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Interview with Peter Vronsky,expert on international espionage and forensic history

Peter Vronsky was born in 1956 in Toronto, Canada. As independent historian and documentary filmmaker, he is a producer of investigative-themed television programs in Canada, the United States and Europe. During his career he has gone undercover in sects such as the...

Cheerleading

Hey, ghouls! Making friends in high school can be hard, but joining a club can help

Under the bed

Hey, ghouls! Have you checked what's under your bed recently?

Magical herbs and plants: time for potpourri

February is the month in which winter casts the last remnants of its long shadow and we begin to feel nostalgic for the beautiful season. This is why it is the perfect month to surround yourself with the sparkling and lively aroma of potpourri. Bowls of good mood The...

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Magical herbs and plants: time for potpourri

Magical herbs and plants: time for potpourri

by Charlie | Apr 27, 2025 | Culture, Mother Earth's Garden

February is the month in which winter casts the last remnants of its long shadow and we begin to feel nostalgic for the beautiful season. This is why it is the perfect month to surround yourself with the sparkling and lively aroma of potpourri. Bowls of good mood The term potpourri derives from the French rotten vase, which refers to the process of drying flowers. It is, therefore, a bowl, a wooden box, a cloth bag, or a jar that contains a composition of dried flower leaves and petals mixed...

Magical herbs and plants: autumn herbal teas

Magical herbs and plants: autumn herbal teas

by Charlie | Nov 23, 2024 | Culture, Mother Earth's Garden

In November, autumn envelops everything in its icy coils. The air gets colder, the first mists creep in to obscure the city and the need for a nice hot herbal tea in the mid-afternoon becomes almost an obligation. The concoction that is good for us Preparing herbal tea is one of the simplest culinary acts: a little water brought to the boil, a sachet full of dried leaves, and perhaps in addition a teaspoon of sweet honey. And what better season to pamper yourself with a herbal tea than autumn?...

Magical herbs and plants: the wonder of autumn

Magical herbs and plants: the wonder of autumn

by Charlie | Oct 16, 2024 | Culture, Mother Earth's Garden

The first leaves fall. The light rain fills the air with the fresh smell of damp grass. Gray clouds keep the sun's rays away. The cold advances slowly, one degree at a time. This is part of the wonder of autumn, a season that heralds the end, which becomes the bearer of change. Autumn enchantment If September is the month of new beginnings, October brings with it all the enchantment of autumn. The woods become quieter, the heavy rain fills the air with mist, and the leaves change color....

Energy herbs and plants: from kombu seaweed to guaranà

Energy herbs and plants: from kombu seaweed to guaranà

by Charlie | Sep 18, 2024 | Culture, Mother Earth's Garden

With the return of September, summer fades away. The usual daily routine returns and melancholy sets in for those holidays that lasted too short. Returning to the rhythm can be tiring and easily consume all our spiritual energy. In this article, we will discover some herbs and plants capable of giving us a hand in this passing month, to restore all our energies. The energy cycle The efforts that we manage to instill every day in our work, our daily errands, and our passions are made up of a...

Magical herbs and plants: sit under a tree in summer

Magical herbs and plants: sit under a tree in summer

by Charlie | Jul 17, 2024 | Culture, Mother Earth's Garden

Summer is a very special time of year. Our energy drops and our level of attention vanishes while our thoughts chase a lonely cloud in the very blue sky. It's a time for lightness, which is why sitting under a tree in summer can help us rediscover the right vigor that the scorching heat of these months causes us to consume. Allies against summer exhaustion The origin of the word summer can be traced back to the Latin root aestas, which derives from the Indo-European root aies, which means to...

The main Ayurvedic herbs: from Andrographis to Trikatu

The main Ayurvedic herbs: from Andrographis to Trikatu

by Charlie | Jun 27, 2024 | Culture, Mother Earth's Garden

Nature offers many ways to heal ourselves, and just as many ways to help you stay healthy. One of these ways is through the main Ayurvedic herbs. Thanks to their principles, we can try to keep the body in harmony to counteract any diseases. Ayurvedic medicine: the basics Ayurvedic medicine comprises a set of therapeutic measures that aim to re-establish or maintain balance and harmony between the elements and forces in one's body. The main source of well-being for our body arises from this...

