The Masonic Myth-Jay Kinney Oct 29, 2009
Whether Masonry is tied to the occult, what actually takes place at meetings and how degrees are earned and given are all part of the knowledge given to the reader as they delve deeper into the story. Kinney does unlock one door after another in an effort to explain why there is so much secrecy surrounding The Brotherhood. (Suite101.com)
McKinney carves entertainment into Octobers end (609) Oct 28, 2009
McKinney is becoming home to all things occult as the city gears up for Halloween, starting with The Legends of McKinney Ghost Walk to take place from 6-10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24 and Friday, Oct. 30. The walk passes by Chestnut Square Historic Village, Collin County Courthouse and the Old Collin County Prison, among other places teased on the events website with eerie seek-and-find questions such as, Can you see the shadow of the hanging man from the last public hanging in Texas. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
COLUMN: 'Good without God' seems to turn nothing into a bit of something to brag about Oct 28, 2009
Tpaine wrote on Oct 27, 2009 5:10 PM:" Most evidence points to Hitler probably not being a Christian - he actually thought Christianity was a little sissy for lack of a better word. Most of what he said about Christianity was to convince the people to go along with what he wanted. That being said, he probably was a theist(not atheist). He was influenced by Gnostic, liberal Christian and Eastern religions and dabbled in the occult. Other important Nazi leaders were VERY heavy into the occult and... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Letters to the editor (10/28/09) Oct 28, 2009
Apparently, though, she grew up in a church in fear of ghosts, goblins, the occult and Halloween ... I couldn't help but feel glad she spent time questioning all this fear of the occult and all things satanic that her church thinks Halloween represents. (Anchorage Daily News)
Pop Music's 5 Best Halloween Songs Oct 28, 2009
According to legend, bassist Geezer Butler had developed an interest in the occult and was reading a few too many books about Satanism and the like. He said he awoke one night to see a demonic figure looming above him. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
* Japans quirky first lady honored as jeans ambassador @HJj Oct 26, 2009
Dubbed Mrs Occult by Time magazine, her colorful remarks have made headlines as far afield as India, Israel, Britain and the US.. Taiwanese star Jerry Yan won the international competition, while Japanese pop singer Koda Kumi, popular at home and across Asia, was awarded the general competition prize. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Controversy Unlimited: Snake In The Monkey Shadow Oct 25, 2009
Christians who should know better, who the spirit of God himself has instructed to test all spirits are ready to override that edict and with that succumb to the whims and caprices of the occultist from my great-grandfathers land simply because he is alleged to have prophesied and seen the outcome of the match between Ghana and Brazil ... So if some counterfeit spiritualist, delves into the realms of the occult to make some smart connections to our football management team and together they... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Is It Worth Sitting Though Lars von Trier's Antichrist? Oct 24, 2009
On a slightly more believable scale, the film asks us to imagine that the woods around Eden are home to some dreadful occult force, one having to do with nature, reproduction, and death. He witnesses a deer giving birth on a trail, She is haunted by the ceaseless pelting of the cabin roof by falling acorns (all potential baby trees, almost all fated to die before they sprout). (Slate)
Camille Paglia Oct 23, 2009
The occult "Rosemary's Baby" (1968) is superb story-telling with a sardonic twist; Polanski got sensational performances out of both Ruth Gordon and Mia Farrow. I have constantly recommended "Chinatown" (1974) to my students as a brilliant example of a moody, issues-oriented film noir in color -- with three more top-notch performances (Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston). (Salon)
> read more Oct 23, 2009
Our assignment was to carry specially designed CCD cameras to remote sites across both hemispheres to record the first-ever occultation of a star by a large (KBO) ... Pulcova is a dark body 85 miles (137 km) in diameter, and it was to occult TYCO 2314-01655-1, a 12 ... Heres a video showing the occultation of TYCO 2314-01655-1 (at right) by the asteroid Pulcova (at left). (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Dramas with a hint of bizarre drawing viewers Oct 22, 2009
From the classic The Twilight Zone to the cultish , unexplained phenomena will always have a place on television thanks to our never-ending fascination with the unknown," says Tracy Phillips, Senior Editor at Fancast.com and one who follows these kinds of hybrids. Supernatural crime solvers were the next logical progression of procedurals to counter the burnout that followed when straight-shooters like CSI and Law & Order started spawning faster than Jon &... (MSNBC -- Television)
