We have quite a crop this month: the continued growth of Holy Death, the most auspicious day on which to buy gold if you’re a Jain, a video about Nepalese witch abuse, and the pitfalls of goblin ownership, among many other items. Let’s dive in, shall we?… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Occult News
“This is the way occultists tell each other, ‘Hey, we’re Satanists, and we’re partying.’”
Learn that shorthand and more in this puzzling clip from a long-lost time when some people thought parks were ruled by gay men and satanists, and when it was OK to have that hairstyle.… Continue Reading
Occult News Roundup: Cursed cities, electoral nudity, and genie-scaring wolves
Yikes, it’s been a while. Let’s do this: The spate of sorcery-related violence that began in Papua New Guinea in 2011 continues, with two elderly women in April being kidnapped, tortured, and murdered by a mob. According to this AFP dispatch, the authorities do not seem like they’re much help: “They were tortured for three… Continue Reading
Why didn’t Sylvia Browne know that Amanda Berry is alive?
Because Sylvia Browne does not have magic powers, contrary to her lucrative assertions otherwise. Browne, who was convicted of fraud and theft 20 years ago in a case unrelated to her self-proclaimed magical powers, is facing a lot of criticism for telling Berry’s mother, Louwana Miller, that her daughter was dead. Browne received this vision… Continue Reading
Amanda Berry, Sylvia Browne, and consulting familiar spirits
As you’ve no doubt read by now, there’s a breathtaking story out of Cleveland involving three young women who went missing a decade ago being found alive after a neighbor heard one of them calling for help. Although the women must have suffered unimaginable trauma (and one of them apparently gave birth to a child… Continue Reading
Forget nukes. Israel now has that old black magic
The governments of Israel and Iran will never star in a nation-state version of the classic play/sitcom “The Odd Couple,” this we know. We also know that there is a fair amount of “Spy vs. Spy” type activity happening between the two countries: assassinations. Terrorism-by-proxy. Computer viruses. But the bitter, undeclared war between the two… Continue Reading
Smells and bells and a lawsuit from hell: Man sues over failed flatulence-related exorcism
Well, if you can top this news story today, I would like to see it: A Romanian man is suing an Orthodox bishop and four priests for failing to exorcise flatulent demons that were ruining his business. Says Madalin Ciculescu, 34: “If they represent the way of God then God’s ways are crooked. They did… Continue Reading
Baboon transformations, eBay bone sales, and sorcerer politics: Occult News Roundup
I have been not feeling it, occult news-wise, for a while, but I have not been totally asleep at the switch. How much witchcraft, Santeria, and person-to-baboon transformation news can you handle in one serving? LET’S FIND OUT.… Continue Reading
Santa Muerte is ready for the spotlight
It seems like so long ago that we were considering the growing press attention to Santa Muerte, the narco-beloved folk demigod swiftly catching on in the United States after two decades of explosive growth in popularity in Mexico. What we’ve mostly seen so far are perfectly respectable reports in local papers, usually interviewing law enforcement… Continue Reading
Pat Robertson, fashion exorcist
Back in my reporter days, the “Pat-Robertson-puts-foot-in-mouth” story was as reliable as the swallows returning to San Juan Capistrano. It’s 2013, Pat is old enough to have lied about his Korean War service, but by gorry, he’s still at it: On Monday’s 700 Club, a viewer named ‘Carrie’ asked televangelist Pat Robertson if she should… Continue Reading