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Yearbook Weirdness – November 18, 2020

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From Rensselaer Polytechnic's 1900 yearbook. See How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #skeleton #occult #cauldron #living dead #fraternity #vintage yearbook #yearbook #secret society #illustration

Restoring the Lost Sense – November 13, 2020

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From Jugend, 1899.

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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]

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#vintage illustration #witch #witchcraft #occult #illustration #art

Restoring the Lost Sense – November 11, 2020

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Often misconstrued when given as a gift -- the Rod of Death. From the Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn strategy handbook.

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#vintage illustration #magick #skull #magic wand #occult #rod of death

Restoring the Lost Sense – November 10, 2020

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From Unknown magazine, Jan. 1940.

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#vintage illustration #witch #magick #occult #bubbles

This May Surprise You – November 9, 2020

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Are any ghosts watching? We roll in the Spirit Applause-O-Meter to find out. It's Prof. Oddfellow's Penetralia. Thanks to KlingonCaptain who wrote, "I just realized that a lot of sitcoms from the days of analogue film probably have a lot of ghost cast members but we just can't see them. Can you imagine what The Andy Griffith Show, Dick Van Dyke Show, and The Flying Nun would be like if we could see the spirit cast members?! If only the Sylph Scope was real and we could use it to see ghosts."

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#ghost #occult #humor #applause #video #penetralia

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought – November 7, 2020

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"Time I start finding some of the lost world that we can't understand, or, or even see." A favorite line from Dark Shadows episode 1122.

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#occult #dark shadows

Restoring the Lost Sense – November 5, 2020

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"Through the haze of black smoke came a mocking laugh 'I'll see you again!'" From Weird Tales, 1942.

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#vintage illustration #demon #occult #horror #1940s #illustration

Yearbook Weirdness – November 4, 2020

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From Emerson's 1922 yearbook. See How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #skull #occult #vintage yearbook #yearbook #secret society #hooded figure

Restoring the Lost Sense – November 4, 2020

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Last we checked, softcovers of this were going for nearly a thousand dollars: Curses, Hexes, & Spells by Daniel Cohen.

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#vintage illustration #magick #magic spell #occult #curse #vintage book #book #hex

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought – November 2, 2020

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Help solve the enduring mystery of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: it's Prof. Oddfellow's Penetralia.

Jonathan Caws-Elwitt notes:

"In my opinion, we don't see enough these days of those hilarious 'ten-foot poles' that come from the wings, apparently under their own power, to supply missing props”

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#occult #humor #video #penetralia #grant's tomb #tomb of the unknown soldier

This May Surprise You – October 31, 2020

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We drove 90 minutes to a ruined cemetery, inspired by this passage from the fantastic play The Tenth Man by Paddy Chayefsky. When we passed a hearse and drove behind a truck branded with the word “BEYOND,” we knew we were on the right road.