Warehouse 13 Makes Syfy Channel Rat... Oct 22, 2009
The surprise hit about bickering Secret Service agents hunting occult relics averaged more than 4 million total viewers and more than 2 million adults ages 25 to 54. Following its Sept. 22 season finale, became the all-time Syfy channel leader in total viewers (4. (Suite101.com)
Communities across North Iowa schedule Halloween activities (62) Oct 22, 2009
Children are asked to dress in costumes that are not scary, violent or occult, like witches or ghosts, and leave guns, knives and other weapons at home. FERTILE. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
At Messiah College, glory comes on and off the field Oct 20, 2009
Students at Messiah attend mandatory chapel services and sign a community covenant in which they agree to "avoid such sinful practices as drunkenness, stealing, dishonesty, profanity, occult practices (and) sexual intercourse outside of marriage.". Lindsay Hall, a third baseman on the softball team, says high school classmates from Fairfax, Va. (USA Today -- Sports)
What the Hex is going on in Canberra? Oct 20, 2009
I suspecting there may bit a bit of occult knowledge in the ministries of fire group. Perhaps they set up the "satanic alter" so they had something to complain about. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
1936 Olympics hockey team India's greatest ever Oct 17, 2009
Till then, India was seen only as an exotic land of the occult, of snake charmers, rope trick mendicants and practitioners of black magic; after that it came to be known as a land of hockey wizards too. Like all great teams, the 1936 squ 00004000 ad was led by the game's greatest player ever: Dhyan Chand. (India Times, India)
Saving lives through breast cancer imaging Oct 17, 2009
We identified a cancer that otherwise was occult and her life was saved. Loading commenting interface. (Woburn Advocate, MA)
Game Hunters Oct 16, 2009
Using the headgear, he tries to rescue his kidnapped girfriend from a group of supernatural creatures led by occult figure Dr. West. Head to the bottom of this post for more screenshots, but beware the blood. (USA Today -- Tech)
Feminism Ruined Womens' Lives? Not Really Oct 15, 2009
Only by performing an occult statistical manipulation called "ordered probit estimates," do the authors manage to tease out any trend at all, and it is a tiny one: "Women were one percentage point less likely than men to say they were not too happy at the beginning of the sample [1972]; by 2006 women were one percentage more likely to report being in this category." Differences of that magnitude would be stunning if you were measuring, for example, the speed of light under different physical... (CBS News)
NAMES IN THE NEWS Oct 15, 2009
Ritzi coauthored a paper with E.W. Valdez and J.O. Whitaker Jr., Ectoparasites of the Occult Bat, Myotis occultus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), in New Mexico and Southern Colorado, also published in the most recent issue of the Western North American Naturalist. The paper documents the first official records of several parasitic mites from this unique and cryptic bat species. (Odessa American, TX)
The Kybalion Oct 14, 2009
Speculation has been made as to who the initiates were with the most likely candidates including Paul Foster Case and William Walker Atkinson, occult peers and contributors to the New Thought movement popular in the early 1900's. Originally published in 1912, the Kybalion purports itself as a master key of wisdom with the intent of uniting the disparate bits of information that students of the Occult are likely to collect over the course of their seeking. (Suite101.com)
The old-time gloom settles over Fenway Oct 12, 2009
It was as if an occult hand had pushed it open from inside the wall. By then, all the air was sucked out of the ballpark. (Boston Globe)
Click to read:Afghanistan: Tough Mission for Marines Oct 12, 2009
Whatever the hidden geopolitical motives are, they seem to be as occult as the ones we were defending in that made up dominos game in Vietnam. One thing that jefleshman said that I do emphatically disagree with is that old illusion of. (CBS News)
What will happen to the reputation of Hyman Bloom, one of Boston’s most celebrated artists? Oct 11, 2009
He also read Helena P. Blavatsky s 1888 occult treatise, The Secret Doctrine, and began his long involvement with spiritualist groups and seekers ... newald, Rembrandt, and Hieronymus Bosch; volumes on Topkapi carpets, Himalayan art, and the sketches of Hokusai; and books with titles like Torment in Art, Witchcraft and Demonology, The World of Bats and The Occult in Art. (Boston Globe)
CD spin: Air's 'Love 2' Oct 11, 2009
