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Saw a post about the sesamarot and wanted to share my favorite reading

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baddest ghost hunters around @wearewatcher !!!

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hey dude, idk how much you remember from the party last night but- yeah, everyone saw your want. yeah no it was pretty late and winding down so it was quiet enough that every single person there saw it throbbing and twitching in your chest and so wet with hunger it was glistening under the kitchen light. they said it looked like it was reaching for something

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[COVERED IN BLOOD, EYES LARGE] i have been working. On my resume

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Art by Jaime Carrillo

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earth_to_heather ♡

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Cryptids & Creatures of Folklore Drawtober Day 8 — Wuhnan Toads

There is a lake in remote area of China’s Hubei province that is supposedly home to a hoard of gigantic albino amphibians.

The stories say that these monstrous toads are very dangerous and pose a serious threat to the locals in the area. With some of the toads having a mouth nearly six feet wide, they can easily latch on to a human and drag them down into the murky depths of the lake, never to be seen again.

Supposedly several students from a local university came to study these toads in 1987. They set up cameras on a tripods near the lake but the three of the toads soon emerged from the water. One of the creatures unfurled its massive tongue, snatched up one of the cameras and its tripod, and ate them. It then let out a terrible shriek and returned to the water with its companions.

This tale has some issues, namely with the misspellings of locations—"Wuhnan" was most likely meant to be "Wuhan" for one—though those might have simply been issues with translations but either way, it is still a fun story. And who knows, it might be a good idea to rethink renting that boat for the day lest you encounter one of these critters.

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A taste of Babylon on my tongue, as close to heaven as I’ll ever be.

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Whimsy gothic bedroom dream

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"How can I be a witch/pagan without falling for conspiracy theories/New Age cult stuff?" starter kit

Posts & Articles

Check your conspiracy theory. Does any of it sound like this?

Check your conspiracy theory part two: double, double, boil and trouble.

QAnon is an old form of anti-Semitism in a new package, experts say

Some antisemitic dogwhistles to watch out for

Eugenicist and bioessentialist beliefs about magic

New Age beliefs that derive from racist pseudoscience

The New Age concept of ascension - what is it?

A quick intro to starseeds

Starseeds: Nazis in Space?

Reminder that the lizard alien conspiracy theory is antisemitism

The Ancient Astronaut Hypothesis is Racist and Harmful

The Truth About Atlantis

Why the Nazis were obsessed with finding the lost city of Atlantis

The Nazis' love affair with the occult

Occultism in Nazism

Red flag names in cult survivor resources/groups (all of them are far right conspiracy theorists/grifters)

The legacy of implanted Satanic abuse ‘memories’ is still causing damage today

Why Satanic Panic never really ended

Dangerous Therapy: The Story of Patricia Burgus and Multiple Personality Disorder

Remember a Previous Life? Maybe You Have a Bad Memory

A Case of Reincarnation - Reexamined

Crash and Burn: James Leininger Story Debunked

Debunking Myths About Easter/Ostara

Just How Pagan is Christmas, Really?

The Origins of the Christmas Tree

No, Santa Claus Is Not Inspired By Odin

Why Did The Patriarchal Greeks And Romans Worship Such Powerful Goddesses?

No, Athena Didn't Turn Medusa Into A Monster To Protect Her

Who Was the First God?

Were Ancient Civilizations Conservative Or Liberal?

How Misogyny, Homophobia, and Antisemitism Influence Transphobia

Podcasts & Videos

BS-Free Witchcraft

Angela's Symposium

ESOTERICA

ReligionForBreakfast

Weird Reads With Emily Louise

It's Probably (not!) Aliens

Conspirituality

Miniminuteman

Behind The Bastards

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Cryptids & Creatures of Folklore Drawtober Day 20 — Con Rit

Con Rit is the name given to a monstrous oceanic centipede-like creature seen in the seas around Vietnam. It is described as being approximately 60 - 130 feet in length and has a segmented body like a centipede but with fins instead of legs. Some accounts say it has whiskers and a turtle-like head. Several Con Rit carcasses supposedly washed up in 1800s and early 1900s.

There have been sightings of similar giant ocean centipedes in other parts of the world as well. In 1889, John Bailhache reported that he and his crew had witnessed a "weird" creature about twenty miles northeast of Cedros Island off the coast of Baja California. Bailhache said the creature was around 100 feet in length with a segmented body, multiple fins, and no visible eyes. He and his fellow crew members watched it feasting on a dead whale while it made a terrible wheezing sound.

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The smoldering sulfur pit in the corner of my ruined clifftop laboratory is an invaluable conversation piece and the envy of all the neighborhood.

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Dalmatian Jasper Aesthetic 🤍🖤🤍