tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15521737814818327892024-03-17T22:42:21.196-07:00Gothic Divine MagazineDARKNESS,LUST,MYSTERY,FEAR,ROMANCE,LITERATURE,LEGEND,TRENDS,MUSIC,ARTAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01064828514188732937noreply@blogger.comBlogger356125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552173781481832789.post-48337168289519195192016-05-04T15:44:00.001-07:002016-05-04T15:44:37.468-07:00What Goth Culture looks like around the world<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://rebelcircus.com/">Rebelcircus.com</a> has just shared this very cool article on Facebook (click <a href="http://www.rebelcircus.com/blog/what-goth-culture-looks-like-around-the-world/17">here</a> to see it) and couldn't help but reshare with you all. It talks about how Goth culture has spread around the world and there are pictures of how Goths look like in countries like India, Iran and even Kenya, where is not exactly where you would expect to find people following this lifestyle due to religion, customs etc. </div>
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It's very interesting and worth a minute of your time.</div>
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I was personally very surprised by the Indians (see picture below) and how they have successfully mixed their traditional clothing with gothic culture. The result is just.. stunning. I may personally adopt that style! :)</div>
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I would be very cool to interview them and ask them how it is to be a Goth in their countries, if they are accepted or not, where they find the clothing, if they have goth clubs or else. </div>
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If any of you readers is from any of these particular countries, I would love to hear something from you! </div>
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PS. I am very sorry I can't keep posting on this blog as much as I used to but as I explained in previous posts, real life has taken over since 2009 - when I opened this blog - so I post only when I have some real freetime. I want to thank all the supporters and people who keep following Gothic Divine Magazine even after all these years. THANK YOU.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01064828514188732937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552173781481832789.post-83058419571748147652015-08-19T10:22:00.003-07:002015-08-19T10:22:50.982-07:00Abandoned gothic castle: Chateau de Noisy - Miranda Castle in Belgium<div style="text-align: center;">
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When the French Revolution heated up, the politically active Liedekerke-Beaufort family were forced to abandon their castle in the Walloon region of southern Belgium.</div>
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After a few decades of lying low on a nearby farm, the Liedekerke-Beauforts were ready for a new chateau. In 1866 they turned to English architect Edward Milner, whose Gothic design came to life in the form of <b><span style="color: red;">Miranda Castle.</span></b></div>
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Things were sedate and stately at Chateau Miranda until the last gasps of World War II, when German troops descended on the grounds during the Battle of the Bulge. Post-war, Belgium's national railway company used Miranda Castle as a summer home for children who could not be cared for by their parents. Known by the nickname Noisy Castle, the mansion remained a children's recreation site until 1980.</div>
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After becoming too expensive to maintain, Miranda Castle was abandoned in 1991. A fire in 1995 destroyed part of the roof, and dry rot has set into the wood. The building is still owned by Liedekerke-Beaufort family, who, following the fire, stripped the castle of its more valuable components.</div>
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Though rumors of impending demolition persist, Belgian publication La Meuse reported in August that the castle has been granted a reprieve until at least February 2015 due to its possible inclusion on a Walloon heritage conservation list. According to the article, developers have expressed interest in turning Noisy Castle into a hotel and restaurant. Regardless of the outcome, you may have just a few more months to see the chateau in its dilapidated state.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01064828514188732937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552173781481832789.post-38579600277122835982015-07-08T06:24:00.004-07:002015-07-08T06:24:53.094-07:00The Haunted Doll of Okiku<div style="text-align: center;">
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The story of the so-called <b><span style="color: red;">Okiku doll</span></b> starts in 1918, when a 17 year old boy by the name of Eikichi Suzuki purchased a doll for his 2 year old sister, Okiku, as a souvenir while visiting Saporro, on the Japanese island of Hokkaido for a marine exhibition. The doll itself was around 40cm (16 inches) tall and clad in a traditional Japanese kimono. Its eyes are black beads set within the life-like porcelain white face, and the black hair is in a traditional style cut shoulder length. Eikichi immediately knew his sister would love it and bought it right away. The overjoyed little girl was smitten with the doll, and played with it every day, even going so far as to name it after herself, Okiku. The two were reportedly inseparable and went everywhere together until tragedy struck the following year and Okiku fell gravely ill. The girl soon died from complications of severe influenza and fever, and the mourning family placed her beloved doll in a family altar in memory of their daughter.</div>
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Not long after the heartbroken family placed the doll in the altar, they noticed something odd. The jet black hair of the doll, which had originally been cropped to about shoulder length and with neat ends in the traditional style, started getting longer day by day and the ends of the hair became random and haphazard in length in contrast to the straight cut it had had previously. Before long, the hair had grown all the way down to brush against the doll’s knees, which caused the rather alarmed family to conclude that Okiku’s spirit had somehow inhabited the doll. Even when the doll’s hair was trimmed, it soon grew back inexplicably and always stopped at around knee length.</div>
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In 1938, the Suzuki family moved to Sakhalin but was wary of taking the mysterious doll with them. Since they believed that their daughter’s spirit resided within the doll, they were unwilling to discard it and so they instead brought it to Mannenji temple, in the town of Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, Japan. The family explained the doll’s unusual qualities to the priest of the temple, yet he accepted it anyway and soon was able to see for himself that indeed the doll’s hair continued to grow. Trimming the hair became a regular chore at the temple, and soon pictures of the doll with hair of various lengths were adorning the shrine where it was kept.</div>
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To this day, the doll remains at Mannenji temple, housed within a modest wooden box, and its hair purportedly continues to grow no matter how often it is trimmed. The haunted Okiku doll has become rather famous throughout Japan, with its story being adapted into novels, films, and traditional Kabuki plays, which have mostly expanded and dramatized the story to include more ghostly, spooky elements such as the doll giggling, sobbing, wailing, or walking about.</div>
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It is unclear what is going on with the growing hair of the Okiku doll. No one has really been able to explain how it has kept growing continuously for the better part of a century. Is this a truly supernatural phenomenon or some sort of hoax? Samples of the Okiku’s doll have been taken and analyzed in the past and it was determined that the hair was indeed human, but this does not necessarily point to a supernatural origin. What is going on with this doll? Is this some sort of trick or are there paranormal forces we don’t understand compelling its hair to perpetually grow?</div>
