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3 Questions You Should Ask While You Research the Occult Arts and Sciences
Like many occult enthusiasts, I picked up The Kybalion and was pulled in instantly (I know… Bear with me). I quickly picked up on its intriguing, paradoxical tone; the All is in all, but not the all, the Divine Paradox, the masculine and feminine within the Principle of Gender, and so on. I genuinely felt it had solid insights and also thought it was a great introduction to Hermeticism, but later I ran into several Hermeticists who absolutely despised this work and very bluntly corrected me on what true Hermeticism was. After hearing conflicting opinions about The Kybalion, I wanted to express my own opinion as objectively as possible.
By Aliciel Alone6 years ago in Horror
Doll Village
In the meek darkness of the past, a small village sat at the edge of a lush forest. During these times, hope was just a word some spoke to lighten children’s hearts. The elder villagers knew the cost that poverty brought. Age brings tolerance, but once hungry bellies begin to scream into the night, the elders become just as useless as the weak.
By Alexsandra Barentine6 years ago in Horror
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The Vampire Hierarchy: All vampires have a classification divided up by age and power based on how they came to be. There are several ways this is able to happen. In the begining of time, when all living things came to be, there came forth the "originals" which are sometimes refered to as "The first ones". Occasionally, some extremists and overly devote worshipers refer to them as gods as well and revere them as our holy (or to most humans...unholy) creators. The Originals are most powerful and there are only three known to be alive in this era. coming across an Original is either a huge blessing or an extremely unfortunate matter depending on the situation. Usually if an Original is present it likely means you messed up royally and they're probably there to envoke only the worst most extruciating punishments upon you. Vampire-kind are seemingly immortal, however, this is not the case and is a common misconseption even among most of my younger fellow vampires. We live around 25 centuries and by then either get bored and go into an eternal sleep-state out of sheer bordom or we get killed off earlier than that by hunters, or due to internal squabbling among the vampire clans and families. This is how the "Ancient" class came to be. Some vampires get so old they beome known as Ancients, and any decendents of these vampires and their offspring are under strict control by the one who turned them. In a way the Ancient acts the same way a govenor does in American political systems. They control their territory, and the people in it, but still answer to a higher form of leadership they also are a part of in most cases. Then besides ancients and originals there are also purebloods, which differ merely because they can be procreated by the aforementioned types if they so choose to do it by giving up a shred of their power in order to make what is almost a younger version of themselves in a way, but not in that exact sense since it turns into an entirely different sentient being who still has to grow in power and age. Vampires of lower status cannot procreate and any victim who attempts it goes mad with bloodlust and dies. Many non purebloods and or ancient vampires have tried to mate with humans and had this unfortunate occurance and it usually ends with the vampire being forced to a hearing in front of the council of ancient, and the human dying violently, or the vampire losing control, sucking the life out of the human, and then choosing to go into eternal sleep out of greif from losing the one they loved and being unable to bear the heartbreak. The lower classes of vampires consist of the rare occurance of "Dhampires" or half-breeds which are usually half-human, half vampire and typically these creatures don't live long if they do manage to be successfully created. The only way this is possible is if an ancient-class vampire and a female human/other non-vampire procreate and succeed in creating a decendant. This for obvious reasons is extremely forbidden by both vampires and most other races. A good example is Count Dracula and his son Alucard who had a human mother. His mother was murdered by the Catholics, and he was then forced to choose to hunt and kill his own father in order to keep him from destroying the world. He then awhile after was slain by hunters for being half-vampire. From the time of alucard's death it was then decided that all Dhampires would be considered abominations and interatial mating was then forbidden by the counil of ancients.even lesser creatures than Dhampires are "Thralls" which are humans who are turned via a bite directly on their juglar which drains them completely of their human blood and then the vampire who inflicts this normally life-ending wound then provides the then drained human with a little less than a fourth of their own blood usually by slicing open the left palm with a special ritual dagger, and placing the hand over the mouth of the chosen person. When the person is "reborn" they're under full mental and physical control by their master until around a week or two has passed. It's another extremely illegal thing to do since most humans are unwilling victims or simply just unworthy of the massive power gain they achieve by becoming a turned one. They also don't usually handle it well physically since humans are much physically weaker than even low class vampires. The pureblood version of a Thrall is a "Fledgeling" which is more powerful but only slightly. Fledgelings develope their power quicker and have more vampiric traits than thralls do as well. All classes of vampires can eventually become ancients if given enough time to survive, but lower class vampires have a very difficult time living more than five centuries without being caught for crimes and hunted. Weakest of all in some respects are vampiric animals that’ve been biten and turned simlar to non-pureblood vampires.