In this bland domestic environment, occult occurrences are doubly freaky. The documentary-style photography is all through the lens of Micah's camera, sometimes mounted on a tripod in the sleeping couple's bedroom, sometimes handheld and jiggly. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Legendary Gravel Oct 10, 2009
October 9, 2009 - The Warren Ellis/Avatar Press comic book has been acquired by Legendary Pictures for a proposed film adaptation of the occult tale. Ellis, who's also penned titles such as Transmetropolitan and Planetary, will write the first draft of the screenplay and serve as an executive producer on the film. (IGN FilmForce)
Snow on Sunday! 'Would be earliest measurable in Chicago'... Oct 9, 2009
"comments":[{"body":"I spent a couple of years in Springfield, which is much farther south than Chicago. I did not adapt well to the cold weather and soon fled back to Texas. Swimming on Lake Travis is my idea of a good October day. We did have record (only by duration and not highest temperature) heat this summer, but I fear record cold this year for central Texas which might drive me back to the tropical Rio Grande Valley. Texas is known for hot weather in summer, but mild Winters. Illinois is... (The Drudge Report)
'Horrorcore' rapper suspected in slayings Oct 8, 2009
The pastor said the church has invited an occult specialist to speak with members of the community to help them come to grips with the dark side of humanity. "We have looked evil in the face and cannot deny that it exists," Meadows said. (CNN -- Law)
In a zombie nation, 'secret' history sells Oct 6, 2009
Every book was either about Freemasons, the Illumanati or America's "occult" origins. Two tables over on the mezzanine was another group of young people flipping through books on vampires and zombies. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Slain Longwood U. professor, daughter memorialized Oct 5, 2009
A Virginia teen killed along with her parents and a friend was remembered Saturday as a rebellious girl who dabbled in the occult and obsessed about macabre music but also listened to the Backstreet Boys and played soccer ... (AP) -- A Virginia teen killed along with her parents and a friend was remembered Saturday as a rebellious girl who dabbled in the occult and obsessed about macabre music but also. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
More choose invasive surgery Oct 4, 2009
And it is clearly needed in cases of occult breast cancer, where there is a metastasis in the lymph nodes, for instance, but no tumor visible on mammography or clinical exam, he said. But in other instances, the information provided could lead to a more aggressive surgery based on information that might turn out to be nothing, Dr. Pugliese said. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Jonesboros witch trials of 1994 (1) Sep 30, 2009
Upon finding the bodies in May of 1993, the West Memphis Police Department assumed that the nature of the crime scene strongly suggested occult activities. Though their assumption was not completely illogical as the three boys were found naked, bound and with cuts on their bodies, what the police lacked was evidence of occult-like activity and physical evidence as to the identity of the murder(s) ... Misskelley has since recanted his confession, as did of the one of the only character witnesses... (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum and Pla... Sep 24, 2009
The definition of Rosicrucian from the online Merriam-Webster dictionary is, adherent of a 17th and 18th century movement professing esoteric (special, rare, or unusual interest) and occult (to shut off from view or exposure) wisdom with emphasis on mysticism and spiritual enlightenment. This is an extraordinary museum and one does not have to be an Egyptian enthusiast to benefit from what this attraction offers. (Suite101.com)
New Age Bookshops And Stores In Gla... Sep 21, 2009
There is a strong countercultural community based around the town, and it boasts a remarkable concentration of shops specialising in New Age, Wicca and the Occult, all within a few hundred yards of the Market Cross near the Glastonbury Abbey ... Courtyard Books on the other side of the road opposite the Speaking Tree carries on the Mind Body and Spirit theme with a great collection of second-hand and antiquarian books, often including some occult classics by Aleister Crowley, A.E. Waite, Dion... (Suite101.com)
New blood tests promise simple, cost-effective diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancers Sep 21, 2009
Faecal occult blood testing (FOBT), where patients give stool samples to be analysed, is less invasive, inexpensive and is used in national screening programmes in some European countries ... "Once validated in a prospective colorectal screening trial, the new methylation test could be used as a non-invasive screening option for patients who decline or do not have access to colonoscopy or do not wish to undertake the faecal occult blood test," says Dr Louwagie. (EurekAlert!)