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</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01064828514188732937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552173781481832789.post-62990726370667180752015-01-11T09:16:00.003-08:002015-01-11T09:16:31.506-08:00Ouija boards <div style="text-align: center;">
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The Ouija Board first appeared in 1891 in a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania novelty shop. The game was advertised as a magic board that answered questions about the past, present, and future with amazing and spooky accuracy. The board was constructed with letters, numbers, and the words yes, no, and goodbye, and came with a planchette for players to place their hands on. The object of the game was for players to ask the magic board questions and wait for the planchette to spell out the answer. Original price of a Ouija Board was $1.50. (Smithsonian.com) The work “Ouija” originates from ancient Egypt and translates to “good luck.”</div>
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Since the Civil War, when so many Americans lost loved ones, spiritualism has gained popularity as desperate people longed for a way to contact their deceased loved ones. At the time of its invention, séances and “table turning parties” were common place and attempting to contact the dead was a form of entertainment among some social circles. According to Ouija Board historian, Robert Murch, “Communicating with the dead was common, it wasn’t seen as bizarre or weird.”</div>
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Now, in modern day, some people believe the Ouija Board is a doorway to other dimensions, realms, or even evil spirits and would never touch the game, even for entertainment purposes. Christians have a firm belief that the Ouija Board is akin to a séance, witchcraft, or a tool of the devil. Others feel it is harmless entertainment and one or more players is intentionally moving the planchette to watch reactions of the most gullible players.</div>
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(font: <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/should-used-ouija-boards-be-sold-on-ebay">http://www.examiner.com/article/should-used-ouija-boards-be-sold-on-ebay</a>)</div>
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William Fuld (July 24, 1870–February 24, 1927) was an American businessman, inventor, and entrepreneur from Baltimore, Maryland who is best known for his marketing and manufacture of Ouija boards from the 1890s through the 1920s. Fuld is seen as the father of the Ouija board. Though Fuld never claimed to have invented the Ouija board, intense media coverage in the 1920s credited him with it. The misinformation was sustained by his own marketing, and his practice of stamping "Original Ouija Board" and "Inventor" on the back of his boards. By the end of his life he would have over 33 patents, trademarks, and copyrights credited to him.</div>
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Today it's a paranormal communication device currently marketed and sold by the game company Hasbro, as a board game. Historically, it is method used to talk with the dead, having its roots in automatic writing. This form of automatic writing would start over 900 years ago in China.</div>
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The modern Ouija uses a board with letters to spell out words, Yes/No for direct questions and even numbers. It uses a Planchette device (the pointer shaped like an upside-down heart) to communicate. The modern board also has a dark reputation of causing negativity for those who use it. It has been linked with possession, violence and even death, however how much of that is true, and how much is public paranoia.</div>
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Much of the fear of the board seems to resonate from the movie The Exorcist: the story of a young girl being possessed by a demon. The movie hints that the possession was caused by a girl taking the drug Ritalin and using the Ouija Board alone. The movie itself was fiction, however is based on a true story, and even though it's unknown if the real "Regan" the movie is based on even used a Ouija, the belief still remains.</div>
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I'm not trying to say the Ouija is without danger, because that would be an untrue statement. It can cause you problems of a spiritual nature. In my years of experience and study with the board (starting over a decade ago in 1997), the worst, and proven cases fall into the category of invitation and "possession".</div>
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Invitation is the inviting of negative forces into your space. This will cause places you were once comfortable in, to become uncomfortable and cause you nervous stress. Nobody knows for sure what this energy is, whether you call it a ghost or demon, just that it can be strong and invasive and can ruin your day.</div>
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continue reading on: <a href="http://www.ghostwalks.com/ouijahowto-article.htm">http://www.ghostwalks.com/ouijahowto-article.htm</a> !</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01064828514188732937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552173781481832789.post-47880878211816953082014-10-22T11:02:00.001-07:002014-10-22T11:02:38.185-07:00Torture devices: the iconic Iron Maiden<div style="text-align: center;">
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As anticipated in my very old post on my trip to Germany in June, while I was staying in Rothenburg ob der Tauber I had the chance to visit the <span style="color: red;">Mittelalterliches Kriminal Museum </span>aka Criminal Museum of the Middle Ages and there I saw her, without even knowing she was kept there, the one and only <b><span style="color: magenta;">IRON MAIDEN </span><span style="color: lime;">, which is the most famous torture device in the world!</span></b></div>
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The most famous iron maiden was that of Nuremberg, first displayed possibly as far back as 1802. The original was lost in the Allied bombing of Nuremberg in 1944. A copy "from the Royal Castle of Nuremberg," crafted for public display, was sold through J. Ichenhauser of London to the Earl of Shrewsbury in 1890 along with other torture devices, and, after being displayed at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, was taken on an American tour. This copy was auctioned in the early 1960s and is now on display at the Medieval Crime Museum, Rothenburg ob der Tauber.</div>
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Historians have ascertained that Johann Philipp Siebenkees created the history of it as a hoax in 1793. According to Siebenkees' colportage, it was first used on August 14, 1515, to execute a coin forger.</div>
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It was anthropomorphic, probably styled after primitive "Gothic" representations of Mary, the mother of Jesus, with a cast likeness of her on the face. It was about 7 feet (2.1 m) tall and 3 feet (0.91 m) wide, had double doors, and was big enough to contain an adult man. Inside the tomb-sized container it had dozens of sharp spikes.</div>
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The Sandman is an American comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics. Artists include Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Jill Thompson, Shawn McManus, Marc Hempel, and Michael Zulli, lettering by Todd Klein, and covers by Dave McKean. </div>
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It tells the story of Dream of the Endless, who rules over the world of dreams. It ran for 75 issues from January 1989 to March 1996, with Gaiman's contract stipulating that the series would end when he left it.</div>
