I always wanted to be in a Satanic ceremony, what with all the chanting in Latin and robe-wearing and calling upon dark forces, shrouded in clouds of incense. It seemed so glamorous! The only snag was that I suspected serious Satanists were going to be lacking a sense of humour and were probably into the…
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The Kraken Wakes
Tales of huge tentacled or horned sea creatures exist from ancient times, and persist to this day. The Greek legend of the Scylla, a monster with six heads that Odysseus must sail past during his travels, is an example of this tradition. In 1555 Olaus Magnus wrote of a sea creature with “sharp and long…