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Category Archives: Occult

Review: Science of Breath

Thursday, February 24, 2005

I re-read the Science of Breath last week.
For a skinny, little book it sure is packed full of information. Those yogis really pay a lot of attention to the details of everyday physical life. We all breath, but how often do we actually contemplate our breathing? The Science of Breath asks us [...]

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Hieronymus Bosch Action Figures

Friday, February 11, 2005

Oooo, freaky!
I’ve always loved the surrealist Hieronymus Bosch. His visions of Hell are so strange and disturbing, I can really believe that he might be right? Of course, I’ve been told that I’m not quite right in the head anyway and I’ve always loved all the surrealists, so I may be biased. [...]

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Happy Birthday, Mr. Lovecraft!

Friday, August 20, 2004

That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die.
Ah, if only Lovecraft could live on in that eternal life beyond death. But, alas, he cannot and we have only his tremendous body of work to keep us company. Never the less, knowing that it is his birthday, [...]

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The Birthday out of Space

Wednesday, August 20, 2003

Happy Birthday H.P. Lovecraft!
Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born today in 1890, in Providence, Rhode Island. He was the creator of the Necrnomicon, which is a ficticious book which he used as a prop in his writing. It was, however, so believable that there are still people who insist that it is a real [...]

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The Calling

Sunday, June 28, 1992

There’s one of those “paid advertisements” flashing on the T.V. screens and the lights are strobing in time to the latest re-mixed, pop-music knock-off. The lyrics are saying something about dancing alone while she danced with another. Deep. Real deep. A whole six inches. I start to leave when I see him. He glides towards [...]

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