Occult

Painting In The Haunted Spice Factory: Hernan Bas Talks About His Work

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Detroit Events, Best of Detroit, Paranormal, Paranormal Art, Video, Detroit Artists, Hernan Bas, Detroit Around Town, Detroit Art, Occult, Detroit Institute of Arts, Hernan Bas Artist, Slidepollajax, Hernan Bas Painter, Occult Art, Detroit News

Hernan Bas isn't sure if he's 33 or 34 years old. The painter has been too busy working to keep track of his birthday. Bas, who's made painting hi...

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David Moye

The Spooks That Inspired 'Poltergeist'

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Paranormal, Christopher Lutz, Haunted Houses, Weird Long Island, Chiller TV, Paranormal Activity, Horror Story Inspiration, Weird TV, Poltergeist, Video, Lucille Hermann, Holly-Weird, Katrina Weidman, Real-Life Horror Stories, Ghosts, Horror Movies, Occult, Amityville Horror, Weird News News

The names Lucille Hermann or Christopher Lutz may not scare up immediate recognition, but horror fans owe them a debt of gratitude of sorts. Both o...

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Doctor Who Is Really Dr. Hans Holzer (VIDEO)

Alexandra Holzer | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Regis Philbin, Ufos, Hans Holzer, Paranormal, Occult, Merv Griffin, Dr. Who, Leonard Nimoy, Video, Weird News News
Alexandra Holzer

Just like Dr. Who, my father was a universal explorer who, through travel and the use of science and metaphysics, time-traveled back into paranormal history.

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Ray Sanchez

'In Good Times And Bad, They Come To The Botanica'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ray Sanchez | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Latinos, Religion, Caribbean, Botanicas, Herbal Remedies, Immigration, Occult, Santeria, Alternative Medicine, Video, Latino Voices News

NEW YORK -- Deirdre Bentancourt, currently unemployed, escorted her daughter through the aisles of a Bronx botanica that bills itself as the largest o...

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The Occult Chickens Have Come Home To Roost: Religious Superstition In Iranian Politics

Ali Rahnema | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Iran, Iran Islam, Twelfth Imam, Islam, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Occult, Green Movement, Superstition, Iranian Politics, Supreme Leader, Religion News
Ali Rahnema

Since early May 2011, charges of sorcery, witchcraft, and using supernatural powers to manipulate people and events for particular political ends have been leveled against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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New Tudor Hero, John Dee: Scientist, Conjurer, Sleuth

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: The Bones of Avalon, Books, C.J. Sansom, Bloody Mary, Queen Elizabeth, Henry VIII, Glastonbury, Avalon, King Arthur, Book Reviews, Mysteries, Matthew Shardlake, Occult, Phil Rickman, Reading, The Tudors, Tudor-Era Mysteries, Books News
Nina Sankovitch

The Bones of Avalon chills, thrills and satisfies, providing good history, great plot, and fascinating characters. Pull up a chair, turn off the phone, and settle in for a most delectable read.

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The Occult In American History

Mitch Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Seances, Seance, American History, Spiritualism, Occult, Occult History, Supernatural, Occult America, Zodiac Signs, Books News
Mitch Horowitz

The spirit of tolerance and openness that suffused esoteric movements in early America forged a bond between the occult and liberalism. This was especially true in the nineteenth-century movement of Spiritualism.

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Scouting the Occult in Brooklyn

Nick Carr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Magic, Occult, New York City Architecture, Curio Shop, Scouting Ny, Gremlins, Witchcraft, New York News
Nick Carr

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Occult America: The Secret History Of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation by Mitch Horowitz

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Baird T. Spaulding, Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East, Unity, Fascism, Edgar Cayce, Tarcher/Putnam, Johannes Kelpius, Occult America, Phineas P. Quimby, Manly P. Hall, Nona Brooks, Mitch Horowitz, Mother Ann Lee, Wallace Wattles, The Secret, The Secret Teachings of the Ages, Divine Science, Religious Science, New Age, Emma Curtis Hopkins, Ernest Holmes, Ouija Board, Many Baker Eddy, Occult, Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, Andrew Jackson Davis, Mermerism, Freemasonry, Spirituality, Healthy Living News
Dr. Susan Corso

Early America was a spiritually rocking place. For what it's worth, it remains so to this day for those with eyes to see and ears to hear.

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