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07.04.2026

“How to Build a Haunted House: The History of a Cultural Obsession” by Caitlin Blackwell Baines

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🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "A cultural history of the phenomenon of the haunted house as seen through art, architecture, and ghost stories. What makes a house haunted? Why do some buildings conjure up a reputation for being particularly creepy, while others leave us unmoved? Barring the possibility of a looming afterlife, what are the particular features, contexts, and histories that lend a building the dreaded identity of haunted house? How to Build a Haunted House tours some of the world's most famously spine-chilling structures in search of answers. From Medieval Scotland to Enlightenment-era London; Victorian suburbs to pre-Civil War Louisiana, Blackwell Baines, an expert in Gothic art and architecture, will explore that specific set of ingredients that captures our...>>

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07.04.2026

“Inside the World’s Haunted Libraries” by Courtney M. Block

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"Experience firsthand encounters with the paranormal in libraries from around the world! Have you ever noticed that libraries emanate a certain energy? If you've ever been alone in a library, chances are you've noticed a not-quite-empty feeling. This isn't surprising. From the constant flow of people, the echoing voices from authors on the shelves, and archives full of artifacts and records, libraries are inherently haunting spaces. There is no other place in society quite like the library, in fact, and their liminal nature might just serve as a beacon to the strange. It's no wonder that people experience anomalous phenomena in libraries around the world. In this work, librarian and paranormal researcher Courtney M. Block collects...>>

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06.04.2026

“Journeys of Robert Monroe: Out-of-Body Explorer, Consciousness Pioneer, and Traveler of the Invisible World” by Ronald Russell

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🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "The life story of Robert Monroe, consciousness pioneer, bestselling author, self-made millionaire, and out-of-body traveler. Robert Monroe was a towering figure in twentieth-century consciousness research, yet his story is mostly unknown. The boy who loved adventure and exploration, fast cars and rickety aircraft, became a millionaire through writing and producing radio shows in New York City. And then, at age forty-two, he found himself traveling out of body, having no idea what was happening to him. Journeys of Robert Monroe chronicles how Monroe became an iconoclast with his work in the consciousness world—making out-of-body experience (OBE) and astral travel household expressions. Monroe not only helped others understand this state of being, but through his research...>>

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05.04.2026

“Vaporwave Magick: Dream Temples in the Neon Void Using Retro-Future Soundscapes as Chaos Magick Workings” by Mark Gordon Brown

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"Step beyond the sliding glass doors and into a temple built from neon light, looping saxophone riffs, and the echoes of a future that never arrived. Vaporwave Magick: Dream Temples in the Neon Void is the first full Chaos Magick manual dedicated to the Vaporwave aesthetic — showing you how to transform slowed, reverb-soaked tracks into living sigils, convert malls into astral mandalas, and hijack nostalgia as a magical current. In this immersive, step-by-step system, you’ll learn how to: Encode intention into loops, glitches, and reversed audio. Build an astral mall that becomes your personal ritual temple. Use time manipulation in music as temporal sorcery. ...>>

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05.04.2026

“Sew Witchy: Tools, Techniques & Projects for Sewing Magick” by Raechel Henderson

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"Part sewing manual and part grimoire, this fun and easy guide turns every craft project into a magickal ritual. Enhance your witchcraft by putting needle and thread to fabric. Part sewing manual and part grimoire, this fun and easy guide turns every craft project into a magickal ritual. Packed with easy-to-follow instructions and photographs, Sew Witchy presents a wide variety of projects that complement and improve your practice, from dream pillows and spell bags to cords and altar cloths. With spells grouped by type, this book encourages you to enhance familiar spells with sewing supplies and try spells that infuse mundane sewing tasks with magickal intent. You'll also find a comprehensive list of the magical correspondences...>>

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