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Two Teen Girls Lift 3,000 Pound Tractor To Save Dad A while back I wrote about the famous case when a woman lifted a car to save her son. Now the news are abuzz about one more example of what people can do when extreme circumstances call for it.... Read on

Ritual In Latin From "The Ninth Gate" I was watching the movie "The Ninth Gate" with some friends again. I haven't seen it in a long time. As the movie showed the ritual with Liana Telfer reading stuff in Latin I was asked something like "Does it actually mean anything or..." Well, there is this beautiful German word "Jain". It means something like "Yes-and-no". Those are actual Latin words but sentences don't "connect" to each other... Read on

Pope John Paul II Beatified - Case In Point Of Miraculous Cures As I write this, all the TV stations are carrying the news of the day: Vatican has beatified the late Pope John Paul II. It was the fastest process of beatification in the almost 2000 years of the Church history. However, this post is not about the biography of the Blessed John Paul II (as he is officially addressed after the beatification) nor is it a news flash of... Read on

Fun With Religion Some people take the whole issue of religions (especially their own) very seriously. As a public service ( to help people read something fun in their coffee break ) we bring you this small list of fun with religion. Enjoy. (Click on each image to see it in full size and on its source website.)... Read on

Who Are The Nephilim AKA Anunaki AKA Watchers (And What Do They Have To Do With St. Valentine's)? Every now and then some movie or TV series makes a reference to the Nephilim. Reptilian conspiracy theories also reference the Anunaki. Today, on St. Valentine's day I thought would be the best occasion to make a post explaining quickly all about Nephilim, Nephlim, Anakim, Anunaki and what do they all have to do with the St. Valentine's day.... Read on

Rituale Romanum - Official Exorcism Book - PDF Download Recently I made a post about Rituale Romanum (Roman Ritual) a book containing the official Catholic exorcism ritual in Latin. I made that post simply because I have a copy of that book from 1776 and it is so picturesque that it just deserves a post. Little did I know that since then I will receive a whole pile of emails asking for PDFs of Rituale Romanum both in... Read on

Reversed Soundtrack: Jonas Brothers Sing Satanic Song Anyone remember 80es? Back then the record players like the one above made it really easy for anyone to turn any given record backwards and search for "hidden messages" recorded backwards in the songs. Countless and baseless rumors of secret Satanic messages in different songs were all the rage back then. Comedy "Little Nicky" with Adam Sandler made fun of that as Sandler, playing the misfit son of the... Read on

Things You Didn't Know About Three Holy Kings Today is Epiphany. A Christian holiday celebrating three holy kings, also known as three wise men or the Magi visiting baby Jesus. Everyone knows the standard story; They saw a star in the East, recognized that it means the birth of a king, so they brought presents : gold, frankincense and myrrh. Some people also know that myrrh is a dried oleo resin of Commiphora species of trees. It... Read on

Rituale Romanum - Official Exorcism Book Everyone knows what is an exorcism. We all saw it in some movies, documentaries etc. Not everyone knows that there is an official book that Catholic church uses for such procedures, and some non-Catholic exorcists like using it too. Since this is not something you can just buy in your local bookstore, here is a little introduction to this book along with a few pictures of a copy from... Read on

Interview WIth David Rankine David Rankine is an author who needs no introduction. His extensive work includes more than 20 books on the subjects of Occult and Western Esoteric Traditions. The "Sourceworks of Ceremonial Magic Series" which he co-authored are among the most collectable occult titles in recent years. We caught up with him during his break from lectures and workshops and asked him for an interview.... Read on

1863 Dictionnaire Infernal In PDF - All Illustrations Included Even if you have never heard about this book, you have probably seen the illustrations from it. Dictionnaire Infernal, which is French for "Infernal Dictionary" was written by Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy and first published in 1818. This book has so much of a history and oddities associated with it that you could almost write a book about it. I will try to cram as much of... Read on

Petition Started To Save The Ritman Library Many occult, esoteric and book aficionados are familiar with the Ritman Library. Also known under the name of Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, it was established in 1984 when a Dutch businessman Joost R. Ritman decided to make his collection of books public. His work in the area of books and culture was acknowledged with several awards. He was knighted in the Order of the Dutch Lion in 2002.... Read on

