The city of Portland, Oregon is known in modern times as America’s most “livable cities,” but it wasn’t all too long ago that the seedy underbelly cause it to be one of the most dangerous port cities on the west coast—possibly even the entire world. During the second half of the nineteenth century, the ports of Portland saw all of the criminal traffic that filtered through from … [Read more...] about Urban Legends: The Legendary Shanghai Tunnels of Portland, Oregon
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The Utterly Wicked Truths About “Dark” Magic
The occult, by definition, boils down to an involvement in the supernatural, mystical, or magical beliefs, practices, phenomena. In the sixteenth century, the term occult sciences was used to refer to astrology, alchemy, and natural magic. In the nineteenth century, occultism emerged in France and began to be associated with various esoteric groups therein connected to Éliphas … [Read more...] about The Utterly Wicked Truths About “Dark” Magic
The Mystery of Pandora’s Box
What is Pandora's Box? Well, it's something of an origin story--much like the origin story of Christianity, with Adam and Eve and the Tree of Knowledge. It is said in Christianity that all of the evil that arose in the world of humans only came about after Eve ate the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. In the older, ancient Grecian mythologies, there was Pandora's Box which … [Read more...] about The Mystery of Pandora’s Box
La Noria (2018) and Our Fear of the Dark
Fear of the dark is often instigated during a person's childhood and often causes severe symptoms of anxiety and depression--in some cases, this fear becomes a phobia, then causes an excessive and irrational impact on daily life. Nyctophobia most often starts as a childhood fear that is considered a normal part of development, but studies have shown that this is often more of a … [Read more...] about La Noria (2018) and Our Fear of the Dark