Catholicism

Creepy, Occult & Otherworldly

The Demonologist and the Clairvoyant: Ed and Lorraine Warren, Paranormal Investigation, and Exorcism in the Modern World

In the 1970s, Lorraine and Ed Warren had a spotlight of paranormal obsession shining on them. In the last decade, their work as paranormal investigators–ghost hunters–has been the premise for a blockbuster horror franchise totaling at least seven films so far, and more planned in the near future. So… what Read more…

By Averill Earls, 1 year1 year ago

The Witch Trial, William Powell Frith, 1848

Witches

Doctor, Healer, Midwife, Witch: How the the Women’s Health Movement Created the Myth of the Midwife-Witch

In 1973, two professors active in the women’s health movement wrote a pamphlet for women to read in the consciousness-raising reading groups. The pamphlet, inspired by Our Bodies, Ourselves, looked to history to explain how women had been marginalized in their own healthcare. Women used to be an important part Read more…

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 3 years1 year ago

Huron- Wendat Bressani map of 1657 depicts the martyrdom of Jean de Brébeuf and Gabriel Lalemant

Creepy, Occult & Otherworldly

Huron-Wendat Feast of the Dead: Death, Religion, and Euro-Native Encounters

Today we’re going to talk about one very specific encounter around death and death ways that took place in the mid 1600s in what is now Ontario, Canada, and before we even get started, I want to mention our source for this episode. We’re really basing everything here on one Read more…

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 5 years1 year ago