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The main character of The Sandman is Dream, also known as Morpheus and other names, who is one of the seven Endless. The other Endless are Destiny, Death, Desire, Despair, Delirium who was once Delight, and Destruction who turned his back on his duties. Each of the brothers and sisters inhabit and are the anthropomorphic personifications of their concepts. The Sandman is a story about stories and how Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams, is captured and subsequently learns that sometimes change is inevitable.</div>
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Writer Neil Gaiman created goth culture in 1989 when he introduced the Death character into his seminal comic-book series “The Sandman.” Or maybe goth culture created Death?</div>
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It’s a little confusing on the timeline, and we’ll get to why in a second. But which came first, the chicken or the Death isn’t as important as the fact that 25 years later, Death — and The Sandman himself — is making her comeback in a prequel series being released by Vertigo Comics on Wednesday (October 30).</div>
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The series, titled “The Sandman: Overture,” is again written by Gaiman, and drawn by critically acclaimed artist J.H. Williams III. In the book, Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams, is drawn into an interstellar conflict and may cause the eventual doom of his brothers and sisters, The Endless, in the process. One of those siblings? The soft-spoken, generally cheerful Death, a far cry from the skeletal figure depicted in most media.</div>
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“I don’t know how much the artists early on in the series would think of this, but I always saw [Death as] being taken off of Siouxsie Sioux, from Siouxsie and the Banshees,” Williams told MTV News on the phone in anticipation of the books’ release. “In some ways, Death played off of that, and turned around and influenced goth culture, and the goth look for music. There’s kind of like this circle going on there.”</div>
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The Sandman is a mythical character in central and northern European folklore who brings good dreams by sprinkling magical sand onto the eyes of people while they sleep at night.</div>
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Traditionally, he is a character in many children's stories. He is said to sprinkle sand or dust on or into the eyes of the child at night to bring on dreams and sleep. The grit or "sleep" in one's eyes upon waking is supposed to be the result of the Sandman's work the previous evening.</div>
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E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776–1822) wrote an inverse depiction of the lovable character in a story called Der Sandmann, which showed how sinister such a character could be made. According to the protagonist's nurse, he threw sand in the eyes of children who wouldn't sleep, with the result of those eyes falling out and being collected by the Sandman, who then takes the eyes to his iron nest on the Moon, and uses them to feed his children. The protagonist of the story grows to associate this nightmarish creature with the genuinely sinister figure of his father's associate Coppelius. In Romanian folklore there is a similar character, Mos Ene (Ene the Elder).</div>
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An opening tracking view of a mountainous lunar landscape and the title card (“The Sandman”), both accompanied by menacing musical cues, dissolve into an unearthly crescent moon and an establishing exterior view of a nighttime household which could be (based upon details like a round tower, half-timbering and mullion windows) in medieval Europe. Inside, a woman sews by the fireplace and a small pale boy, perhaps her son, beats noisily on a toy drum. A cuckoo clock strikes eight o’clock (the “cuckoo” is a skeletal death figure) and the woman sets down her sewing, takes the boy’s drum away, gives him a small oil lamp and, with a pat on the head, dispatches him off to climb a dark and ludicrously lengthy series of staircases to bed. The child’s tremulous ascent is attended by every sort of scary, creaking noise and mysterious, elusive moving shadow.</div>
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Once on the upper floor, he dashes for his bedroom, jumps into his bed (which is bathed in hideously lurid moonlight from the large bedroom window) and pulls the bed sheets up over his head. However, he cannot help peering out at his darkened room and through the window at the weird crescent moon, which momentarily takes the form of a terrifying beaked and feathered face in profile. He rubs his eyes and it is gone. A rustling under his bed turns out to be a scolding rat.</div>
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Many songs have also been made about the sandman. Surely the most famous are Enter Sandman by Metallica (which lyrics I've quoted in the title of this post :P) and Mr. Sandman by The Chordettes. </div>
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<span style="color: lime;">Gothic Divine Magazine is proud to present you </span><b><span style="color: red;">Tiffany Apan</span></b><span style="color: lime;">, a young American emerging artist involved in music projects, movies and who is also debutting as writer with a book series called "</span><span style="color: magenta;">The Birthrite</span><span style="color: lime;">" . Find out more about her by reading the interview below.</span></div>
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Ha! Thanks. :) It's actually hard to say, as I think I've always done a little bit of everything depending on my mood. The first artistic endeavor I recall doing was dance (my mom enrolled me in dance when I was three), but I always did things like sing, draw, and write on my own time. My grandparents also taught me alot in regards to music as I grew up. I've also always written, and even wrote a poem about a Viking sea adventure in my fifth grade English class when everyone else was writing about their families and pets.<br />
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When I was seven, I was corrupted by the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Trilogy and the works of Washington Irving. But also on a serious note, I think I can say it's always been what has spoken to me the most, plus I find it to be the most realistic as it normally shows both the light and dark sides of life. Life is both light and dark, and most everything has both in it. It is always interesting tapping into human fear and the unkown, as well as tackling the whole "what if" that comes with it. While I'm not saying that I'll ONLY stick with "the dark side" in my works, I do find it to have alot more possibilities than just writing "a nice little book" does. At least for me.<br />
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<b><span style="color: magenta;">In the biography in your website www.tiffanyapan.com I read that you have been referred to as "the artsy kid in black" for some time. What's the reason behind this name that you were given?</span></b></div>
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Ah, that was more of a figure of speech for my bio. But I have worn mostly black and/or dark colors for quite some time, and I've been creative for as long as I can recall. So if anyone ever really did call me that, it wouldn't be too big of a shock and would likely be quite fitting. Actually, I do remember being called 'artsy' quite a bit. :)</div>
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Well, if you count performing in talent shows and the like, I've been doing that since I was about five. As far as being professionally trained though, that began when I was eleven or twelve.<br />
My favorite bands and genres span pretty widely. I love music from all eras, from the days of composers like Mozart and Strauss (with whom I also share a birthday), to Celtic, to the old jazz of the 1920s and 30s to 1970s Progressive to 1980s New Wave and Metal up to modern day underground. As far as specific musical acts go, you can find the likes of Loreena McKennit, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Hank Williams, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Tori Amos, Vangelis, Rush, and alot of "underground" and independently produced acts (some of my faves reside on the Projekt and Cleopatra record labels).<br />
