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Love may be timeless, but the way we talk about it isn’t

Centuries before Christianity the Greeks had their own ideas about desire - Erotic love was not a pleasant diversion but a high-stakes trial to be survived, quivering with perilous energy

Spells, Invocations & Divination: The ancient history of magical Grimoires

The word 'grimoire' is believed to derive from the French word for 'grammar', the act of combining symbols to create sentences

The legendary powers of a Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

The seventh son must be preceded by six brothers, with no sisters born in between, and whose father is also such a seventh son

8 Bizarre folklore creatures that will keep you up at night

Don't look under your bed...