General information about Curse Tablets has been gathered from Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds by Daniel Ogden, specifically his chapter “Curses.” This essay focuses on the curse tablets of Ancient Greece in the Classical and Hellenistic period. Buried across what was Ancient Greece are curse tablets, or binding spells (in ...
I love gag merchandise. I love playing jokes or evil tricks on people, and I love buying stupid knick knacks that I really have no use for. Aside from Spencer’s store and gift shops in my local neighborhood, I enjoy looking around the web for new and unique items that I have yet to spot ...
My friend was 29 when she found out she had cancer. It had started in her pancreas and quickly spread everywhere: liver, lungs, lymph nodes, and womb. Like almost anyone sentenced to death at 29, she looked around desperately for some promise of hope. That promise came in the form of tong ren–a form of ...
Voodoo is perhaps one of the more famous pagan religions in North America. A mixture of African tribal shamanism and the Catholic beliefs that were forced on the slaves when they came to Haiti, Voodoo has grown and spread over a large portion of the Caribbean and has made its way up into America. Voodoo ...
The Disney film The Princess and The Frog is set in New Orleans and the villain practices Voodoo. At www.calastrology.com they claim Voodoo Dolls could bring you all that you desire! The word voodoo comes from the word vudu, the Dahomean “spirit”, an invisible mysterious force that can intervene in human affairs. “In Voodoo spells, ...
It was 1984, the dawn of such exciting, adventurous movie classics as “Romancing the Stone”, and “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”. Having already experienced the allure of “Romancing the Stone” together, the man I was dating at the time agreed to share yet another thrilling adventure with me as promised in the ads ...
City life takes its toll on all of us and all of us have yearned for a get-away-from-it-all long weekend to refresh the lungs, rejuvenate the body and recharge the brain cells. Thailand is blessed with weekend destinations for every taste. Fancy a relaxing few days in the countryside, or snorkeling, diving or merely lazing ...
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