The majority of those who walk the necromantic path are considered to be outcasts in one form or another. As hard as it may be to believe there was indeed a time when I was such a social pariah. Growing up as the grungy kid at the back of the class who cared little for … Continue reading Necromantic Outcast
Parapsychology
Howl At The Darkness
We all have an inner primitive. In some it is little more than a bundle of repressed desires and unfulfilled needs churning quietly just below the surface of their otherwise placid and well adjusted personality, never to see the light of day. In others it takes the form of a distinct alter ego, their own … Continue reading Howl At The Darkness
Ancient Anachronism
The idea that something from outside of the boundaries of our own planet had a hand in the creation of humanity has always been a hot topic among fringe scientists, Biblical scholars and Forteans alike. Yet what was once the domain of overpaid screenwriters and science fiction authors has fast become a discussion point for … Continue reading Ancient Anachronism
Poking The Hermit
I have been riding the sometimes thorny network of hedges between skeptic and magickian, Atheist and Pagan since my earliest days as a scholar of occultism. It has never been particularly easy to do, requiring a lot of doublethink and paradigm shifting, but all in all it has been a worthwhile exercise. I have even managed … Continue reading Poking The Hermit
Media Mass
As occultists it is worth remembering that the religions of old no longer have any right under law to punish us for how we do or do not pray. Yet as highlighted by the case of the late David Farrant, a man who was wrongly convicted on a laundry list of minor charges due to … Continue reading Media Mass
Skepticaust
Unlike America, which can only be viewed from the outside as a thoroughly modern theocracy every bit as fundamentalist as the Muslim nations that it once lead a war for oil against, Great Britain is far less concerned with matters of church than state. This sceptred isle instead breads the sort of heretics that simply … Continue reading Skepticaust
Ghosts Of A Forgotten World
As many of my regular readers will already know I have more than a passing interest in the history of the many allied trades that make up the modern magickal diaspora. Socially minded, yet anarchic by choice, my hollow nature has left me apart from the very mainstream culture that I inhabit. It is from … Continue reading Ghosts Of A Forgotten World