The Antichrist Manuscript Made Public By Bavarian Library The year 2012 and "end times" are a hot topic these days. I was a bit surprised that despite all that atmostphere one small event went by completely unnoticed, so I am making a post about it to give the fans of this sort of stuff a little candy to look at. Bavarian State Library published on their servers manuscript Cgm 426, simply labeled as "Antichrist-Bildertext" which is German... Read on

Palmistry For All - Book By Cheiro For Download Exactly 74 years ago today, on October 8, 1936 William John Warner, also known as Cheiro died. He was an Irish palmist and astrologer who also practiced Chaldean numerology. It was the palmistry (cheiromancy) that gave him his nickname - Cheiro. His wife, Countess Lena Hamon, said that he had predicted his own death accurately to the day and hour.... Read on

An Interview with E.A. Koetting Every aficionado of Occult literature will be pleased to hear that E.A. Koetting, one of the most prominent occult authors of today will be re-releasing his latest book "Evoking Eternity". This book, just like all of his previous works is sold out and out of print. When any of them appears on ebay they can go for over $200. No surprise then, that the new release of his book... Read on

Scientists Closer To Sixth Sense Image credit: xedos4 / FreeDigitalPhotos.net It seems that science came a step closer to understanding the sixth sense. People "resonate" with each other and we know it for a long time. Remember how when someone yawns, everyone around seems to be "infected" and starts yawning too? When someone is nervous people around him become a bit nervous too. Same goes for laughing etc. But it goes deeper than that and... Read on

Scientist Says: "Some Paranormal Events Appear To Be True" “I do not believe in life after death. I believe that most things labeled as ‘paranormal’ are simply delusions, hoaxes or the result of drunkenness or drug-taking. Having said that, my results show that at least one part of the paranormal, which relates to the noises produced by ghosts and poltergeists, appears to be true. They are most definitely not human or natural.”... Read on

Parapsychology - Dr. Stephen Braude's Overview Of Interesting Cases Parapsychology - investigating the existence and causes of psychic abilities, near-death experiences, and life after death using the scientific method is not something new. The above photo, taken in 1898 at the home of French astronomer Camille Flammarion, shows a renowned medium of her time, Eusapia Palladino levitating a table.... Read on

Jelena Momcilov - Magnet Girl From Serbia The media in the entire Balkans region are abuzz about Jelena Momcilov, a 10 year old girl from Zeljusa near Dimitrovgrad, Serbia. Objects stick to her as if she was a big magnet. Even though newspapers and websites refer to her as a "magnet girl", she attracts plastics and wood as well as iron and aluminum. Through our network of paranormal minded friends we had a peek into the... Read on

The Earliest End Of The World Prophecy? As the year 2012 approaches, everyone from niche blogs to mainstream media talk about the end of the world theories. Everyone goes on about Maya, Nostradamus etc. However, what is the oldest "end of the world prophecy"?... Read on

Bible Fight - Flash Game These days it is perfectly normal to make fun of things that previous generations wouldn't even dream about laughing at. For example, final fight between Jesus and Satan. Do you think your grandparents would be making fun of it? These days it is normal so this nice little flash game went completely unnoticed without any scandal or media attention. The game is called "Bible Fight". It's description says:... Read on

Mr Bean In Hell This video has been around for a while, but I keep running into loads of people who haven't seen it and they just have that blank look on their face when someone pulls up some quote from there. If you haven't seen this video just sit back, relax, click play and get ready to laugh.... Read on

Secret Societies Documentary Secret societies and all the conspiracy theories around them are a huge subject these days. You could easily think that this is something typical for 21st century America. You wouldn't be right though. The stories and rumors about different secret societies has been around for a while now and not only in the US. The book from the above image is from a French book about secret societies that... Read on

Brenda Alison - Magnet Woman Image credit : Video Screenshot / Sun Magazine The picture above is taken from a youtube video and it is really worth the proverbial thousand words. It shows Brenda Allison, a 50 y.o mother of one in a hardware store demonstrating for the camera how metal objects stick to her.... Read on

Illustrated History Of Baphomet Baphomet is a part of popular culture today. You can buy figures and pendants with it. It is impossible to go to any heavy metal concert without seeing people who wear it on the necklace. But where did it come from? Is it really an ancient figure as some claim? Here is a short history of Baphomet taken from “Hexagradior, the bible of magic” accompanied by additional illustrations and... Read on

