Halloween Event: Festival Of The Dead History, Photos and Videos
October 12, 2009 / 2097
From their earliest beginnings, humans have had to face the great mystery of death. Over time, the wise learned to understand and honor this most profound of the rites of passage, guiding their peoples to understand these mysteries. They knew that even in the brightest of life’s moments, Death’s face would be peering from just beyond the shadows, waiting to leave his calling card. Death is humankind’s great lover, who courts and pursues us with a conviction no mortal lover is capable of.
Throughout history, humans have been led in a dance with death that is both fearful and romantic. Digging through the tomes of religion, myth, anthropology, folklore, and literature, we find the grim examples of death’s shadows cast over all cultures like the shrouds within dusty sepultures. Read more …
Halloween Event: Workshops By Witch School At The Annual Pasychic Fair And Witchcraft Expo Throughout October
October 12, 2009 / 3140
Throughout October, 2009, at the Psychic Fair in The Museum Place Mall
Located at 176 Essex Street in historic downtown salem!
Join the Salem Witches for enchanting lessons in the magical arts, featured from 7pm – 9:30pm on specially chosen days throughout the month of October at the Annual Psychic Fair and Witchcraft Expo at the Museum Place Mall! These workshops are for adults and teens who want to further their skills in magic! All workshops are $30 and are taught by practicing Salem Witches.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Strega: Italian Witchcraft and Magic
Taught by Salem Witch and Strega Lori Bruno
7pm – 9:30pm at the Museum Place Mall, 176 Essex Street
The wisdom of the strega—ancient Italian sorcery—is infused into the lives of those bold families who dared to practice the magical arts in the face of religious authorities who challenged them. Magic is woven through the lives of every Italian Witch: from the food they cook to the love they make to the spells they whisper into the night winds. Robust and zesty, this workshop is designed not only to give you the facts of the Strega but also to give you a taste of the exotic flavor brewing in this unique form of hereditary witchcraft.
Tickets for this event are $30 Read more …
Ghost hunters seek spirits in Southeast Texas with EVP
August 3, 2008 / 515
Inside a century-old house in Orange strange things have been happening, the owners say.
Family members claim they’ve seen candlesticks fly off shelves and empty rocking chairs that rock, stop, then rock again. They say they have heard voices that don’t belong calling out their names.
Who are they going to call?
Around here the Texas Society of Paranormal Investigators.
Don Dennis, the group’s founder, interviewed family members Saturday to prepare for a future investigation.
Next month, he said, a team of 10 ghost hunters will set up equipment that includes infrared cameras, a thermal camera and audio recorders.
Afterward, team members will review any abnormal images or unusual voice recordings - known as electronic voice phenomena - and try to identify a logical explanation before chalking the cause up to ghosts or spirits.
The investigation might require team member Mike Ardoin, who accompanied Dennis on the interview, to crawl through the attic, where they believe a spirit could be squatting.
