Culture
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Catholicism, Heretics, Blasphemers, and the Occult Practices
The Bible has other tales of the occult, sprinkled here and there throughout the Old and New Testaments, but usually…
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In the End as in the Beginning: Traditional Magick Is Not for All
The present article continues Chumbley’s exposition of the Craft of the Witches’ Sabbath, but also treats Crooked Path Sorcery, one…
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Unearthing the Witch, and the Folkloric Diabolical Goddesses
This article examines the witch as depicted through the schemes of those who benefited from the image of the diabolical…
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Theories on the Essence of Art and the Problem of Mannerism
This article tells the story of a complex, unfinished history of how, for a very long time, art historians have…
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Introduction: De-Limiting the Irish Gothic Tradition and Horrors
This article presents a variety of new perspectives on an area of Irish literary production that has received much scholarly…
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Vampire Burials and Social Order in Postmedieval Poland
This article explores the social agency of the dead, focusing on the “vampire burials” of the post-medieval Polish site of…
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Gothic and Renaissance Art Treasures in Medieval Nuremberg
‘Gothic and Renaissance Art in Nuremberg’, document the artistic vitality of one of the most influential urban centres in Europe…
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Golden Gorgon-Medusa Artwork in Ancient Hellenic World
The purpose of this article is to highlight some characteristic examples of the golden works depicting the Gorgoneio and Gorgon
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On the Confessional Uses and History of Witchcraft Oration
The English Catholic exile Thomas Stapleton (1535–1598) has long been known to historians of early modern witchcraft and demonology
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Native Witchcraft Beliefs in Acadian, Maritime and Folklore
This article examines in more detail the issue of belief in Native witchcraft, not only in Acadian folklore, but also…
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Human Monstrosity in Fiction and Film of the United States
This article will examine the monster which lies at the foundation of the Gothic, horror genre: the monstrous house, or…
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Thirteenth-Century Approaches of Love for Fallen Angels
This article examines the capacity for love and kindness attributed to demons as fallen angels in the thirteenth-century
