by Eric Olsen | Dec 11, 2015 | art, books, comics, culture, media, movies, paranormal, religion and belief, seasonal, supernatural beings, television |
It seems you can’t swing a dead cat these days without smacking into Krampus, the dark shadow to the bright light of St. Nicholas at Christmastide. The ancient Alpine demon-thing comes equipped with horns, fangs, claws, unruly fur, hooves, long creepy tongue;...
by Eric Olsen | Dec 10, 2015 | culture, ghosts and spirits, paranormal, religion and belief, seasonal |
Most of us take the rituals and customs of Christmas at face value and don’t realize how weird and ancient some of them truly are. Remember the Log Lady on Twin Peaks? The middle-aged woman who cradled a log in her arms and passed on its clairvoyant prognostications?...
by Eric Olsen | Dec 9, 2015 | culture, paranormal, religion and belief, seasonal, supernatural beings |
Most of us take the rituals and customs of Christmas at face value and don’t realize how weird and macabre some of them truly are. Over the last several years there has been a surge of awareness and interest in the various dark companions of the saintly, gift-giving...
by Eric Olsen | Dec 8, 2015 | art, culture, magick and occult, media, paranormal, religion and belief, seasonal, supernatural beings |
Most of us take the rituals and customs of Christmas at face value and don’t realize how weird and ancient they truly are. Though many people know that our modern Santa Claus evolved from the real-life 4th century Bishop of Myra, St. Nicholas, very few of us...
by Eric Olsen | Dec 2, 2015 | culture, ghosts and spirits, media, paranormal, religion and belief, seasonal |
The winter holiday season is layer upon layer of tradition and symbol drawn from disparate cultures over thousands of years, pagan and Christian, natural and supernatural, Yule and Christmas, Winter Solstice and the birth of Christ, with common themes of rebirth,...
by Eric Olsen | Nov 27, 2015 | culture, ghosts and spirits, media, movies, paranormal, seasonal |
by - [-] Rank/Rating: -/- Price: - As with the inevitable appearance of Santa Claus at the end of Thanksgiving Day parades, so does conclusion of turkey feast signal the beginning of the Christmas holiday season. For those inclined toward the darker end of the holiday...