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Absolutely. It is a series of novels (with a couple spin-off novellas) that will be released starting this summer. It is gothic horror with some dark fantasy and romance elements. The series synopsis is as follows:</div>
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Visions of infant twin boys, clouds, a young woman taking her own life, and a collision of space, time, and realms...</div>
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On the eve of Summer Solstice in 1844, four men in different areas of the world share an experience that ends up impacting not only their own lives, but those of the future generations.</div>
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Nicolae Ganoush, a young fugitive from a Romani slave village in Romania escapes into the night with his younger brother, and battles with inner demons and a murderous act that will haunt him until the end of his days.</div>
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Jonathan Blake is an eighteen-year-old Irishman living in the American Midwest. After meeting and falling in love with an American Native girl, his life with her will take a turn that begins to slowly unravel an ancient truth behind their lineages.</div>
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When James Livingston agrees to help sponsor an orphanage being built by his good friends, the Flemings, he views it as yet another project to enrich the new growing town of Plains, New York. But an experience he has in room 410 inside one of the buildings on the property will make him question everything he believes. And the troubles may be much closer to home than thought.</div>
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In Tuxpan, Mexico, twelve-year-old Hector de Fuentes discovered a mysterious cave hidden amongst a pocket of a large rock formation at the end of the coastline. Now at sixteen, it has become a place for him to think, read, and escape from the outside world. But Hector also has visions, seeing people and places that nobody else can. And being at the cave seems to enhance that ability…</div>
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The Birthrite Series is a journey into the vast unknown, and plunges deep into the darkest crevices of the mind, begging the question of what sanity really is and if the insane truly are. Are we really shown the whole truth of what surrounds us or is it an illusion? It also tells of deep-rooted love, planted centuries ago...</div>
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The first book, Descent, will be available in June with a novella titled Sacred Atonement to shortly follow. The time period in which Descent takes place is from the mid 1800s up into the early 1930s, and many time periods will be covered in this series (I am having alot of fun researching the different eras).</div>
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Creative, because my brain never seems to stop. Weird, just because I am and I see nothing wrong with fully embracing that. And I guess venturesome would be another, as I'm always looking to learn and try new things</div>
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Hmmm. I don't know if I can name anything specific, but I would love to do another period piece. A couple years ago, I acted in and narrated a film called Resolution: A Portrait of Amelia Earhart which was released back in 2012 and won third place in the Documentary category at the International Indie Gathering Film Festival (you can actually check it out at http://resolution-movie.com). The dramatic scenes that were interlaced with stock footage and narration were alot of fun to film and I love researching other eras (which is also why I'm having so much fun with writing The Birthrite Series). I would love to do something like that again.<br />
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Last weekend I was in Germany for a personal matter and I took the chance to visit a few towns nearby the place I was staying in. I visited the wonderful Norimberg (Nuernberg) and Rothenburg ob der Tauber! Germany is in my opinion the gothiest country ever both for the festivals (example: famous WGT Wave Gotik Treffen was held in Leipzig in these days) and for architectural/artistic aspect.</div>
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These are some pictures that I've taken during my quick stay:</div>
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This was a very creepy but incredibly beautiful fountain in the old city center of Norimberg.</div>
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These were the main cathedrals in gothic architectural style:</div>
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Famous fountain "Der schoene Brunnen" in the main square of Norimberg:</div>
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Other nice palaces and structures:</div>
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Particulars of the castle of Norimberg:</div>
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These few ones were taken inside the town cemetery:</div>
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In Rothenburg I visited also the biggest German museum of tortures and criminal law during the Middle Ages! I will share pictures in the next post.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01064828514188732937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552173781481832789.post-84864203401551157962014-05-12T11:00:00.001-07:002014-05-12T11:09:49.529-07:00Books & books <p dir="ltr">Days keep passing by and I'm still without my pc because of a goddamn error which cannot be fixed :-( but it's not the end of the world! Actually it's always a good thing to take a break from the Internet every now and then and get back to the real life, good or bad that it is. So as my pc won't be back soon, I decide to go and find some good book to read and fill my little library which will come with me when I will go and live on my own one day. :-) here's a few pictures of books that I found digging in my and my boyfriend's house closets and drawers. From Poe to Lovecraft and even an ancient book in German which we have bought for 1 euro at an antiques market! I found also a book about paranormal written by foundator of italian center for the paranormal activity!And a cute drawn book about gnomes and their lives :)</p>
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<p dir="ltr">A nice edition of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights and a puzzle of Victoria Frances! :-) the book was the last left on the shelf and I immediately picked it up as soon as I saw it,of course! The only con is that's in italian and not in English..I liked the fact that it has an hard cover in warm white and a contrast color in blue.</p>
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The <b><span style="color: red;">occult</span></b> (from the Latin word occultus "clandestine, hidden, secret") is "knowledge of the hidden". In common English usage, occult refers to "knowledge of the paranormal", as opposed to "knowledge of the measurable", usually referred to as science. The term is sometimes taken to mean knowledge that "is meant only for certain people" or that "must be kept hidden", but for most practising occultists it is simply the study of a deeper spiritual reality that extends beyond pure reason and the physical sciences. The terms esoteric and arcane have very similar meanings, and in most contexts the three terms are interchangeable.</div>
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Occultism is the study of occult practices, including (but not limited to) <span style="color: magenta;">magic, alchemy, extra-sensory perception, astrology, spiritualism, and divination</span>. Interpretation of occultism and its concepts can be found in the belief structures of philosophies and religions such as Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Theosophy, Wicca, Thelema, Satanism, and neopaganism.</div>
