The mystery cults of classical Greece and Rome remain appropriately mysterious to historians. In contrast to the mainstream currents of Greco-Roman paganism, where rites were conducted in the open, ...

How do cult leaders gain such influence over their followers? Netflix’s How to Become a Cult Leader gave us a lot of logical answers to those questions with Peter Dinklage narrating. But what if that ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered a series of nearly life-size frescoes spanning three walls of an ancient banquet hall. Set against a ruby-red backdrop, the wall paintings depict female ...

While reading Manly Palmer Hall’s mystical, 1920s-era magnum opus The Secret Teachings of All Ages and watching “a ton of kung fu movies,” local artist and educator Angela Fox concocted a narrative ...

The poet Delmore Schwartz once said that time “is the fire in which we burn,” but on the contrary, much of our history has been consumed by water instead of fire. From the sunken city of Shicheng to ...

Ancient “vishap stele” in Armenia, known as “dragon stones,” have long puzzled archaeologists trying to ascertain their true purpose. Researchers believe they’ve discovered that the fish-shaped stones ...

Fans of Miley Cyrus are voicing their concerns about her apparent absence from the public eye. Cyrus released her most recent studio album, "Endless Summer Vacation," in March 2023, yet since then, ...