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Johannes Cuntius: The Pentsch Vampire

Cuntius, Johannes (Pentsch Vampire)

Johannes Cuntius: The Pentsch Vampire Johannes Cuntius, also known as the Pentsch Vampire, is one of the stranger cases in early modern vampire lore. His story comes from Silesia and was recorded
12 October 2017
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Devil’s Pact

A Devil’s pact is a pledge to serve the Devil or one of his Demons. The pact may be made orally, but according to lore it is best to write it on virgin parchment and sign it in blood. The
25 July 2017
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Padilha, Maria

Maria Padilha: Queen of Pomba Gira In the sixteenth century, Portugal became the first European nation

Minona

ORIGIN: Fon (Benin, formerly Dahomey) Minona is a powerful forest-dwelling spirit of magic, fertility, and domestic

ORPHISM

The system of spirituality and philosophy underlying the Dionysian mysteries, Orphism took its name from the legendary musician Orpheus, who was considered to be its founder. It was famous in ancient times
17 December 2022

ORPHIC CIRCLE

According to several accounts from the late nineteenth century, a group of occultists active in London during the 1830s and 1840s, practicing clairvoyance with crystals and magic mirrors. The sole sources of
17 December 2022

ORMUS

According to an origin story circulated by eighteenth-century Rosicrucians, the founder of the Rosicrucian Order, an Egyptian priest and mage of Alexandria who was converted to Christianity by St Mark in the
17 December 2022

ORIGIN STORIES

Among the standard elements of the secret society toolkit from the seventeenth century to the present are romantic origin stories that link orders and degrees back to sources in the distant past.
17 December 2022

ORDO TEMPLI ASTARTE [OTA]

The Ordo Templi Astarte, also known as the Order of Templars of Astarte or OTA, is a modern American occult order founded in 1970 by the magician Carroll “Poke” Runyon. Although the
17 December 2022

ORDO NOVI TEMPLI [ONT]

One of the most influential secret societies in the proto-Nazi underworld of early twentieth-century central Europe, the Ordo Novi Templi (Order of New Templars, ONT) was founded by Austrian occultist Jörg Lanz
17 December 2022

ORDER OF WOODCUTTERS

One of the first modern secret societies open to men and women alike, the Order of Woodcutters (Ordre des Fendeurs) was founded in Paris in 1747 by the Chevalier Beauchaine, an enthusiastic
17 December 2022

ORDER OF THE WHITE ROSE

One of the odder secret societies of Victorian Britain, the Order of the White Rose was founded in 1886 in London under the leadership of Bertram, Earl of Ashburnham (1840–1913) for the
17 December 2022

ORDER OF THE STAR IN THE EAST

One of several groups organized by the Theosophical Society in the early twentieth century under Annie Besant’s leadership, the Order of the Star in the East was founded in 1911 at the
17 December 2022

ORDER OF THE HELMET

In one of a series of plays written by Francis Bacon (1561–1626) and performed by his fellow law students at Gray’s Inn before he was called to the Bar in 1582, a
17 December 2022
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