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Black cats and chthonic worlds
Today, we’re into superstitions, black cats and voodoo dolls. Or something similar, but far less eloquently phrased (thank you for this song, Ricky Martin, you created a classic! 🙂 ). Black cats are irrevocably connected to Halloween, be it as witches’ familiars or simply a living form of the devil; but the superstitions go further…
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Witches and Witchcraft
Onwards with the Halloween thematic. 🙂 A witch, warlock, sorcerer/sorceress… plus many local names in many languages all mark one belief – a belief in a human being with supernatural powers. These powers are not necessarily considered evil, or used for evil, by all; but unfortunately, most if not all beliefs know a dualism…
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Vampires
I don’t believe we have really properly visited this topic thus far, barring the case study of the vampire scare in Malawi. With the Halloween drawing close, it is perhaps a fitting topic to explore, so let’s do it today. 🙂
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Case study – The Malawi vampire crisis
Just yesterday, an article popped up about a worrying situation – the UN leaving Malawi due to a number of threats from the locals concerning a vampire scare, which has already led to the death of one man (who was stoned to death by the mob present) and which threatens to worsen as the…