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Aura Quartz: How It's Made, Types and How to Spot It
Aura quartz glows like a rainbow on an oil slick, yet it is ordinary rock crystal with a breath of gold or titanium on its skin. How the...
Sweat Lodge Ceremony: History, Meaning and Safety
Darkness, glowing stones, steam and prayer: where the sweat lodge comes from, how a ceremony unfolds, and why respect and safety are not negotiable.
Galdr: Norse Rune Chanting, Vegvisir and Helm of Awe
Runes were not only carved but sung. What the Eddas reveal about galdr, why the favorite "Viking runes" come from the nineteenth century, and how to practice rune...
Eleusinian Mysteries: What We Know and the Kykeon
For a thousand years, thousands walked to Eleusis each autumn, fasted, drank a barley drink and saw something they were sworn never to reveal. What we know, and...
Mount Shasta and Lemuria: Where the Legend of Telos Actually Comes From
The Lemurian city of Telos inside Mount Shasta traced book by book, from an 1864 zoology paper to channeled books, and the older sacred traditions of the mountain.
Appalachian Granny Witch: What the Tradition Really Was, and What Is Modern
Who Appalachia's granny women really were, what folklorists documented about their charms, herbs and signs, and why granny witch is a modern name.
Bottle Tree Meaning: The Southern Spirit Trap, Its Kongo Roots and Why the Bottles Are Blue
What a bottle tree is meant to do, the Kongo roots scholars trace it to, why the bottles are blue, and how to build one with respect for...
Rick Strassman's DMT Study: What It Actually Found
Several of the volunteers would later reach for the same comparison: a freight train. Before the injection had even finished, something rolled through body and head. Within ninety...
Faust's Höllenzwang: The Grimoires Faust Never Wrote
Some books are louder than their contents. The Höllenzwang is one of them. For centuries, across the German-speaking world, it was treated as the most dangerous book there...
Jörmungandr: What the Norse Sources Say About the Midgard Serpent
Jörmungandr, the Midgard Serpent, is the monster that holds the Norse world together by lying around it — and the one Thor is fated to kill and die...
Protection Spell: How to Cast One, and What It Can Honestly Do
A protection spell draws a boundary around yourself, your home or someone you love. How to cast one tonight with salt, a candle and an iron nail, what...
How to Make Spell Candles (and How Long They Actually Burn)
Rolling or pouring your own spell candles is cheaper than buying them. Here is the method, how to size a wick, why herbs belong outside the wax, and...
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