Torture chamber in Peter and Paul Fortress

The fortress was established by Peter the Great on May 16. 1703. on small Hare Island by the north bank of the Neva River, the last upstream island of the Neva delta. Built at the height of the Northern War in order to protect the projected capital from a feared Swedish counterattack, the fort never [...]

Paris’s Hell’s Café from 19th-century

Le Café de L’Enfer was a Hell-themed café in Paris’ red light district (aka Pigalle, the neighborhood of the Moulin Rouge), created in the late 19th century and operating up ’til sometime around the middle of the 20th. “A hot spot called Hell’s Café lured 19th-century Parisians to the city’s Montmartre neighborhood—like the Marais—on the [...]

Scary cartoons arts by Todd Schorr

Todd Schorr is an American artist and one of the most prominent members of the “Lowbrow” art movement or pop surrealism. Combining a cartoon influenced visual vocabulary with a highly polished technical ability, based on the exacting painting methods of the Old Masters, Schorr weaves intricate narratives that are often biting yet humorous in their [...]

Are evil creatures really ugly or we just want to believe that they are?

Fallen Angels are demons. But demons and Satan himself are not ugly and putrid as myth says. Satan and the demons are beautiful unimaginably attractive beings. This is how they seduce and deceive and this is how the fallen angels were corrupted, because of their pride in power, knowledge and beauty. Lucifer Satan is not [...]

Evil Creatures of the Night

Many strange animals and creatures exist in the world of mythology. Almost every culture in the world has stories about some sort of mythological animals. How could people defend themselves against these blood-hungry creatures when they also had the ability to shapeshift into bats, wolves, and luminous fogs? And then there were the supernatural beings, [...]

Interested in visiting a lake of skeletons?

Roopkund is in Uttarakhand in India and is famous for its skeleton lake. This lake consists of about 400 skeletons. The actual reason for the death of all these people remains a mystery even today. Countless theories for the reason of this lake of skeletons were put forth through the past couple of decades. Many [...]

Evil Eye in Religion

The evil eye is a commonly known concept in folklore, but evil eye in religions is also a controversial topic. Since it affected people’s beliefs, various religions addressed it as well. But first things first, what is the evil eye? In a nutshell, giving the evil eye means sending someone a malicious gaze that, in [...]

Britain’s most senior Catholic admits ‘evil’ clergy abuse has led to ‘great public humiliation’ of Church

Cardinal Keith O’Brien, the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, will also tell worshippers on Easter Sunday that the cover-up of “evil” paedophilia by senior clergy “brings shame on us all”. However he insisted that the faithful must not turn away from the church, just as voters disillusioned by the state of politics should still [...]

Is the Muslim Religion Evil?

Over the past few years thousands of lives have been lost by the bombings of suicide Muslim fundamentalist terrorists, the most recent in a Western country being the underground rail and bus bombings in London in June/July this year. This has led to anti-Muslim attitudes increasing in Western countries including Australia and to many Christians [...]

Fishing, Vultures, Hyenas, & Shotguns

It may be a correct action to consult with a religious leader. It may be a correct action only if he does not give answers to your questions. He should help you explore your values. You can create your own answers to your questions. This preserves your free will. Sin is that which interferes with [...]

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