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Of Sacred Hymns and Profane Revelry: Midgardsblot 2024

By Lyonel Perabo | September 6, 2024

The Midgardsblot festival, taking place each August in Borre, just south of Oslo, Norway, has slowly but surely become ubiquitous among Viking nerds, Norse Pagans, and metalheads alike. With its unique blend of extreme Metal and nordic folk acts (among others), alongside numerous artistic and academic entertainment acts, it was only a matter of time that I checked it out for myself.

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“Starve Acre” hides its folk horror heart beneath a shroud of domestic tragedy

By Meg Elison | September 1, 2024

Starve Acre is domestic horror only in the sense that Britain itself is the domicile. Dig just a few inches into the soil and a riot of irrational myth and impossible happenings is always just below this family’s feet.

Screenshot of footage taken of the Nazi propaganda procession during Tag der Deutschen Kunst ('Day of German Art') held in Munich, Germany on 14-16 July, 1939, a celebration that opened the annual Great German Art Exhibition.

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Table Full of Nazis

By Karl E. H. Seigfried | August 31, 2024

This is why I no longer wear the hammer in public. There’s just too much darkness lurking below the surface, across the board.

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Occult Symbolism in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

By Erick DuPree | August 30, 2024

Much like ceremonial magic, where ritual tools such as swords embody the practitioner’s control over the mind and spirit, He-Man’s sword does more than grant him physical power — it bestows wisdom and responsibility.

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To be a Witch is to be the Subject of Rumor: “The Blair Witch Project” at 25

By Meg Elison | August 25, 2024

Twenty-five years later, my favorite thing about The Blair Witch Project is that the Witch does bite. The magic is secret and nobody talks too much. The horror is implacable, and the offering is written in a language the viewer is not meant to read.