EXPERIMENTER EFFECT
A term used in laboratory tests for psi to describe the unconscious psychic influence or bias of the experimenter on the subject. The effect may…
Author: Lux Ferre
EQUINOX
Term used to refer to the two days each year, one in spring (usually around 20 to 23 March) and one in autumn (usually around…
ENTOMANCY
Entomancy is a form of divination, interpreting the appearance and behaviour of insects. To this may be referred the various omens and superstitions of popular…
CREWE CIRCLE
The Crewe Circle was a group of spirit photographers based in Crewe, England, in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Led by William Hope,…
ZOS KIA CULTUS
The system of occult philosophy and practice created by English artist and magician Austin Osman Spare (1886–1956), and borrowed from his writings by chaos magicians…
WORSHIPFUL MASTER
The traditional title of the presiding officer of a lodge of Freemasons. The Worshipful Master of a Masonic lodge sits in a chair on the…
WOODCRAFT
A youth movement with significant pagan elements, Woodcraft was founded by Canadian-American nature writer Ernest Thompson Seton (1860–1946) in 1902, at his home in Cos…
WITCHCRAFT PERSECUTIONS
Many human cultures have imposed legal penalties on people practicing unpopular ritual practices, and inevitably these have now and then been inflicted on innocent people.…
WHITEBOYS
The first known Irish political secret society, the Whiteboys first appeared in Tipperary in the autumn of 1761. Enclosure Acts passed by the Irish Parliament…
WHITE ORDER OF THULE [WOT]
The White Order of Thule (WOT), originally founded as the Black Order, is an international neo-Nazi occult organisation that emerged in January 1994. Its founder, Kerry Bolton of New Zealand, was formerly…
