Occult Sciences
Crop Circles Were Made by Supernatural Forces. Named Doug and Dave.
CONHOLT, England — Standing hip-high in a large wheat field in southern England, one can make out an odd series of depressions in the swaying green crop, where some of the wheat has been pushed down lower than the rest. It is only by looking at the field from high above that the real picture […]
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Their Family Business? The Other Dimension.
Lisette Coly and Anastasia Damalas are at a crossroads. But, on a recent late-winter morning, they were also in the book-filled storefront of their foundation in the Greenport section of Long Island, when someone knocked at the door. Ms. Coly, 71, and her daughter, Ms. Damalas, 32, were leery. Their family nonprofit is appointment-only, and […]
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Space Pagans and Smartphone Witches: Where Tech Meets Mysticism
DORTMUND, Germany — “Let’s use smartphones and tarot cards to connect to spirits,” reads the writing on the wall, illuminated in soft ultraviolet light. “Let’s manufacture D.I.Y. devices to listen to invisible worlds.” The incantations, printed as wallpaper, are part of the French artist Lucile Olympe Haute’s “Cyberwitches Manifesto,” an installation in a show called […]
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