Tag: Stories

• Life On Mars

  

  There is something in the work of photographer Karen Jerzyk that cannot be put into words. The otherness of a world created from the abandoned and discarded is captured with a deep, dark softness. Each image tells us a story only our emotions can read. Karen shares her journey onward from her father’s sudden death…

  Death and the Maiden

  29/08/2016

  Guest Post

  Art, Beauty, Change, Creation, Creative, Deadmaidens, Death, Emotion, Experiences, Family, Grief, Inspiration, Karen Jerzyk, Loss, Love, Meaning, Memories, Music, Pain, Photography, Stories, Sudden Death, Vision

• Proboscis Tongues and Demonic Queefing

  In examining the reasons why pregnant women and young infants have traditionally been seen as particularly vulnerable to demonic influences, it may be necessary to look at popular views concerning soul belief and young infants.  In many cases, very young children are seen as occupying a liminal status  between the world of the living and…

  Death and the Maiden

  15/06/2015

  Guest Post

  Anglo-Saxon, Childbirth, Christianity, Culture, Deadmaidens, Death, Demons, Experiences, Folklore, History, Jewish Culture, Medieval, Pregnancy, Sex, Soul, Stories, Witchcraft, Women