“Games That Haunt Us: Gothic Game Space as a Living Nightmare” edited by Stephanie Farnsworth

🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "Games That Haunt Us: Gothic Game Space as a Living Nightmare is an examination of how the Gothic appears in game space to interrogate an area of substantial importance to contemporary games, with a focus on environments, bodies, and defining the Gothic in games. The Gothic, both as a literary and videogame genre has increased in prominence amongst literature, media, and culture scholars globally, as games studies becomes a more recognized and exciting field of study and as Gothic scholars find new ways to apply their works across emerging mediums. But why have Gothic games risen in popularity since 2010? What do players feel when they play these games? Why are themes surrounding fraught identities,...>>

“Paranormal Perspectives: PARA·NORMALITY: Normalising the Paranormal” by Kieran Stanislaw Mace

🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "As above, so below. Soon, the unseen will put on a show. As above, so below. Soon, the unseen will put on a show. We measure the world with finite concepts such as up and down, left and right, dark and light, north and south, and so on. In this reality of many realities, our world is a quantum leap beyond our perceptions, so vast that it is understandable that we should feel safer mapping our perceptual plot of land in the universe. It is when we spend our lives nurturing the existence of that perceived plot of land that we lose sight of the vast valleys beyond, as we are convinced that plot...>>

“The Split Man: And the Art of Homeopathic Spiritual Healing” by Hillel Zvi Friesel

🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "Journey to the heart of homeopathic healing. What is homeopathy? Wherein lies its secret? Created some 200 years ago by German medical doctor Samuel Hahnemann, homeopathy has experienced its share of ups and downs, often criticized by many in the scientific community as quackery. But do those critics really understand it? And why does homeopathy arouse such antagonism? The Split Man and the Art of Homeopathic Spiritual Healing presents the reader with a journey into the heart of the homeopathic experience. It endeavors to explain relatively complex issues in an understandable manner and aims to reach those whose daily lives differ from the themes at hand. The author hopes that when you reach the...>>

“Osiris: Raising the Djed Pillar” by Olivia Church (Pagan Portals)

🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "Dip below the Nile’s surface to the realm of ancient Egypt’s green-faced god of the life, death, and rebirt. Dip below the Nile’s surface to the realm of ancient Egypt’s green-faced God of life, death, and rebirth. Known to the Greeks as Osiris, Wesir is one of ancient Egypt’s most enduring deities, worshipped from at least the Old Kingdom, alongside his consort Aset-Isis, until the 6th century CE. Looking to the cycles of nature, the ancients saw Wesir’s mythology made manifest in the landscape of the Nile Valley, reassuring them that just as the crops grow, die, and return, so shall Wesir, and all those who repeat his rituals. Bringing together Egyptological research and...>>

“Spellcraft and Spellwork: A Guide to the Magical Practice of Spells” by Ariana Carrasca (Pagan Portals)

"Spells are something that almost every magical practitioner utilises. Often when stepping into the world of magic and spellcasting for the first time, it can be difficult to understand how to navigate crafting your first spell and what steps to take towards building your own personal practice. Spellcraft and Spellwork is a practical guide on the inner and outer workings of spellcasting. This book brings the reader back to the basics, and introduces everything you need to know about crafting and working spells. The way in which each magic worker will craft their spell will vary greatly. Ariana Carrasca provides explanations of the foundations of spellcasting in a way which highlights the practitioner's own...>>