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"During the Victorian era and the early 20th century, occultism swept across America and Europe. The movement centered on the belief that life continues after death, and that spirits can be contacted via mediums. During this time, many people came forward claiming they had psychokinetic powers and went to great lengths to prove it, either by photography or performance art. Seances, levitation, and spirit writing became embedded in the imagination of the public.</div>
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The movement began to decline as many prominent investigators, such as The Society of Psychical Research, began to debunk many cases in which paranormal activity was alleged. The following photos show a fascinating glimpse into a bizarre time in human history.</div>
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The beak shaped mask was worn by <b><span style="color: red;">plague doctors</span></b>. They were special medical physicians who treated those who had the plague. They were specifically hired by towns that had many plague victims in times of plague epidemics. Since the city was paying their salary, they treated everyone: both the rich and the poor. They were not normally professionally trained experienced physicians or surgeons, and often were second-rate doctors not able to otherwise run a successful medical business or young physicians trying to establish themselves.</div>
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Plague doctors by their covenant treated plague patients and were known as municipal or "community plague doctors", whereas "general practitioners" were separate doctors and both might be in the same European city or town at the same time. In France and the Netherlands plague doctors often lacked medical training and were referred to as "empirics". In one case a plague doctor had been a fruit salesman before his employment as a physician.</div>
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Plague doctors practiced bloodletting and other remedies such as putting frogs or leeches on the buboes to "rebalance the humors" as a normal routine. Plague doctors could not generally interact with the general public because of the nature of their business and the possibility of spreading the disease; they could also be subject to quarantine.</div>
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The plague doctor's costume was the clothing worn by a plague doctor to protect him from airborne diseases. The costume consisted of an ankle length overcoat and a bird-like beak mask often filled with sweet or strong smelling substances (commonly lavender), along with gloves, boots, a brim hat and an outer over-clothing garment.</div>
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The mask had glass openings for the eyes and a curved beak shaped like that of a bird. Straps held the beak in front of the doctor's nose. The mask had two small nose holes and was a type of respirator which contained aromatic items. The beak could hold dried flowers (including roses and carnations), herbs (including mint), spices, camphor or a vinegar sponge. The purpose of the mask was to keep away bad smells, which were thought to be the principal cause of the disease in the miasma theory of infection, before it was disproved by germ theory. Doctors believed the herbs would counter the "evil" smells of the plague and prevent them from becoming infected.</div>
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The beak doctor costume worn by plague doctors had a wide brimmed leather hood to indicate their profession. They used wooden canes to point out areas needing attention and to examine patients without touching them. The canes were also used to keep people away, to remove clothing from plague victims without having to touch them, and to take a patient's pulse.</div>
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Some modern writers have described fourteenth-century plague doctors as wearing bird-like masks. However, medical historians have attributed the invention of the "beak doctor" costume to Charles de Lorme, who adopted in 1619 the idea of a full head-to-toe protective garment, modeled after a soldier's armour. This consisted of a bird-like mask, and a long leather (Moroccan or Levantine) or waxed-canvas gown which was from the neck to the ankle. The over-clothing garment, as well as leggings, gloves, boots, and a hat, were made of waxed leather. The garment was impregnated with similar fragrant items as the beak mask.</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Rebekah Armusik</span></b> a talented female writer from USA, author of "<b><span style="color: magenta;">The Gothic Memoirs Series</span></b>", a 13 book opera full of dark romance fused with epicism which gets better and more engaging book after book. At the moment only the first 5 books of the series are complete and available to buy on Amazon and Barnes&Nobles. Rebekah is now working on the 6th and 7th book that should be ready by Fall this year.<br />
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Read below this short interview I made to Rebekah to find something more about her and her artwork!</div>
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I began writing short stories around 9 years old and soon after began writing poetry.</div>
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Since I was a child, I’ve been enthralled with the darker and more mysterious aspects of life. Gothic literature by nature is deeply romantic, dark and utterly emotional – all the things that stir me. I honestly don’t think I could ever write in another genre – nothing else appeals to me</div>
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Sadly, I think most people have preconceived views concerning gothic literature and tend to shy away but once they are introduced to my work, they become enchanted with the romantic and epic nature of the tale – it’s never what they anticipated.</div>
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My tale begins before time was recorded, during the first celestial war when God threw Lucifer into hell and separated his army. Some remained neutral and God felt that He could not trust these angels to remain in heaven and serve Him well, so He banished them to Earth as punishment. The fallen had to adapt and because they were not born, but created, their bodies adjusted and mutated – hence the need for blood.</div>
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Without ruing the story, I also have incorporated the legends of Lilith, the first wife of Adam. Throughout history, Lilith has been demonized; she has been called the first vampire, a succubus, and sadly, the cause of stillborn deaths. But, I never liked or bought that idea. She simply didn’t dig Adam and in my opinion, that’s not a sufficient reason to make her the origin all things rancid and foul. So, taking some artistic license, I made her an ethereal goddess who catches the eye of Samuel- the Arch Angel of the elements and master of the wind. They fall in love and have 7 daughters with angelic blood and gifts. Thus, the Guardian race is born and is, eventually, critical in helping the fallen adapt to their life on Earth.<br />
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However, the story is told in present day through the voice of Nadija, a young woman from the line of Lilith. She is not aware of her linage because her grandmother has kept it a secret for own selfish reasons. Though it’s rooted in the past, it’s relatable because it’s told in a present and modern voice. I want to engage the audience, not distance them, and I achieve this by welcoming them to be part of the story, to be present on the journey. Consequently, the reader learns most of the dramatic back stories from the characters that assist Nadija on her adventure to becoming the active Guardian Queen.</div>
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My inspiration has always been my grandmother and her love of telling dark tales and Slavic folklore. My mother’s family is from Bratislava and I was immersed in the traditions and culture since I was a child. Plus, I spent way too many years in Catholic school – eventually, it begins to blend into every aspect of your life. In my teens I became interested in Jewish mysticism and witchcraft and these subjects really had a huge impact on my work.</div>