Happy Friday the 13th ! Image credit: DesktopNexus As anyone who hasn't spent the last 2,000 years on Mars, in a cave, under the rock, with fingers in their ears already knows, Friday the 13th has a long history of being considered unlucky.... Read on

About OccultCenter.Com - Meet The Host The world is a place that still holds unexplored phenomena. On one side there is the blind skepticism calling everything paranormal a fraud or lunacy. On the other side is the blind faith and superstition that believes every conspiracy theory and spits three times upon a sight of a black cat. Between them there is a whole world worthy of open-minded research.... Read on

Creature crossing the road caught on video As the cameras became progressively cheaper and more ubiquitous, many enthusiasts of paranormal and cryptozoology were expecting major advances in their fields of interest. Now there would be photos and videos for people to show everyone what they saw. World wouldn't just have to "take their word for it". The reality is a bit different. The internet is full of photos and videos of all kinds, and people still... Read on

Video: "Ghost Hand" Pushes Beer Off The Table We have all heard of cases where things get moved or knocked around the room without anyone touching them. Now one such event has been caught on CCTV camera. Sean Moore left his drink during the weekly quiz at the New Inn in Gloucester, UK. Mark Cooke, 35, the proprietor of the bar said that he heard "stories" about the bar but was skeptical. However, he says "But the... Read on

Deal With Devil The Real Cause of Haiti Earthquake While the world is gathering support and aid to help Haiti after the January 12 Earthquake, Pat Robertson enlightened us with an explanation of why the disaster happened in the first place. It's because Haitians (actually their ancestors) made a pact with the devil. Simple, isn't it?... Read on

Quotes From Quran Appearing On Baby Ali Yakubov, a nine month old boy has become somewhat of a celebrity in Dagestan, a republic in Russia. Quotes from Quran started appearing on his skin. The first word that appeared was "Allah". What soon followed was a succession of various quotes of Quran verses.... Read on

Ghost of Michael Jackson on CNN camera? Some people really like attention. Pop stars are typical examples of that. However, too much is too much. It seems that even death can't stop Michael Jackson from getting into the news.... Read on

Healing Power Of Prayer - Case Of Gabby Mathis Can prayer heal? Sociologist Wendy Cadge found that the first ever scientific research into this controversial subject was published back in 1965. Between then and 2006 there were 18 similar studies published in English. In short, the result of the studies is that there is no definitive result. It turned into a ping-pong between scientists who find evidence that prayer can heal, and then the next team finds "no... Read on

More Hogwarts Fun The entire Harry Potter world is just a magnet for poking fun at. This time guys at Cracked.com take a more critical look at Dumbledore. You just have to see his job application. As they point out - he "has single-handedly endangered more children than a MySpace made of unmarked vans." See the rest here: http://www.cracked.com/funny-339-dumbledore/... Read on

Reincarnation - James Leininger Case James Leininger and Anne Barron. Photo copyright: Soul Survivor website Reincarnation is a word coined from Latin prefix "re" meaning "to repeat", and "carnis" - flesh. It is a belief that after the death of a human body a soul is re-born in another body (not necessarily human). Although this idea is in the very foundations of Hinduism, a religion of over 900 million people in India, many people... Read on

El hombre murciélago (bat-man) reported in La Junta, Mexico Blogs and news in Mexico are buzzing with reports about a strange creature. A number of people spotted it and reported their encounters to police in La Junta, Mexico.... Read on

The world we live in could be a hologram We all saw some SF movies with holograms in them and thought "cool". Then we have all seen "Matrix" and thought "naaah, no way that could be for real" (at least those of us who are not so much into tin foil hats). But now scientists "bumped" into some data that may be interpreted as "grains" of the hologram universe. However, it should be pointed out that the word... Read on

Xmas Humor - God vs. Santa List Here is a funny little list of differences of "Santa vs. God". You can click the image to enlarge it. It comes from the Unreasonable Faith blog.... Read on

Pope Benedict predicted economy crash back in '85? Every time something big happens, rumors inevitably appear that someone predicted it. The usual suspect in such cases is Nostradamus, but this time the prophet was none other than the Pope Benedict XVI.... Read on