Freemasonary opens its doors to outside world Sep 19, 2009
The main reason behind the organisation's functional shift is to remove gross misconceptions around it, including conspiring with extra terrestrials and occult practices. The organisation that stresses on character-building now wants the world to know of its charity work and get a larger participation. (India Times)
‘The Lost Symbol’ contains lots of clues, codes - and cliches Sep 18, 2009
Professor Langdon is again our guide, and he moves the book s quest forward by deciphering the meaning behind various secret codes, hidden maps, cryptic paintings, occult symbols, ancient books, concealed entranceways, and numerous inscriptions. Brown s plot involves examining Freemasonry and moving his characters from one place in Washington, D.C., to the next, where they ll find a hidden clue that leads them to another hidden clue. (Boston Globe)
DC Masons Brace For Dan Brown Fans Sep 17, 2009
Countless secrets have been whispered in a room decorated with occult Egyptian symbols, but perhaps not the secret Brown's fans are searching for. "Do you have the wisdom that will unleash infinite power?". (W-USA News, DC)
Beauty, adrift in metaphors in Gonzlez Palma’s works Sep 16, 2009
For the current show, Jacob Ireland s wispy plunge into early 20th-century interpretations of the occult, according to Bradley Benedetti, one of the five young artists overseeing the space, the performance element is people coming and squinting at the walls ... He has smudged large-scale graphite portraits of occult writer Sylvan J. Muldoon on the walls, and they are nearly invisible ... The installation includes a small table with text Muldoon wrote about his occult experiences. (Boston Globe)
Why are some men drawn to redheads? Sep 16, 2009
I finally got a chance to kiss her after years of mooning over her, sending her poems, talking late into the night about her favorite topics, which included the occult, Northern Irish politics, and "Why All The Boys Who Aren't You Be Crazy?". We were at an Irish pub where laddies from "back home" were pounding pints. (CNN)
"The Lost Symbol" and the Freemasons: 8 Myths Decoded Sep 16, 2009
Since long before The Lost Symbol, Freemasons have been accused of everything from conspiring with extraterrestrials to practicing sexual deviancy to engaging in occult rituals to running the world or trying to end it ... The pentagram, for example, is much older than Freemasonry and acquired its occult overtones only in the 19th and 20th centuries, hundreds of years after the Masons had adopted the symbol. (National Geographic)
Dan Brown's new novel The Lost Symbol capitol-izing on success Sep 16, 2009
The Lost Symbol manages to take a twisting, turning route through many such aspects of the occult even as it heads for a final secret that is surprising for a strange reason: It's unsurprising. It also amounts to an affirmation of faith. (FOX59, IN)
Gay-lesbian film fest celebrates 20 years Sep 15, 2009
Answer: "Numerology" is a short, humorous animation that unveils the mysteries of lesbians through the occult arts. Without giving too much away, the numbers take on lives of their own, and those lives are very specifically lesbian. (Fresno Bee)
Japan's Next First Lady: Introducing "Mrs. Occult" Sep 8, 2009
She is sometimes referred to as "Mrs. Occult," because she wrote a monthly spiritual column in Mu. Never shy about her opinions, she propagates them with gusto on television, discussing everything from religion to cooking, with the authority of a lifestyle guru or "life composer," as she describes herself. (Time.com)
The Haunted House Tales of Algernon... Sep 7, 2009
He was from the beginning a speculative youth, becoming fascinated with psychic phenomenon and the occult. His first venture as an adult took him to a farm in Canada; he also tried being a journalist in New York. (Suite101.com)
Playing Games: Wolfenstein, Space Invaders Sep 2, 2009
These days you need Nazis who dabble in the occult, and if some forbidden experiments result in strange creatures crossing the veil, then that's all the better ... These days you need Nazis who dabble in the occult, and if some forbidden. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Obama's Classroom Campaign: No Junior Lobbyist Left Behind Sep 2, 2009
Rituals are an important aspect of occult power. (It will only take you a minute,and you'll be glad you did. (Townhall.com)
Harmse judge 'needs time' Sep 2, 2009
Testifying on Tuesday morning, occult specialist Dr Jacobus Jonker said he did not believe satanism played a role in the crime. Jonker said Harmse appeared to have only experimented with elements of satanism, along with wicca and "magic", rather than being fully immersed in any of these practices. (iAfrica.com)
Harmse in 'fantasy world' Sep 1, 2009
An expert on occult behaviour will testify in the South Gauteng High Court on Tuesday, ahead of sentencing in Morn Harmse's murder trial. The teenager, dubbed the samurai sword killer, murdered 16-year-old Jacques Pretorius and attacked three others at Nic Diederichs Technical High School in Krugersdorp last August. (iAfrica.com)
The copy machine is busted: Ars reviews Wolfenstein Aug 25, 2009
Mixing Nazis with the occult is so overdone it's hard to take some of these scenes seriously, and the powers you're given are by-the-book to the point of satire. When something that kills me is moving quickly, and the game points out that I can "use Mire to slow down time!" I feel like putting down the controller and letting the damn thing play itself. (Ars Technica)
5 tests that could save your life Aug 24, 2009
5 medical tests that could save your life - Men's health- msnbc. 5 medical tests that could save your life. (MSNBC -- Health)