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My favorite character will always be Nadija – I know her the best, we are inseparable. But I love writing each character for different reasons. Most are based off of real people so when writing them, I imagine their mannerisms, what they would say, or how they would say it. Writing Alexei is easy because I live with him – he is based on my husband. My husband is very nurturing and protective and has a very quick and dry sense of humor. So most of the conversations between Alexei and Nadija are actual conversations we’ve had.</div>
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I am very fortunate to be married to a well-known traditional painter. My husband’s work is terribly romantic and captivating so his style is a perfect fit for my novels. I often marvel at how well he paints emotion - a slice of time that would otherwise, be forgotten. Essentially, he does with paint what I do with words so the artistic marriage of our art forms is very natural. I usually give him an idea of what I want and he’ll make a quick sketch and then after some conversation he’ll begin to paint it for me. As he works, I stop in the studio and give him feedback. I could never have my hard work covered by something that did not represent it properly – I am far too attached to my world and its representation.<br />
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If you are interested in Rebekah Armmusik's work check the first five books at the links below:</div>
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Book 1: <span style="color: magenta;">Memoirs of a Gothic Soul</span><br />
Amazon.com: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Memoirs-Gothic-Soul-Rebekah-Armusik/dp/1934597295">http://www.amazon.com/Memoirs-Gothic-Soul-Rebekah-Armusik/dp/1934597295</a><br />
Barnes and Noble: <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/memoirs-of-a-gothic-soul-rebekah-armusik/1101078571?ean=9781934597293">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/memoirs-of-a-gothic-soul-rebekah-armusik/1101078571?ean=9781934597293</a><br />
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Book 2: <span style="color: magenta;">Mariposa</span><br />
Amazon.com <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mariposa-Rebekah-Armusik/dp/147752374X/ref=pd_sim_b_1">http://www.amazon.com/Mariposa-Rebekah-Armusik/dp/147752374X/ref=pd_sim_b_1</a><br />
Barnes and Noble <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mariposa-rebekah-armusik/1107175158?ean=2940013580510">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mariposa-rebekah-armusik/1107175158?ean=2940013580510</a><br />
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Book 3: Lucifer Rising<br />
Amazon.com <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lucifer-Rising-Volume-Rebekah-Armusik/dp/1477490795/ref=pd_sim_b_2">http://www.amazon.com/Lucifer-Rising-Volume-Rebekah-Armusik/dp/1477490795/ref=pd_sim_b_2</a><br />
Barnes and Noble: <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lucifer-rising-rebekah-armusik/1110615314?ean=2940014358170">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lucifer-rising-rebekah-armusik/1110615314?ean=2940014358170</a><br />
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Book 4: <span style="color: magenta;">Vlkolak King</span><br />
Amazon.com <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vlkolak-King-Volume-Rebekah-Armusik/dp/1480151815/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z">http://www.amazon.com/Vlkolak-King-Volume-Rebekah-Armusik/dp/1480151815/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z</a><br />
Barnes and Noble <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/vlkolak-king-rebekah-armusik/1113727919?ean=2940015879032">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/vlkolak-king-rebekah-armusik/1113727919?ean=2940015879032</a><br />
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Book 5: <span style="color: magenta;">In the Shadows of Eden</span><br />
Amazon.com <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Gothic-Memoirs-Series-Volume/dp/1491247215/ref=pd_sim_b_1">http://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Gothic-Memoirs-Series-Volume/dp/1491247215/ref=pd_sim_b_1</a><br />
Barnes and Noble <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-the-shadows-of-eden-rebekah-armusik/1118185310?ean=2940148111191">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-the-shadows-of-eden-rebekah-armusik/1118185310?ean=2940148111191</a><br />
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In the French Quarter of New Orleans there is an ordinary looking house, but a closer look at the hidden past of the property reveals a more complicated history- tales of secret attics and murder..</div>
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It’s all true in the haunted Lalaurie House.</div>
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The dark history of the Lalaurie House began in 1832 when wealthy doctor Louis Lalaurie and his wife Delphine moved into the mansion. The family was one of prominent standing in the community at that time- they were socialites and and threw lavish parties for their neighbors.</div>
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Despite the appearance of their charming lifestyle, whispers of more sinister things spread through the slave class. It seemed there was an extremely high turnover with the house slaves- not only did the Lalauries frequently purchase new slaves, but no one ever seemed to figure out what happened to the old ones. Until, that is, a fire broke out in the Lalaurie kitchen.</div>
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Some say it was a slave that started it in hopes to bring law enforcement into the house to investigate, but when authorities did show up, they discovered a secret attic with a grisly scene. Many of the former slaves who were thought to have disappeared were still within the house, in cages or attached to chains. All were disfigured and mutilated beyond recognition, tortured beyond belief. Many had died and their body parts were strewn around the room. </div>
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The town immediately gathered as an angry mob in order to arrest the couple, but the Lalauries barely escaped them by carriage, never to be seen or heard from again. It was then understood from multiple slave accounts that Delphine had been the mastermind behind the torture chamber, and her husband simply turned a blind eye to her horrendous experiments. </div>
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The LaLaurie house has had many incarnations before returning to its purpose as a residence. It was a saloon and a girl's school, a music conservatory, an apartment building and a furniture store. The stories began almost immediately. Many have reported seeing the phantom of that young slave girl fleeing across the LaLaurie roof. Agonized screams coming from the empty house were commonplace. Those who stayed there after it became occupied left after only a few days. At the turn of the century, a resident, one of the many poor Italian immigrants who lived in the house, encountered a black man in chains. The entity attacked him on the stairwell then suddenly disappeared. The next morning, most of the other residents abandoned the building.</div>
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The bar, "The Haunted Saloon," opened in the 20th century. The owner kept records of the odd experiences of his patrons. Later, it seemed the LaLaurie House did not care to be a furniture store. The owner’s merchandise was often found covered in a mysterious foul-smelling fluid. After staying up to catch the suspected vandals, the owner found the liquid had somehow re-appeared in plain sight, although no one had entered. The business closed.</div>
