Superstition

Cryptozoology

If you should go at midnight: legends and legend tripping in America

Mark Horne -
In his new book, sociologist Jeffrey S. Debies-Carl examines 'legend tripping': the adolescent rite of passage of seeking out purported sites of creepy or paranormal experiences
Religion

Len Dong: the role of traditional rituals in modern Vietnamese communities

Gia Phuong Phan -
Despite being linked to a string of injuries, accidents and even deaths, many Vietnamese people continue to put their faith in Len Dong shamanism
Superstition

The shamanic hunt for missing planes and easy answers in Singapore

Ahmad Khalis Dinie Bin Zainal -
When MH370 went missing, Ibrahim Mat Zain - the 'Shaman King of the Astrology World' - felt sure the answer lay in a coconut-based ritual.
Superstition

Saju: the Korean obsession with fortune-telling

Joshua Jung -
Saju - fortune telling - is big business in Korea, as more and more people in their 20s and 30s turn to traditional divination for answers.
Alternative Medicine

The new-age guru who claims cancer can be cured by drawing magic shapes in the air

Michael Marshall -
According to spiritual guru and bestselling author Dr Zhi Gang Sha, Tao Calligraphy can radically better your life, improve your finances... and cure your cancer
History

Which is witch? How modern witches differ from the women who had the label thrust upon them

Deborah Hyde -
The self-labelled 'witches' of modern religious movements may a share little more than a name with the powerless victims of historic witch-hunts
Religion

Druids, the devil, and the hope for salvation: piecing together Jack Chick’s ‘The Broken Cross’

Thiago Vahia Malliagros -
Right-wing radical Christian propagandist Jack Chick struggles with the paradox of his all-powerful Satan figure in The Broken Cross.
Paranormal

The Hairy Hands of Devon: how a tabloid tale spiraled into a full-blown urban legend

Blake Smith -
Legendary horror stories of monstrously hairy hands sending drivers in Devon to their death can be traced back to a spate of tabloid tales in the 1920s
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