Mysterious Disappearances
Since people have been keeping records there have been reports of mysterious vanishings. While some may never been fully explained many of them could have simple explanations. Here is the story of six unexplained vanishings.
In 1587 a small company made up of 90 men, 17 women and 9 children colonized the island [...]
Winter Solstice
The Winter Solstice occurs at the instant that the sun is the greatest distance away from the observer and their hemisphere.
The word solstice derives from Latin sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still).
During the Northern Hemisphere’s Winter, the earth is actually closer to the sun than in June/July. It is because the Northern Hemisphere [...]
Pagans and Wiccans
Paganism is an umbrella term to describe pagan religions. Wicca is one of those, as is Hellensimos, Asatry and Kemeticism. It is a worship of deities.
Wicca is a practice of witchcraft, but not all witches are Wiccans or even pagan.
There are 8 holidays during the Wiccan, and generally Pagan, year. Those are Samhain [...]
A Third Friday the 13th
2009 is one of those rare years when there are three months that have a Friday the 13th. The first was February followed a month later in March. The third is today.
Instead of repeating the Friday the 13th post from earlier in the year, just take a look at it:
Friday the 13th
About Halloween
Halloween has many different names such as: All Hallows Eve, Samhain, All Hallowtide, The Feast of the Dead, Haloween and All Saints Eve.
All Hallows Eve has its origins as a pagan celebration that dates back over 2000 years to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. The Celts believed that on the night before [...]
Haunted Hotels
During this Halloween season I’m sure everyone will be creating a list of Hotels that are said to be haunted. Why shouldn’t I be any different? I’m not so I will do my list of 6 hotels that are considered to be haunted.
Crescent Hotel
When the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas was being [...]
The Druids
Druids were the priestly and learned class active in Gaul, present day France and Belgium. They were suppressed by the Roman Empire in the 1st Century.
The Druids passed their culture and history along through oral tales. Little of these are known other than through the writings of the Romans. The core points [...]
The Summer of ‘69
When thinking back 40 years to the Summer of ‘69, a year also made famous in the Bryan Adams songs, one will see that there are many things to look back on during this summer besides the Moon Landings.
In baseball 1969 was the first year that the leagues expanded to 12 ball clubs each and [...]
It’s a Blue Moon
It’s commonly thought that a Blue Moon occurs when there are two full moons in the same month. This hasn’t always been the meaning of a ‘Blue Moon’. In 1946 an article by James Hugh Pruett appeared in Sky & Telescope March edition mistakenly referring to a Blue Moon as being the [...]
A Witch in Time
A strange period of history occurred in New England a hundred years before the American Revolution. During much of the last half of the 17th century many, mostly women, were accused of Witchcraft. While the most famous of these witch trials occurred in Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex counties of Massachusetts, between February 1692 [...]
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