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The Invention of Evil: How the Devil Took Shape in Christian Thought
In the end, the Devil’s greatest trick may not have been convincing the world he doesn’t exist, as Baudelaire quipped, but persuading humanity to search for him only outside themselves.
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Folklore?
“Superstition, or warning?” Sylvia’s gaze drifted toward the window. “The dead have long memories, Lillian. They walk closer at this time of year. Sometimes they whisper through horses, or fog, or gulls that cannot rest.”
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“Can a Spell Change the World—or Only the One Who Casts It?”
If we performed it, Venus herself might soften Wren’s heart — and with him, the town.
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The Song at Lizard Point
“I see no scaled maidens, Sylvia—only the play of light and wave. Though…” She paused. “There is a pattern.
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What Is Magic — and Who Uses It, and Why?
We use magic not simply to predict or control, but to orient ourselves in a world that often feels overwhelming.
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Magic, Medicine, and Belief: Medieval Hodgepodge and Modern Echoes
The painting Love Magic (1478–80), now in the Museum der Bildenden Kunst in Leipzig, offers a striking entry point into the medieval entanglement of science, religion, and magic. A young woman, nude but for delicate shoes and a transparent veil, sprinkles powder over what appears to be a heart in a casket. In the fifteenth century, the…
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Demons at the Gate: How Augustine’s Inheritance Shaped Magic from Cloister to Cosmos?
Augustine’s rebranding of daimons as demons created the framework that defined magic for a millennium. From Aquinas to witchcraft theorists, from Trithemius to Jung, Western thought could not escape this inheritance: once spirits became fallen angels, all magical practice stood suspect.
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The Connection Between Lughnasadh, The Heart of Shadows, and Ara Norenzayan’s Research
According to Cornish folklore, the Heart represents the essence of life and the balance between light and dark—a theme that resonates with the cyclical nature of agricultural seasons.
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The Shining Ones, Tuatha de Danaan, and the Roads Beneath Our Feet
The Watchers appear in texts like the Book of Enoch, a once-suppressed text that describes how these beings—often interpreted as fallen angels—shared knowledge of metallurgy, herbalism, astrology, and magical practices.
ARCHETYPAL ASSETS
Innovation in Cultural Cosmology / by Debra DeLeo Moolenaar