The best herbs for smudge: from laurel to yerba santa

The best herbs for smudge: from laurel to yerba santa

by Charlie | May 15, 2024 | Culture, Mother Earth's Garden

As I underlined in the previous article (The best herbs for smudge: from mugwort to white sage), smudge is one of the most important ways to purify an environment and ward off negative energies. Today we will therefore talk about other precious herbs suitable for this energetic cleansing practice. Cultivate the art of smudge Smudge sticks are natural incense created from dried leaves and flowers. But smudge isn't just a tangle of random herbs. Creating the right smudge for the right type of...

Poisonous herbs and plants: from snowdrop to lily of the valley

Poisonous herbs and plants: from snowdrop to lily of the valley

by Charlie | Apr 18, 2024 | Culture, Mother Earth's Garden

In the world, there is a truly significant quantity of plants that are poisonous and toxic to humans. Nature constantly tests us and always protects itself. We must learn to know her and have enough trust to put ourselves in her green hands. With this new article, we will discover new poisonous plants so that we know how to avoid them carefully. Botany for beginners (like me) As we specified in the previous article (Poisonous herbs and plants: from aconite to yew), the botanist studies plant...

The best herbs for smudge: from laurel to yerba santa

The best herbs for smudge: from mugwort to white sage

by Charlie | Mar 20, 2024 | Culture, Mother Earth's Garden

Smudge is one of the most important ways to purify an environment, make a home safe, and ward off negative energies. In this new article, we will try to discover some of the most used herbs to create an effective smudge stick. What is a smudge? Smudge sticks are natural incense created using dried leaves and flowers assembled. Indigenous peoples and shamans use the smudge stick for purification rituals of environments, objects, or people. Smudging is therefore a real healing and purification...

Poisonous herbs and plants: from aconite to yew

Poisonous herbs and plants: from aconite to yew

by Charlie | Feb 21, 2024 | Culture, Mother Earth's Garden

Magical plants, relaxing plants, calming plants, plants for winter. We talked about all these types of herbs in previous articles, and what about poisonous plants? What are those plants and herbs to which we must pay particular attention to avoid intoxication? Or perhaps even in our untimely end? In this new article, we will explore some of those plants that should not be ingested, drunk, and sometimes not even touched. Botany for beginners (like me) By definition, botany is that branch of the...

Calming herbs and plants: from ashwagandha to rhodiola

Calming herbs and plants: from ashwagandha to rhodiola

by Charlie | Jan 17, 2024 | Culture, Mother Earth's Garden

Often to find the right inner balance we need the help of calming plants and herbs. The greatest support comes from Nature so we do not get lost in the frenetic folds of our daily lives. Now take a few moments for yourself, sit back, sip some light tea, and get ready to read this new article. Floriculture The word floriculture defines the art of growing flowers or plants for pleasure, ornamentation, or commerce. The shape of flowers, their bright colors, the beauty of the petals, and the scent...

Calming herbs and plants: from ashwagandha to rhodiola

Magical herbs and plants: winter enchantment

by Charlie | Dec 27, 2023 | Culture, Mother Earth's Garden

The winter holiday season can bring its fair share of agitation and melancholy. Finding the right gift, attending family dinners, going around the shops: it may not seem like it, but all these events can be a source of stress, in a period in which we would just stay warm and find inner serenity. In this new article, I will recommend some plants to live the winter more peacefully. Plants for the winter Winter is a suggestive season. Most of the trees lose their leaves, the outline branches rise...

Calming herbs and plants: from hawthorn to linden

Calming herbs and plants: from hawthorn to linden

by Charlie | Nov 15, 2023 | Culture, Mother Earth's Garden

The world is full of plants that help us deal with the most stressful moments in life. In this new article, we talk once again about plants and herbs capable of relaxing the nerves. Once again we emphasize their traditional uses, their mystical powers, and medicinal use. Phytotherapy How man, over time, has chosen to use herbs and plants is manifold. We cook them and prepare pills, infusions, and liqueurs. We chop them up and create powders and medicinal oils. Phytotherapy is one of the many...

