Wild Palms

A set of British palmistry-themed cigarette cards from 1933 for sale on eBay.

One supposes that if one collected them all, one would be able to read one's own fortune, which likely said, "You will survive the Depression but die from a cancer, if the Blitz doesn't get you first."

Oriental Electrical Psychology, or, Give Peas a Chance

Things Kept Secret from the Foundation of the World

Copyright 1922 and Published by
THE SOCIETY OF TRANSCENDENT SCIENCE
Masonic Temple, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A.

Dogme et rituel de la haute magie par Eliphas Levi

Dogme et rituel de la haute magie

La-Bas

ESP Forewarnings

Click on the images to enlarge them; it's definitely worth looking closer at those little illustrations of real individuals saved from disaster by the powers of ESP.

Here's to My Sweet Satan

Bird Is the Word

Image from BibliOdyssey of Hermes Bird, an alchemical poem that also provides the title for a 1979 film by James Broughton. In Broughton's film, he "reads a phallic ode over the profile of a slowly wakening penis, bathed in an ethereal light that sets it out shimmeringly against absolute darkness."

Electronic Voice Phenomena

Video from archive.org about a woman who experiences EVP or "electronic voice phenomena" (what she calls "non-local beings"), which manifest themselves as mysterious voices on her RCA digital recorder. You can learn more about EVP at AA-EVP, where you will also find a useful FAQ that includes such questions as "Beethoven did not speak English, so why would his ghost be able to?"


This little documentary is chock-full of strangely rendered images, the most awesome being this mysterious and potent symbol:

Recent Acquisitions & Updates

Noted for their cover art.

Don't Give Up

Found on the Q train.

Hypnotism