Image by Jules Jacot Guillarmod, via Wikimedia Commons Last week, we brought you a rather strange story about the rivalry between poet William Butler Yeats and magician Aleister Crowley. Theirs was a feud over the practices of occult society the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn; but it was also—at least for Crowley—over poetry. Crowley envied Yeats’ […]
Remember the little Polish village where every house is covered with painted flowers? Well, one 90-year-old resident of Louka, Czech Republic, is aiming to make her hometown just as charming, and spends every spring and summer adorning window and door frames with majestic designs. Anežka (Agnes) Kašpárková, a former agricultural worker, picked up the hobby from […]
“Champing” supports the upkeep of village churches, while offering travelers a unique overnight stay. Throughout Southeast England, a small batch of modern pilgrims have been traveling to visit and sleep in ancient churches. They’re not necessarily seeking a religious experience—rather, they are part of a modern movement called champing, a portmanteau for church camping. Organized […]
A seaside village in Brittany has banned swimming on its beach because a dolphin in heat has been scaring tourists and locals by approaching them and trying to rub up against them. The dolphin has even tried to prevent several swimmers from getting back to the beach at Landévennec, using its nose to push one […]
Abandoned as a child, Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja survived alone in the wild for 15 years. But living with people proved to be even more difficult. The first time Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja ever heard voices on the radio, he panicked. “Fuck,” he remembers thinking, “those people have been inside there a long time!” It was 1966, […]
‘Bombshell’ population growth in Africa means Europe is entering an “unprecedented” age of mass migration, Emmanuel Macron has said, asserting that the two continents’ destinies are “bound”. “The migratory phenomenon we are facing will be historic,” declared the French president in a television appearance Sunday night, when he announced that “great poverty”, “climate change”, and “geopolitical conflicts” […]
In the world of professional sports, athletes have long recognized their roots and beginnings and have been involved in helping communities. Earning a hefty salary for doing what they love, athletes worldwide have been known to be involved in charitable causes, and indulge in philanthropic efforts. Although they put their well-being on the line in […]
For those people who are actually living with an anxiety disorder, this must seem like a joke. Anxiety is not fun, and on bad days anxious people definitely feel far from super. There really is no bright or positive side to living with anxiety, and although each sufferer has a different experience and different levels of […]
There is an old saying that you have probably heard, “What comes around goes around.” It seems as if this saying hits us at the most inconvenient time and it teaches us a life lesson we won’t soon forget. Then again, if somebody else experiences the truthfulness of the saying, we are often happy to […]
If you were around 41 years ago, you probably remember a day that shook the world. It was the day that the news broke of Elvis’ death, and it is still something that has left an impression on us down till this day. For many of us, the details of that day may be a […]
We’re still two years away from real heat of the 2020 presidential campaign, but it might be time for the mainstream media to start filing in-kind contributions to the Trump 2020 reelection campaign. Over the last 18 months, many in the media have abandoned any appearance of objectivity and balance in favor of an all-out […]
This afternoon, The Satanic Temple held a rally outside the Arkansas State Capitol building alongside a giant statue of Baphomet. They want to install it there permanently, just as State Sen. Jason Rapert did with his Ten Commandments monument. Check out these glorious images: Baphomet has arrived at the state capitol to cheers of “Hail Satan!” […]
Eight police officers in Argentina who were fired were so desperate that they put the blame on mice and claimed the rodents ate half a ton of marijuana that had gone missing. 13,000 Pounds of Cannabis Left in Warehouse The cannabis was noticed to be missing when police made an inspection of the warehouse in […]
In an unassuming suburban home in a nondescript modern housing estate in Birmingham, Satnam Bains*, a 42-year-old property developer, quietly distills litres of his own cannabis oil in a makeshift garage laboratory. Bains made it his business to learn how to make oil after his younger brother was diagnosed with a rare kidney cancer last […]
Osteen definitely loves expensive luxury cars. Until recently, he used to drive a 9-year-old car that was previously owned by his father. We’re not sure whether he donated his car to charity or sold it, but it is very probable that some obsessed Christian bought it for a fortune. Anyways, as we can see in the images above, […]