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Harry Potter and friends engage in wizard's chess In this fictional world of Harry Potter, there is a game along with quiddich called wizard's chess which is training for young wizards to hone their power.  What is surprising is that there is actually a modified chess game which allegedly used the game to both instruct and channel the occult.  Chess as a game has an unclear origin, but most believe it was a cross breed of european, hebrew, and some Asian games.  A favorite of nobility...chess became the game of kings, and has retained a mystical aura from its beginnings to modern times. The modern magic movement started in the late 1800's with the hemetic order of the golden dawn, and they adopted and modified the enochian magic system of occult astrologer John Dee who was an important part of Queen Elizabeth I. Royal magician of the court, John Dee S.L. Macgregor Mathers, Leader of the Golden Dawn finished the wizard chess rules of Dee into the form where it could played...

Victoria Cosplay Victoria Cosplay In this episode of spandex and monster, we return to the cosplay aspect and celebrate superheroine cosplay with well known Victoria Cosplay.    Here are a few of her recent efforts with cosplay. fantasy and comic book heroine cosplay outfits from recent photo shoots Steampunk Alice in Wonderland Snow White cosplay photo shoot, photo by Piera oddly enough, predicting the Disney/Star Wars merger from a recent NY comicon For more information about Victoria, see her website. Victoria Cosplay (official site) Victoria Cosplay (fanpage) Muchas gracias Victoria! La Mujer Murcielago or 'The batwoman' from Mexico In Mexico, the Luchador or masked wrestlers have a popular place in Mexician culture, and the line between wrestling and superheroes gets blurry.   The most popular one is the immortal El Santo who starred in a series of quick exploitation films who would fight secret age...

magic 8 ball, and it's occult connection Everyone has dabbled with the magic 8 ball at least once.  A crystal ball novelty toy with a free floating die in a blue dissolved fluid with 20 possible answers from 'yes' to 'reply hazy'.  What is less known is that this novelty toy has roots in automatic writing and spiritualism.  Albert C. Carter, son of a medium from Cincinnati, created the prototype for the magic 8 ball or as it was known The Syco-Seer , and was based on his mother's automatic writings devices. Syco seer variation called the Syco-slate late 40's Carter approached storekeeper Max Levinson, and together they created the novelty devices for his shop and acquired the patent for the syco seer.  Levinson and his brother in law modified the original patent into something Though the original syco seer didn't grab the national attention, the revamped product caught the attention of Chicago's Brunswick Billiards, and in 1950 they commissioned  a v...