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…
Law of war, that part of international law dealing with the inception, conduct, and termination of warfare. Its aim is to limit the suffering caused to combatants and, more particularly, to those who may be described as the victims of…
Hedgehog’s dilemma (an idea of Schopenhauer). The great German thinker Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) also explored the philosophical possibilities of the parable. One of his best known, and also the most debated, is the so-called Hedgehog’s Dilemma, written in 1851 for…
William Shakespeare No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world with vilest worms to dwell; Nay, if you…
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…
Local authorities report the mysterious disappearance of the skull of German director F.W. Murnau (1888-1931), creator of the gigantic classic of expressionism from the ’20s: Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens), a free adaptation of Bram…
Alouqua —also called Alouqa— is the mother of a fearsome race of vampires from Hebrew myths. This vampire is a true expert in all the possibilities of love, even those that modesty defines as condemnable morbid acts, with which she…
Regarding the substance that sustains spirits and allows them to manifest themselves on the physical plane, i quote an interesting article by Allan Kardec (1804-1869), father of spiritualism, author of fundamental works on the study of ghosts. , spirits and…
What is Louis de Pointe du Lac’s problem? Louis turned into a vampire after the death of his brother, Paul. But, why then? Anne Rice informs us that Louis feels guilty, and that he seeks his own death at the…
Posthumous marriage/ Necrogamy: Marrying a dead person Is it possible to marry a dead person? The answer, surprising as it may seem, is yes. In fact, there is a fairly high number of certified posthumous marriages. The difference between a…
