drums and chants builds,…
