Myths, samhainophobia and possession
Posted By Psyche On Saturday, October 31, 2009 @ 11:05 am In Occulture,Saturday Signal | Comments Disabled
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Happy Samhain, kids!
Vampires are hot, hot, hot. Except in Twilight [2], where they’re just creepy and bizarre. Stephen Marshe suggests this is because young straight women want to have sex with gay men [3], whereas Charlie Higson thinks vampires are for girls and zombies are for boys [4]. Even ABE is getting into it with a timeline of vamp lit [5] – things even I haven’t read.
If you find all of this worrying, you can always pick up a nineteenth century vampire killing kit [6]. I know I’d feel safer with one. My kitchen’s always running out of garlic.
- The latest issue of the online occult magazine Rending the Veil [7] has come out, and Patrick Dunn [8] has contributed an essay titled “Ritual and Myth [9]” which looks at the role of myth in our lives and what that might mean.1 [10]
- Joseph Merlin Nichter wrote about “Samhainophobia vs Samhainsensationalism [11]” in his blog WitchDoctorJoe’s RattleBone [12]. He discusses popular reactions to Hallowe’en, his his own family’s traditions. There’s also a picture of a stone monk in a pointy hat lookin’ fab.
- In a lengthly article in Reality Sandwich [13] Paul Levy asks “Are We Possessed? [14]” and responds with excessive quotations from Carl Jung. The answer to the question seems to be “Probably”.
Also, Douglas Rushkoff [15] intends to interview [16] Robert Anton Wilson [17] (1932-2007) on Monday. Could be interesting.
That’s it for this week, mes amis. Wear your costumes proud and practice safe hex.
Footnotes:
- I’m in it too! See “Ignorance – The Real Enemy [18]” my ++heart atheism response to Donald Tyson’s paranoid delusions [19]. [back [20]]
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[1] Image: http://ahrfoundation.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/saturday-signal-ahrfoundation.png
[2] Twilight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZwM3GvaTRM
[3] young straight women want to have sex with gay men: http://www.esquire.com/features/thousand-words-on-culture/vampires-gay-men-1109
[4] vampires are for girls and zombies are for boys: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/oct/15/zombies-vampires
[5] timeline of vamp lit: http://www.abebooks.com/books/dracula-twilight-sookie-stackhouse/history-vampires-literature.shtml?cm_mmc=nl-_-nl-_-r00-ar0911X-_-vampires
[6] nineteenth century vampire killing kit: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/15/vampire-killing-kits.html
[7] Rending the Veil: http://www.rendingtheveil.com
[8] Patrick Dunn: http://pomomagic.wordpress.com/
[9] Ritual and Myth: http://www.rendingtheveil.com/ritual-myth/
[10] 1: http://ahrfoundation.org/2009/10/31/myths-samhainophobia-and-possession/#footnote_0_1368
[11] Samhainophobia vs Samhainsensationalism: http://witchdoctorjoe.blogspot.com/2009/10/samhainophobia-vs-samhainsensationalism.html
[12] WitchDoctorJoe’s RattleBone: http://witchdoctorjoe.blogspot.com
[13] Reality Sandwich: http://www.realitysandwich.com/
[14] Are We Possessed?: http://www.realitysandwich.com/are_we_possessed
[15] Douglas Rushkoff: http://rushkoff.com/
[16] interview: http://rushkoff.com/2009/10/31/raw-undead/
[17] Robert Anton Wilson: http://www.rawilson.com/
[18] Ignorance – The Real Enemy: http://www.rendingtheveil.com/ignorance-enemy/
[19] Donald Tyson’s paranoid delusions: http://www.rendingtheveil.com/atheism-real-enemy/
[20] back: http://ahrfoundation.org/2009/10/31/myths-samhainophobia-and-possession/#identifier_0_1368
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