...spells with just a few words, they don't need a sometimes long and complex ritual involving words, gestures and components like other ''D&D'' wizards), and r
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...rest eternally. In some cases the mummy's mouth would later be opened in a ritual designed to symbolize breathing, giving rise to legends about revivified mu
...of people deposited in sphagnum bogs, apparently as a result of murder or ritual sacrifices. In such cases, the acidity of the water, cold temperature and l
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...of its own, but remains under the control of the person who performed the ritual. Such resurrected dead are called "zombies". "Zombi" is also the name of th
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...s that a vampire may be killed using a silver bullet or silver stake. This ritual may be accompanied with prayers, usually in Arabic, which call for the peac
There have been a number of murderers who performed this seemingly vampiric ritual upon their victims. [[Serial killer]]s [[Peter Kürten]] and [[Richard Chas
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...aute magie'' (English translation ''Transcendental Magic, its Doctrine and Ritual''). Lévi considered the Baphomet to be a depiction of the absolute in sym
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...y dangerous for the operator. They instead use forms of prayer, magick and ritual which petition the demons, asking for their aid rather than commanding them
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...Darvulia, a suspected local witch that dabbled in black magic and satanic ritual, is rumoured to have influenced much of Elizabeth's early sadistic career,
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In ancient Hopi culture there was a ritual ceremony once performed called the Ya Ya Ceremony. In this ceremony members
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...d enemy is a way of assuming the life-spirit of the departed. In a funeral ritual this may also be done with a respected member of one's own clan, ensuring i
...opponents, such as the Gnostic sect of the Borborites, for cannibalism and ritual abuse.
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...urial of Nany (NAH-nee), a woman in her seventies. She was a chantress, or ritual singer, of the god Amun-Re and is referred to as "king's daughter" (probabl
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...6. Volume V, cf. Chapter IV, ''Cults of Dionysos''; Chapter V, ''Dionysiac Ritual''; Chapter VI, ''Cult-Monuments of Dionysos''; Chapter VII, ''Ideal Dionysi
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...Chapter XVI, Witchcraft and Spells: Transcendental Magic its Doctrine and Ritual by Eliphas Levi. A Complete Translation of Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magi
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...as dogs along with donkeys, very rarely played this role in genuine Greek ritual.
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...is mobile and travels many more miles than the average person. Fantasy and ritual are important to the organized type offender. He selects a victim, which he
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...a haute magie (English translation: Transcendental Magic, its Doctrine and Ritual)[http://www.templarhistory.com/levi.html Levi]. Even some Satanists use Ba
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...fic, ritualized gesture or ''mudra'', or similarly, their legs may be in a ritual pose or ''asana''. The body pose or ''bhanga'' can have special significanc
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...''Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution'' that the murders paralled Masonic ritual killings, since the murderers of a legendary masonic figure, Hiram Abiff, w
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* Superjoint Ritual, a heavy metal band led by Pantera's Phil Anselmo, mentions Charles Manson
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