The mind is a mysterious contraption in which lives a person far removed from the individual that one expresses overtly. In the dark halls and corridors of the mind roam ghost-like figures that appear to have some similarity to the individual seen in the real world; each of these ghosts appear to have been born [...]
A young artist's depiction of birth: or is it death?
What is it that makes people be attracted to the dark and the scary? Is it thanatos or are we basically dark creatures?
In many tribes, wearing bones signify your win over someone belonging to an enemy tribe. It proves to others your worth in fighting, symbolises your strength and warns against any ideas someone may have of stealing your women. Folklore is rife with stories of gravediggers and witches who chant incantations over the skull of a [...]
June 18, 2009
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