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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.
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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.