Should Christians Celebrate Hallowe... Aug 19, 2009
The real question is whether Christians should have anything at all to do with something that pertains to (or is derived from) witchcraft, paganism, or the occult ... Only a small minority of Halloween's celebrants give witchcraft, paganism, or the occult any serious attention or consideration ... The debate will likely continue, but the Bible is clear that Christians should oppose sorcery, witchcraft, and the occult -- and should not do anything that would encourage or advance such practices or... (Suite101.com)
id Software's Wolfenstein(TM) Now Available Aug 19, 2009
"The latest chapter delivers an epic gameplay experience by seamlessly blending intense combat throughout a compelling sci-fi narrative that brings the occult underworld to life as only Wolfenstein can deliver.". As players embark on an all-new mission deep in the heart of the Third Reich, they will have access to an arsenal of upgradable conventional and sci-fi weapons, while battling a multitude of escalating enemies, from Nazi combat troops and super soldiers to paranormal forces and... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Dan Brown's latest thriller looks 'big, big' Aug 19, 2009
Occult America by Mitch Horowitz (Bantam, $27, Sept. 8) deals with Freemasonry as part of a broader history. Decoding The Lost Symbol: The Unauthorized Guide to the Facts Behind the Fiction by Simon Cox (Simon and Schuster, $14. (USA Today -- Life)
Wolfenstein RPG Review Aug 17, 2009
You must fight your way to Castle Wolfenstein and put a stop to an occult weapons program. Between here and there are hundreds of enemy soldiers and monsters. (IGN Wireless Games)
Try some cool games for a hot August Aug 14, 2009
Due out Aug. 18, Activision's Wolfenstein shines a light on the Nazis' dark obsession with the occult, as you resurrect your role as B.J. Blazkowicz, a decorated member of the Office of Secret Actions (OSA). Using brains and brawn, you need to stop the Germans from harnessing power from a parallel dimension to create a weapon of unprecedented mass destruction. (USA Today -- Tech)
Batchelors Grove Cemetery Aug 13, 2009
But the cemetery gradually took on an air of the occult as authorities began finding the remains of satanic rituals. Stones were broken and destroyed, graves were desecrated; a number showed signs of attempted grave robberies. (Suite101.com)
How many out of 666? Aug 10, 2009
Still, you have to admire the dark-forest spookiness of tracks such as "The Wizard" and "Behind the Wall of Sleep." In his Rolling Stone review, however, Lester Bangs was not impressed: "The album has nothing to do with spiritualism, the occult, or anything much except stiff recitations of Cream cliches that sound like the musicians learned them out of a book, grinding on and on with dogged persistence.". Rating out of 666: 420. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Obituary: Corazon Aquino Aug 7, 2009
Adding to the exotic admixture were such minor curiosities as Cardinal Sin, whose inspired name suggested someone in the Vatican must have had a sense of humour, and the ouija tables introduced to the Malaca;ang Palace during the Marcos presidency, which yanked the mind back towards the Chinese occult. Against such a backdrop, Mrs Aquino devout, shy and apparently devoid of ambition was on the face of it an improbable tribune of the Filipinos. (The Economist)
This Week's Sky at a Glance Aug 3, 2009
The Moon occults (covers) Antares as seen from much of southern Asia and, in daylight, the Middle East ... Jupiter occults (passes across) the 6th-magnitude star 45 Capricorni for observers in Europe and easternmost North America ... It's quite rare for a planet to occult such a bright star. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Jupiter Blots Out a Star Aug 2, 2009
First the plane of its moons pointed edge-on to Earth, allowing remarkable "mutual events" when the moons eclipse and occult each other ... In North America, the occultation can only be seen from New England and the Maritime Provinces and barely so ... So weather permitting, every telescope owner on Earth will have a chance to see many fascinating events during the days before and after the occultation. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Trio held for India 'sacrifice' Jul 31, 2009
Police say there could be an occult dimension to the murders ... Police say they believe the death is connected to an occult practitioner who promised he could cure ailments by sacrificing a child "to please supernatural powers". (BBC News -- South Asia)
Stormie: A Story of Forgiveness and... Jul 31, 2009
Stormie Ormatian's book "Stormie: A Story of Forgiveness and Healing" describes her experience with fear, drug occult, despair and ultimate triumph through faith. The book is a virtual offering of hope to anyone with a thirst for healing and forgiveness. (Suite101.com)
Civil War novel ‘All Other Nights’ echoes Passover themes Jul 28, 2009
Love is a kind of magic, practiced by the masters of its occult arts. Eugenia Levy steals Jacob s heart by first swiping his wallet. (Boston Globe)
Celebrity Psychic's Crystal Ball And Other Items Go Up For Auction Jul 27, 2009
"You don't really have to believe in the occult to appreciate the contributions she made interacting with political players," says Corazzini. I am not a psychic , but I can tell you the crystal ball has generated the most excitement," says Stephanie Kenyon, president of the auction house. She says the ball captures Dixon's spirit, mystique and romance. "It's hard to say what [the crystal ball] will bring. (W-USA News, DC)