Calming herbs and plants: from lavender to hypericum

Calming herbs and plants: from lavender to hypericum

by Charlie | Oct 18, 2023 | Culture, Mother Earth's Garden

The search and discovery of magical herbs and plants continue. Properties, traditional uses, and use in popular medicine of what Nature gives us; an appointment with the most effective calming plants as protagonists. Herbal medicine Herbal medicine is the science that deals with the collection of spontaneous or cultivated plants, as well as with the preparation and trade of the respective extracts used in medicine, liqueur, perfumery, and confectionery industries. As we have already said in...

Magical herbs and plants: from willow to vervain

Magical herbs and plants: from willow to vervain

by Charlie | Sep 20, 2023 | Culture, Mother Earth's Garden

Herbs and healing plants are part of our daily life. Think of all the varieties of tea that we can make from it or the various extracts with which it is possible to create creams and ointments. In this third appointment, we continue our exploration of the mystical properties of herbs and plants, and their uses in popular tradition. The role of the apothecary A figure that has gradually developed in conjunction with the witch is that of the apothecary. In his shop, he dealt with the preparation...

Interview with Peter Vronsky,expert on international espionage and forensic history

Interview with Peter Vronsky,expert on international espionage and forensic history

by Roxanne Caracciolo | Sep 15, 2023 | Culture, Featured, Interviews, They kill, We write – True Crime

Peter Vronsky was born in 1956 in Toronto, Canada. As independent historian and documentary filmmaker, he is a producer of investigative-themed television programs in Canada, the United States and Europe. During his career he has gone undercover in sects such as the Ku Klux Klan and in groups engaged in smuggling radioactive materials into the rebel republic of Chechnya in Russia. His research and interviews have been featured in various books and television programs. He got a Ph.D. in...

Energy herbs and plants: from kombu seaweed to guaranà

Magical herbs and plants: from mandrake to rue

by Charlie | Jul 19, 2023 | Culture, Mother Earth's Garden

In the previous article (Magical herbs and plants: from fir to heather) I laid the first foundations of the magical and mysterious world of healing plants and herbs, which have always played a fundamental role in human development and innovation. Over time, the medicinal use of plants has often been confused with witchcraft, counted among all those supernatural arts that required a good dose of superstition and fear. In this new article, we will continue to explore the significance of some...

Magical herbs and plants: from fir to heather

Magical herbs and plants: from fir to heather

by Charlie | Jun 21, 2023 | Culture, Mother Earth's Garden

In the course of human growth, plants have always played a very important role. Poisonous or curative, dear friends or fearsome, they have accompanied man in his self-discovery, like faithful allies. Tradition says that some plants and flowers are more special than others due to their magical properties. In today's article, we will discover some of these plants, their properties, and their possible mystical use. In traditions It is impossible to know for sure how long plants have been part of...

Special books on visual kei

Special books on visual kei

by Dante | May 23, 2023 | Book, Culture, Music

What happens when fashion, music and writing come together? Between smashing your favourite shoes, consuming music albums and devouring books, numerous unique strands have sprung up in each field. For this reason, I would like to share with you a mini video review of three special books on visual kei! 🖤 Please remember that opinions are totally personal and criticism made wisely, respectfully and politely is accepted! 🖤 The material shared is easily available on various online platforms! 🖤...

American Serial Killers: The Deadliest Years 1950-2000 by Peter Vronsky

American Serial Killers: The Deadliest Years 1950-2000 by Peter Vronsky

by Roxanne Caracciolo | May 5, 2023 | Book, They kill, We write – True Crime

Peter Vronsky's latest work, American Serial Killers (Nua Edizioni), will also be available in Italy from May 12th. It's an extraordinary essay that delves not only into what the author calls the "golden age" of serial killers, but also examines their historical, cultural, and psychological origins, taking readers on a journey into the darkest recesses of the human and collective psyche. Vronsky is a Canadian investigative historian, writer, and director who holds a PhD in the history of...