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As soon as I realised that the English word for what my boyfriend handcrafted me for Christmas was "writing desk" I couldn't help but think about the Alice In Wonderland quote, when the Mad Hatter asks her: "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?".</div>
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I actually never thought too much about it because for me it was an obvious non-sense question, typical of Lewis Carroll (author of the Alice in Wonderland adventures) way of writing but out of pure curiosity (there's a bit of Alice in all of us after all ihih) I decided to check on the internet if I could find something about this sentence, if it had a subtle meaning for example. After a few clicks I found myself on the Wikipedia page of the Mad Hatter character and while reading I discovered some interesting fact about him too. For example, why are him and the March Hare always having tea?</div>
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The Hatter explains to Alice that he and the March Hare are always having tea because, when he tried to sing for the Queen of Hearts at her celebration, she sentenced him to death for "murdering the time," but he escapes decapitation. In retaliation, Time (referred to as a "Him") halts himself in respect to the Hatter, keeping him and the March Hare stuck at 6:00 forever. The tea party, when Alice arrives, is characterised by switching places on the table at any given time, making short, personal remarks, asking unanswerable riddles and reciting nonsensical poetry, all of which eventually drive Alice away.</div>
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I also discovered that the name "Mad Hatter" was clearly inspired by the phrase "as mad as a hatter". Mercury was used in the process of curing felt used in some hats, making it impossible for hatters to avoid inhaling the mercury fumes given off during the hat making process; hatters and mill workers thus often suffered mad hatter disease, mercury poisoning causing neurological damage including confused speech and distorted vision.</div>
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Hat making was the main trade in Stockport, near where Carroll grew up, and it was not unusual then for hatters to appear disturbed or confused; many died early as a result of mercury poisoning. However, the Hatter does not exhibit the symptoms of mercury poisoning, which include "excessive timidity, diffidence, increasing shyness, loss of self-confidence, anxiety, and a desire to remain unobserved and unobtrusive." The Hatter and the March Hare are initially referred to as "both mad" by the Cheshire Cat.</div>
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BUT, back to my writing desk! Here are the pictures:</div>
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Isn't it gorgeous? :D My boyfriend made it for me out of a bare piece of wood and I'm so proud of him. This is officially the best gift ever received! Surely one of a kind and done with so much love. He didn't have all the appropriate tools to make it but with his genius and creativity he managed to make it anyway..in 3 days only by the way!! :P</div>
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<i>Dominating the trade show scene for 14 years, the show is split into two notional areas, Original and Fashion. <b>LondonEdge Original</b> represents over 200 hard-edged, punk, rock, goth and tattoo inspired brands where as <b>LondonEdge Fashion</b> houses over 150 rock n roll, vintage, retro, pin up, burlesque and rockabilly collections. With both areas heaving with clothing, accessories, footwear and beauty brands, there truly is something for everyone.</i></div>
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Yesterday has been the last day of working for many people, me included!Yay! Luckily, I will be back to work on 7th January! This means I have a lot of free time and lot of relaxing at last! I'll be able to have my cup of tea or coffee by the chimney (and not by the yucky vending machine >_> ) and I will be able to wake up any time I want without hurry.</div>
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So here I am writing the usual Christmas post! Last year I remember showing you some ideas to make your Christmas the 'gothiest' way possible, keeping down the glamourous-kitsch-and-way-too-bright side of it. This year I'm basically going to do the same because I don't have much else to say about it..!</div>
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As I don't think I will dedicate time to the blog in these days, I wish you all a Merry Christmas! </div>
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<i>"Fear of being buried alive is the fear of being placed in a grave while still alive as a result of being incorrectly pronounced dead. The abnormal, psychopathological version of this fear is referred to as taphophobia (from Greek taphos, "grave, tomb" and phobos, "fear"), which is translated as "fear of graves". "</i></div>
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This fear peaked during the cholera epidemics of the 18th and 19th centuries but accounts of live burial have been recorded further back. When his tomb was reopened, the philosopher John Duns Scotus (1266 – 1308) was reportedly found outside his coffin with his hands torn and bloody after attempting to escape. The fears of being buried alive were heightened by reports of doctors and accounts in literature and the newspapers. As well as dealing with the subject in "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Cask of Amontillado", Edgar Allan Poe wrote "The Premature Burial", which was published in 1844. It contained accounts of supposedly genuine cases of premature burial as well as detailing the narrator's own (perceived) interment while still alive.</div>
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A safety coffin or security coffin is a coffin fitted with a mechanism to prevent premature burial or allow the occupant to signal that they have been buried alive. A large number of designs for safety coffins were patented during the 18th and 19th centuries and variations on the idea are still available today.</div>
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The general fear of premature burial led to the invention of many safety devices which could be incorporated into coffins. Most consisted of some type of device for communication to the outside world such as a cord attached to a bell that the interred person could ring should he revive after the burial. Other variations on the bell included flags and pyrotechnics. Some designs included ladders, escape hatches, and even feeding tubes, but many forgot a method for providing air!</div>
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The first recorded safety coffin was constructed on the orders of Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick before his death in 1792. He had a window installed to allow light in, an air tube to provide a supply of fresh air, and instead of having the lid nailed down he had a lock fitted. In a special pocket of his shroud he had two keys, one for the coffin lid and a second for the tomb door.</div>
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P.G. Pessler, a German priest, suggested in 1798 that all coffins have a tube inserted from which a cord would run to the church bells. If an individual had been buried alive he could draw attention to himself by ringing the bells. This idea, while highly impractical, led to the first designs of safety coffins equipped with signalling systems. Pessler's colleague, Pastor Beck, suggested that coffins should have a small trumpet-like tube attached. Each day the local priest could check the state of putrefaction of the corpse by sniffing the odours emanating from the tube. If no odour was detected or the priest heard cries for help the coffin could be dug up and the occupant rescued.</div>
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Dr. Adolf Gutsmuth was buried alive several times to demonstrate a safety coffin of his own design, and in 1822 he stayed underground for several hours and even ate a meal of soup, sausages and beer delivered to him through the coffin's feeding tube.</div>