By Nicholas Tinkham6 years ago in Horror
Waning
A little town, a lot of tradition. That is the motto of my hometown, Tawnitown. My family moved from somewhere up near the town of Accident after my father committed an unforgivable offense to the minister when he showed up at the church blind drunk and feigned he was speaking in tongues in the middle of the sermon before pissing himself in front of the whole congregation. It was, of course, an accident — at least according to my father. Every time Ma would hear him tell that story to one of his buddies, she would stare at the ground as if she were trying to bore a hole straight down to hell, her jaw clenched tight so not a word against her husband might slip out. You see, Ma was a good woman, a devoted mother, and a faithful wife. She knew when to speak, and when to stay quiet, a quality that my father forcefully instilled in all of us. Whenever Ma had something to say, but knew she had better not, she clenched her jaw so tight, sometimes I feared her teeth might crumble. I always remember her with a loud pop in her jaw every time she would yawn or sing.
By Darby Harmon6 years ago in Horror
Hunt for the black eyed girls of cannock chase
This is the case of....The Hunt for the black eyes girl of cannock chase......... Ok so were to start with this one, well while our team member and Steve’s cousin Joey is still in the hospital still due to his painful injuries given to him from our hunt for that box, but that is in no way at all gonna stop our job in the slightest, and this time we are hunting a cryptid that is a subsection of a well known cryptid the black eyed kids, but this one is all girls are is a much more recently sighted cryptid strictly located in cannock chase. “So what’s the danger of these creatures” Steve asked me “well these are not exactly creatures that we know a lot about as they tend to vanish whenever someone gets close to them but some do think they have paranormal abilities and tonight we are gonna figure it out mate” I replied as Maddy smiled with a facial expression of pure and utter excitement for our hunt, I gotta say despite the think with Joey her ‘go get em” energy is very nice to the team for sure I mean I know Steve will disagree but I honestly think she is a much better addition than Athena was.
By John beckson6 years ago in Horror
Hunt in the demonic house
Alright after the other day of troll hunting Steve’s new girl proves herself a valuable team player, but Steve well he still misses Athena (and really guys if u like my articles please feel free to leave a tip even a small one that would help me and my team to know u guys actually enjoy reading)
By John beckson6 years ago in Horror
Folklore: The Eerie Curse of St Mary's Church
In a sleepy village in England nestled in a small wooded area there sits the ruins of a church. If you didn't know it was there you might miss it as the nature surrounding it has consumed it and camouflaged it well amongst the trees. It is one tree in particular situated on the grounds that this tale was born from. A single oak tree that has grown up through the middle of the church.
By A. N. Merchant 6 years ago in Horror
The hunt for the Kentucky wolfman
Ok so well, as the break ended and the sun rose I got in an argument with Steve over an idea to use his wife as creature bait due to her psychic abilities she would be able to attract the entity much easier, although Steve objected which got us in a little fight I swung a punch but Steve ducked and counter hit me in the face and then flipped me over his shoulder onto the RVs floor and I jump kicked Steve who flew out the half opened door and after grabbing a metal pellet gun I shot steve 20 times although Steve having a high pain tolerance kept on running thru and tackled me then head butted me and b-slapped me 10 times before pointing the gun point blank in my face “she is not a toy to use in your thrill-seeking scientific pursuit of that which is the paranormal doctor” he said to me, however as Steve cocked back the hammer I tried pleading with him, however the only thing that which stopped Steve right as he started to pull back the trigger was when his wife agreed to do it much to Steve’s shock “I understand the doctors desires Steven and I agree....ugh boys, so childish” she said as she went to take a shower.
By Dillion Peck 6 years ago in Horror
