If you want to talk about cult leaders, sometimes all you need to do is look in your own backyard. Edward Arthur Wilson or Brother XII as he referred to himself as, started off a regular Joe who worked as a navigator. He would eventually settle on Vancouver Island and start a cult called the Aquarian Foundation, stealing money from...
ON the 22d of September I was asked by the World if I could have myself committed to one of the asylums for the insane in New York, with a view to writing a plain and unvarnished narrative of the treatment of the patients therein and the methods of management, etc. Did I think I had the courage to go...
I went into this expecting to be covering one woman and her contributions to the culinary arts and ended up finding all manner of fascinating discourse and well, here we are. It's a typical HEX topicSo I guess we'll start with this: I love to cook. That wasn't always the case, in fact my interest in cooking was birthed almost...
Sex, cults, black magic, Aleister Crowley, Scientology and…rockets? Really?
Humans have been decorating their fingernails far as back as we can remember, but while today this is considered a frivolous, feminine form of expression, its histories have roots in war and symbolism of leadership
Aokigahara Forest, the Sea of Trees. Is a dense patch of woods northeast of MT Fuji with many stories that surround it. Some are mythical, some are unfortunate, and some are just popular tourist spots. Nathan gives us a brief view of this mysterious location
This beautiful nightscape is the city of Bielefeld. Bielefeld is a city in north-western Germany, with a population of about 323,000. It's in the state of North-Rhine-Westphalia, and is the 18th largest city in Germany, with a large university and hospital, a historic castle, and a fairly typically Germanic-looking church. Or at least that's...
"...their antecedents trac[e] back at least as far as the Anglo-Saxons…[t]hey offered to tell fortunes, find lost or stolen objects and buried treasure, and create love potions – magical solutions to problems that people encountered in daily life – and were sought for their healing powers at times of crisis. Through magic, they fulfilled a need in...
Everyone loves a good festival, but have you ever been to a festival that has a giant penis parade? No? Well, strap your-self on... in for a bit of a wild ride.
