This monument in Düsseldorf reminds of the last witchin trial in this region.

This incident shows how much more fatal stigma through illness could be than anything else we like to read into witch hunts these days. Knowing to read was not as dangerous as the neighbour's daughter having epilespie!

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Visiting a witching place! The “Hexenstein” in Gerresheim

Finding history in places often feels like a reminder of darkness. At times, even walking past old buildings could have me shiver with the horror of existence, but that is a whole other issue, and …

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Today I'm a castle #witch once more! Wirking in a museum gets me the closest to being an old oil painting for now.

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„Try me, I‘m delicious“, she whispers, and who can say no to that? Not a starving soul.

A tale about weird desires.

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Tale about the girl in the sugar house

What is the fate of the girl living alone in a house in the forest? Tainted in Vanilla, covered in sugar and made from delicious dreams, this is an image just as legendary as the girl inside being …

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„Try me, I‘m delicious“, she whispers, and who can say no to that? Not a starving soul.
So you accept her invitation, and enter her world.
Tainted in Vanilla, made of sugar.
Of chocolate and tea?
Of Vanilla and the threat of death? Or, the dream?

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Tale about the girl in the sugar house

What is the fate of the girl living alone in a house in the forest? Tainted in Vanilla, covered in sugar and made from delicious dreams, this is an image just as legendary as the girl inside being …

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How demons own you!

When was the last time that you have felt as if there was something in your back? You that is not a witch or a wizard, but simply a person – did the feeling not ever pass? Not even when you w…

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When was the last time that you have felt as if there was something in your back?
You that is not a witch or a wizard, but simply a person – did the feeling not ever pass? Not even when you were pressed onto a wall, with no space in your back?

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How demons own you!

When was the last time that you have felt as if there was something in your back? You that is not a witch or a wizard, but simply a person – did the feeling not ever pass? Not even when you w…

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Have you ever wished to catch a god, a demon or a ghost? Drying laundry on the wrong date could help with that.

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On demons getting caught in your sheets – my favourite winter myth!

„Between the years“ is what we call these days late in the old and early in the new year here where I live, and I want to share one of my favourite superstition about this time with you.These long …

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My mother always warned me of doing my laundry between Christmas and New Year's. But did she know that we missed out on the chance to trap a god, a ghost or even a demon in our garden?

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On demons getting caught in your sheets – my favourite winter myth!

„Between the years“ is what we call these days late in the old and early in the new year here where I live, and I want to share one of my favourite superstition about this time with you.These long …

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A Short History of the Dominican Convent Eccles Street Dublin

In December 1882, Christopher Ryder, J.P., purchased two Georgian houses at numbers 18 and 19 Eccles Street and presented them to the Sisters of the Dominican Convent, Sion Hill, Blackrock, Co. Dub…

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Tomorrow thoughts!

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