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The 1820s also saw the use of "portable death chambers" in Germany. A small chamber, equipped with a bell for signalling and a window for viewing the body, was constructed over an empty grave. Watchmen would check each day for signs of life or decomposition in each of the chambers. If the bell was rung the "body" could be immediately removed, but if the watchman observed signs of putrefaction in the corpse, a door in the floor of the chamber could be opened and the body would drop down into the grave. A panel could then be slid in to cover the grave and the upper chamber removed and reused.</div>
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In 1829, Dr Johann Gottfried Taberger designed a system using a bell which would alert the cemetery nightwatchman. The corpse would have strings attached to its hands, head and feet. A housing around the bell above ground prevented it ringing accidentally. An improvement over previous designs, the housing prevented rainwater from running down the tube and netting prevented insects entering the coffin. If the bell rang the watchman had to insert a second tube and pump air into the coffin with a bellows to allow the occupant to survive until the casket could be dug up.</div>
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The systems using cords tied to the body suffered from the drawback that the natural processes of decay often caused the body to swell or shift position, causing accidental tension on the cords and a "false positive". Franz Vester's 1868 "Burial Case" overcame this problem by adding a tube through which the face of the "corpse" could be viewed. If the interred person came to, they could ring the bell (if not strong enough to ascend the tube by means of a supplied ladder) and the watchmen could check to see if the person had genuinely returned to life or whether it was merely a movement of the corpse. Vester's design allowed the viewing tube to be removed and reused once death was assured.</div>
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Count Michel de Karnice-Karnicki, a chamberlain to the Tsar of Russia, patented his own safety coffin, called Le Karnice, in 1897 and demonstrated it at the Sorbonne the following year. His design detected movement in the coffin and opened a tube to supply air while simultaneously raising a flag and ringing a bell. Le Karnice never caught on: it was too sensitive to allow for even a slight movement in a decaying corpse, and a demonstration in which one of Karnice-Karnicki's assistants had been buried alive ended badly when the signalling systems failed. Luckily, the breathing tube had activated and the assistant was disinterred unharmed, but the reputation of Le Karnice was damaged beyond repair.</div>
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Before the advent of modern medicine, the fear was not entirely irrational. Throughout history, there have been numerous cases of people being buried alive by accident. In 1905, the English reformer William Tebb collected accounts of premature burial. He found 219 cases of near live burial, 149 actual live burials, 10 cases of live dissection and 2 cases of awakening while being embalmed.</div>
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Hello there!<br />well i guess you are all wondering who this nut job is?<br />*ahem* I happen to be a new Author to this Magazine blog! I will be bringing to you tales of the paranormal and spooky things to keep those macabre hearts of yours beating ;)<br />
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I live in a wonderful city in Australias east, called Melbourne. It's a magical place where goths are <span id="goog_181953423"></span><span id="goog_181953424"></span>abundant and culture is all around you at every turn.<br />I've always been very into Goth and the macabre since i was a young girl, preferring horror movies and JRock to what everyone else was into. I think I'm not alone when i say, i feel more comfortable and at home in an environment of gothic lace and platform boots stomping to Marilyn and Laibach, crowding towards the droning darkness instead of the sunshine pinks of the pop world (though i still like to take a taste every now and then!)<br /><br />And with my love of everything gothic, i guess, came my love of horror and the paranormal too :) I hope to bring you many great tales, sources, videos and more! (maybe even some Gothic horror Games if it's received well by you all ;)<br />Please feel free to send me any suggestions or ideas you have of things you would love to hear or learn about in the comments below. I welcome it all!<br />Keep an eye out for the first of (hopefully) many posts from this crazy redhead, Vavabeeb!<br /><br />Hope you are all having a delightful day :)<br /><br />~VVavaBeebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06714846854136585516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552173781481832789.post-39422507363088803162013-11-04T12:05:00.004-08:002013-11-04T12:05:29.100-08:00TWIXT <div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: red;">Twixt</span></b> is a 2011 horror thriller film written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola starring Val Kilmer and Elle Fanning and full of gothic elements from ghosts to vampires, and even the character of Edgar Allan Poe is involved in this movie!</div>
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<i>Writer Hall Baltimore (Kilmer), in career decline, comes to a small town during a book tour, and becomes involved in the murder investigation of a young girl. In a dream, he is approached by a youthful ghost named V (Fanning), whose connection to the murder is unclear..</i></div>
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He continued: "But as I was having it I realized perhaps it was a gift, as I could make it as a story, perhaps a scary film, I thought even as I was dreaming. But then some loud noise outside woke me up, and I wanted to go back to the dream and get an ending. But I couldn't fall back asleep so I recorded what I remembered right there and then on my phone. I realized that it was a gothic romance setting, so in fact I'd be able to do it all around my home base, rather than have to go to a distant country"</div>
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Time has come to recruit new collaborators for this blog as I'm left alone and I can't handle it all myself. It would be a pity to let this all fall apart especially now that the project to feature and interview Goth artists is on and many applied for this chance.</div>
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Quick post about something that I found yesterday: I was looking at my boyfriend's bookshelf and <b>William Shakespeare's "Five Great Tragedies" </b>caught my eye<b>.</b> I took it out of the shelf to see it closer. It was old and dusty and I think this is the main reason I noticed it among all the clean new books.</div>
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It's a 1944 print! Even more particular thing is that this was a book meant for the U.S. military so it's unusual to find one outside the US. The marking on the back of the book would encourage people to buy and send the book to boys in the army preparing to go to war. At times when computers or cell phones didn't exist, books were the only thing that could keep company to those poor men</div>
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The book contains those which I consider the best tragedies by Shakespeare: <b><span style="color: magenta;">Hamlet</span></b>, <span style="color: magenta;"><b>Romeo and Juliet</b></span>, <b><span style="color: magenta;">King Lear</span></b>, <span style="color: magenta;"><b>Julius Caesar </b></span>and <b><span style="color: magenta;">Macbeth</span></b>. I know many Goths are fond readers and love books soI thought it was a nice idea to share with you all about this finding. :)</div>
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Funny thing the bookmark was right on the page I was looking for:</div>
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Shakespeare and his tragedies have inspired many goth artists, including Emilie Autumn. This song for example is clearly inspired by the character of Ophelia.</div>
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