All fans of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Myths are probably familiar with the Necronomicon, that forbidden book by the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred. What few know is that there is another book, within the same cycle, whose story is even more…
Vampire obsession… Vanessa had always liked vampires. Not the ones from the legends, by the way; those deformed, rotten beings, capable of making their way from their coffins by swallowing earth, capable of gnawing unburied bones, devouring rats, chewing their…
The real source of laughter. The human being is the only known creature that is aware of itself, that wonders about the universe, about its identity; who knows, beyond any doubt, that one day he will die. The human…
The existance of the second death. There is a second death, more silent and unnoticed, that occurs as suddenly as the first but without leaving relatives, or burials, or funerals, or pleasant conversations about the retrospective goodness of the deceased….
If we talk about vampires and cursed books, it is impossible to omit this delusional and commercially voracious piece: The Vampire Ritual Book by occultist Michelle Belanger – who claims to be a psychic vampire, also known as energy vampires…
The Ouija Board, as well as other perhaps more modest versions, such as the cup game, and essentially any method or system of communication with the spirits, can be a dangerous tool if not used properly. Referring to it as…
The Biology of Horror: Gothic Literature and Film is a book by researcher Jack Morgan, published in 2002. The Biology of Horror sets out to examine the heart of the Gothic genre. To do this, Jack Morgan analyzes the core…
Ahh Vampires… If horror movies have taught us anything, it is that a vampire’s bite is not painful. In fact, these “unfortunate” victims often have a wild look as the vampire prepares to pierce their necks. There is no screaming….
Compendium Maleficarum (Compendium Maleficarum) – whose title means: the compendium of the witches – is a demonological treatise by the Italian priest Francesco María Guazzo (1570-1640), published in 1608. In essence, it is one of the most interesting demonological dictionaries…
Between us and death there is hardly an instant. For some, that moment lasts for a lifetime, for others, that of a sigh. The end is there and it is inexorable. Schopenhauer, and perhaps also Nietzsche, reasoned that man’s suffering…