The Lists Of The "End Of The World" Dates Another "End of the world" gone by. So there I was today with a cup of decaf in my hand looking out of the window in the general direction of Switzerland. Some people promised an end of the world today and I was curious to see how it looks. Luckily for all of us the Large Hadron Collider, the largest atom smasher to-date, has started, did its thing, turned... Read on

Spirit of Killed Priest Scares Kids Photo copyright: http://24sata.hr Newspapaers in Croatia are reporting that 23 kids in a small Croatian town of Generalski Stol saw a ghost of their tragically deceased priest.... Read on

Harry Potter Parody Comic I stumbled upon this cute piece of parody making fun of Harry Potter. Not sure how the hard-core fans will take this, but for anyone interested - just click on the image to enlarge it or go here: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0253.html... Read on

21 Grams - Weight Of The Soul? Photo by:costi These days the term "21 grams" is a part of popular culture. Holywood even made a movie with that title. Some people quote as "scientific fact" that "scientists measured people losing 21 grams of weight when they die". Is it really so? Where did that number even come from? Here are hard facts about it:... Read on

Damanhur - Once Secret Underground Temple It was 1991 when police, acting on the tip from the suspicious villagers in Italian valley of Valchiusella, knocked on the door of Oberto Airaudi over an alleged tax evasion. They found nothing. It was just one more of those anonymous tips and routine visits. They had no idea how close they came to something monumental and completely unrelated to tax issues they were so concerned about.... Read on

Mother Lifts Car To Save Child - Supernatural Moms Or Just Adrenaline? Everyone heard the story of a kid trapped under a car and then his mom lifts the car and saves the day. Some use this story to illustrate the power of adrenaline, some to point out that "cars are too heavy to be lifted by a woman using only one hand, so it's something to do with supernatural." The problem is that this story was told too many times... Read on

Amusing Video - Is Psychiatry "Supernatural" ? It's an old story. A number of people, some of which very educated and informed, call Psychiatry a "pseudo science". Even celebrities like Tom Cruise are of the same opinion. Why is this so? Here is a short video that will quickly and thoroughly illustrate the background of it. Recently, someone turned my attention to this funny short video on YouTube and we both found it thought provoking. Why?... Read on

Beauty Queen Fired Over Tarot And Reiki Or How Reiki Became "The Dark Side"... Sometimes one wonders what it must have felt to live in the old times. You know - bigotry, primitivism, "our beliefs are right and the rest of the world is wrong", "it's sin to have a bath more than twice a year" and that sort of stuff. Even though it's 21st century now, sometimes we still get to experience such spirit of middle... Read on

Natasha Demkina - Girl With X-Ray Eyes Image Credit : Discovery Channel documentary 'The Girl with X-Ray Eyes" It all started in 1997 and in a rather East-European way. Natasha Demkina was only 10 when she underwent a surgery to have her appendix removed. When it was time to go home she could hardly move. Ultrasound revealed that surgeon forgot the medical cotton inside her. She was operated again to have it removed. About a month... Read on

A Haunted Swing in Firmat, Argentina? Firmat, a quiet city in Argentina has recently come under media spotlight and gathered quite a following on YouTube. A swing on the children's playground started swinging on its own as we can see in the video below. Note that one person stops the swing but after a short while it slowly starts swinging again while the other two next to it stay still.... Read on

Teacher In Trouble Over Faust Opera We all believe that witch hunts are a thing of the past and can not really happen in our time. In fact, they only happen in different shape and form. In 2006 it happened to Tresa Waggoner, an opera singer who was teaching first through twelfth grades in Bennett, Colorado. It started when Opera Colorado's educational outreach team scheduled a visit to her school. To introduce the students to... Read on

Magnetic Personality? No, Really Magnetic People Everyone heard about people who have "magnetic personality", but when you meet Liew Thow Lin, a 70-year-old retired contractor from Malaysia, this expression gets a whole new meaning. Metal objects are actually sticking to his body which earned him a nickname "magnet man" in some media. He says he noticed that ability quite a while ago while he worked as a contractor and tools would stick to him. You... Read on

Pope John Paul II Appearing In Flames? On April 2, 2007 Grzegorz Lukasik, a 26 year old Pole attended a vigil commemorating second anniversary of death of Pope John Paul II. It took place on Matyska mountain in southern Poland. Only when he came home and looked at the pictures he snapped, he realized that the photograph taken at 21.37:30 - at the hour of pope's death shows flames forming the image of the pope waving... Read on