John Wayne Gacy, Clown-killer

John Wayne Gacy, Clown-killer

by KeiLeela | Mar 30, 2023 | Culture, They kill, We write – True Crime

John Wayne Gacy (1942-1994) was an American politician, businessman, husband, father, and charity clown. However, he was also a serial killer who murdered 33 young men between 1972 and 1978. Many of the victims were found buried under his house in the suburbs of Chicago. Even after fifty years, not all of the victims have been identified through DNA analysis. Stephen King was inspired by Gacy for his famous character, Pennywise the Clown, in the novel IT, although the writer never admitted to...

Dark Journey, Deep Grace: Jeffrey Dahmer’s Story of Faith

Dark Journey, Deep Grace: Jeffrey Dahmer’s Story of Faith

by Roxanne Caracciolo | Mar 21, 2023 | Book, They kill, We write – True Crime

Dark Journey, Deep Grace: Jeffrey Dahmer's Story of Faith by Roy Ratcliff was released in 2006. This book is a collaboration with Lindy Adams, editor of The Christian Chronicle magazine. Ratcliff is a Minister of the Church of Christ who served in Kansas and Wisconsin. He's also married and has two grown children. The unexpected human and spiritual experience with the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in 1994 made him the decision to continue his mission in the Wisconsin penitentiaries. When a...

“The world of yesterday”, an European memoir

“The world of yesterday”, an European memoir

by Dante | Feb 22, 2022 | Book, Culture

Memories of a European between Viennese Mitteleuropa and the Second World War On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the death of Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer, playwright, journalist, biographer (for fans of The Rose of Versailles, Ikeda-sensei also based on Marie Antoinette - The portait of an Avarage Woman by Zweig himself for the eponymous character), historian and poet, I decided to honor him with an article about his most important work: The World of Yesterday. I would like...

The drekavac: reality or myth?

The drekavac: reality or myth?

by Dante | Jun 24, 2021 | Culture

. Crediti: www.markovicdusan.com The drekavac: limbo between reality and myth Translated from the Serbian "the screamer", the drekavac is a mythological creature of the South Slavic culture. It can also be called in other ways, including drekalo, depending on the area you are in. It isn’t known exactly how it’s born, but many versions share the following theory: they’re wandering souls of the sinful dead people, for example soldiers or suicides, or children unbaptised, who can’t find peace and...

Smoke Signals, on the importance of forgiveness

Smoke Signals, on the importance of forgiveness

by FlorsEnversa, torninchiara | Sep 23, 2020 | Culture, Featured, Movie

Poetic, intimate, ironic, and sharp. Smoke Signals made his debut at Sundance Film Festival in 1998. Even before its release in theathers, the film had won two extremely important prizes. Two awards, the Filmmaker's Trophy and the Audience Award, which announced its upcoming success. It was the first film to talk about a pressing subject: the representation of Native Americans in the US cinematographic industry. Smoke Signals is, after all, the first movie written, directed, co-produced, and...

Draculea – A discovery of the bloodline of Darkness

Draculea – A discovery of the bloodline of Darkness

by KeiLeela, torninchiara | Aug 2, 2020 | Algernon Henry Blackwood, Are you afraid of the dark? - Horror's Tale, Augustin Calmet, Crimson Kiss - Vampires Story, Culture, Draculea - Discovery of night's line, Henry More, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Julian Hawthorne

Draculea - Racconti e Documenti di Veri o Presunti atti di Vampirismo is a tome published by ABEditore that collects stories and documents on, you guessed it, the theme of Vampirism. On a website like ours that goes as far as having vampires in its name and that can boast a column like Quarantena col Vampiro of which we are incredibly proud, we couldn't help but pick up our collaboration with the blog Bloody Reader of Bloody Books again and discuss the theme at the same time as them (You can...

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