Opinions
-
The Three Essential Skills Into the Magickal Universe
The key to magick is simply stated, but in practice, it seems to give the greatest difficulty for most people.
-
Where Are Ann Radcliffe’s Delicate Bodies Hidden?
The veil of propriety cautiously drawn across Ann Radcliffe’s fiction ultimately proves that all is too vulnerable to the body’s…
-
Heavy Metal Lyricism and the Purest Gothic Behind
Since Black Sabbath, elements of the Gothic have pervaded the genre, whether in the lyrics, by the sound or by…
-
The Origin and Nature of the Conflict with the Devil
Regarding the Christian’s conflict with the Devil, John Calvin is always careful to warn the believer that he must not…
-
Gothic Tales on How to Murder a Beautiful Woman
All beauty must die, and in Edgar Allan Poe, the relationship between beauty and death echoes another duality: love and…
-
The Nature of the Difficulties in Practical Occultism
The essential difference between theoretical and practical Occultism; or what is known as Theosophy on the one hand, and Occult…
-
|
Gothic Tropes and Forms in Dark Literary Modernity
John-Paul Riquelme ensures that the insufficient critical attention to twentieth-century Gothic tropes and forms has indeed not vanished.
-
|
Jack V. Haney’s Irreligious Russian Folktales
Professor Jack V. Haney’s series, ‘The Complete Russian Folktale,’ narratives may be less familiar to many readers and are more…
-
|
Occult Kabbalism in the Poems of William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats’ fascination with the occult at the turn of the century was indicative of a larger cultural trend…
-
Spiritualism in Victorian and Neo-Victorian Fiction
Spiritualism’s resistance to established notions made it an appealing alternative to conventional religions, by recognising no formal hierarchy.
-
The Historical Roots Of Contemporary Horror Fiction
A brief history of horror is followed by an examination of the trends and changes that have occurred in contemporary…
-
The Faithful Artistic Monstrosities In New Gothic Art
New Gothic Art is powerful in producing and contributing towards recovering the lost sense of our human identities through the…
