Digital Initiation Rites is an ethnography of Anonymous in Britain between 2014 and 2017, in the context of government austerity. Drawing upon testimonies of dozens of participants, for whom it enabled and articulated a political transformation from being 'asleep' to being 'awake', Vita Peacock narrates the process through which digital technologies have become implicated in profound subjective changes. The book joins a wider return of the comparative method in anthropology, by placing these accounts in direct conversation with studies of traditional initiation rites, ritual sequences of symbolic death and rebirth, that charge the initiand with knowledge about a society to produce a moral responsibility for it. Through this juxtaposition, Peacock conceptualizes the historically novel form of digital initiation rites, in which digital communication and information technologies play a substantive role in these sequences. Digital Initiation Rites presents another angle to contemporary debates around 'conspiracy theorizing', and shows how the consumption of digital media connects to the deep history of humankind.
This six-time Eisner Award-winning comic book series blending fantasy and humor features the adventures of paranormal pets investigating the horrors of their suburban community. This volume collects the comic-book series Beasts of Burden issues #1-4, the short stories from the Dark Horse Book of Hauntings, the Dark Horse Book of Witchcraft, the Dark Horse Book of the Dead, and the Dark Horse Book of Monsters, "Stray," "Unfamiliar," "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie," and "A Dog and His Boy," published by Dark Horse Comics. Black magic, demonic frogs, and zombie roadkill are just a few of the problems plaguing this seemingly sleepy little town. Beneath the quiet streets a rat cabal plots vengeance, while in the local cemetery the dead leave their graves. With the human residents unaware of the supernatural danger, it's up to a determined crew of dogs (and one cat) to keep their community safe. Lives will be lost, and bonds forged as the beasts of Burden Hill battle against an unknown evil rooted within their town. Award-winning comics creators Evan Dorkin (Milk & Cheese) and Jill Thompson (Scary Godmother) come together to share the lives of some unlikely heroes. "For pet lovers and enthusiasts of supernatural mysteries, the series is an absolute must. . . The surprise factor within this series is not the suspense or horror, but rather the emotional resonance that the writing and illustrations create. . . Beasts of Burden is one of the comic book highlights of 2009."--USA Today
The final chapter in the Dark Winter series.* * *What would you risk losing, in order to win?As the Crescent Moon set on that last day of winter, the residents of Gorswood realised that the horrors that had been contained in the woods for so long, had finally risen, and were coming for them.With the fate of Romilly, Beth, and Gorswood's greatest ever witch uncertain, an age-old evil senses its time has come, threatening to cover the inhabitants of Gorswood in a new and never ending terror.Even if the newest owner of the Mirror of Souls is to prevail, at what cost will her victory be?Meanwhile, the last rites on a long dead demon need to be performed. But her spirit resides in the most terrifying place of all, meaning that a choice will have to be made.A choice that will affect the entire world.....Note: Mature content. Story contains elements of strong psychological horror, infrequent but strong swearing, and gory scenes throughout. Also contains themes of bullying, suicide, and sexual abuse. Not recommended for anyone younger than fifteen years of age.
If you believe in God, then you must believe in Satan. If you believe in angels, then you must believe in demons. If you believe in good, by balance there must also be bad...Since the beginning of history, humans have suffered demonic possession. The Catholic Church first published the Rites Of Exorcism in 1614. Exorcism is a rare and secretive procedure. The subject must undergo a thorough medical examination prior to being formally acknowledged by the Church as Demonic possession, and the Diocesan Bishop must give priests (who train in Rome) special permission to perform the procedure on each case.This book is a compendium of Volumes 1 and 2; containing both the tradition text from 1614 and the latest version of this fascinating ritual, revised in 1999.
The Beehive Effect begins by introducing you to the ancient knowledge of hive location and the electromagnetic fields that enhance a hive to levels of maximum potential. Feral bees locate over high energy zones. These zones which are part of a global electromagnetic frequency emission essential for all life. Humans thrive at the low frequency of about 7.83 Hz. However, earth frequency varies due to underground irregularities such as mineral deposits, wet or dry river beds, faults, lay lines and man-made electromagnetic disturbances. Geologists refer to these zones as geopathic stress. Colony insects "refer" to them as high frequency zones finding them of great benefit to their vitality and survival. Bees locate over these zones because the energy they emit is free; meaning, i.e., that it does not require work to be absorbed. In quantum physics, all energy exchange is information transfer. Free information transfer is highly advantageous to honeybee colonies of over 80,000 individuals living in a highly-condensed space. At the level of quantum mechanics, free energy reduces the colony's work which extends the vitality of the hive. Work reduction means less caloric intake for tasks that require high caloric expenditure, such as temperature maintenance for comb construction, incubation, winter heat, humidity within the hive and honey, vibratory communication and hive activities, pollination, foraging and protection from disease and parasites. Fundamentally, to perform a task, a spark of electromagnetic energy is required to generate a behavior, hence free energy is more desirable to the colony than food source location. In, The Beehive Effect, the effect of electromagnetic fields on hives is dealt with in depth. However, it is not the first cause that animates the narrative. Primary to the book's inception and throughout its development is my trust in the intuitive voice that guides me into frequency research, beekeeping and the question of hive sustainability. Before owning a hive, my research indicated that the sound of Hive A played to Hive B would elicit Hive A behavior in Hive B; Hive B achieves sustainability through frequency entrainment. What happens when the hive frequency entrains me, too? What I experience is the metaphysics (beyond mental structure) of quantum (discrete quantity of energy). "It's all the same thing," Dr. Rustum, Pennsylvania State University geochemist and materials science engineer, observes, "I don't want to be constrained by the separation between physics and metaphysics. I don't see that physics and metaphysics are the same thing. I see physics as a subset of metaphysics." As my search and research unfold, synchronicities, like a falling line of dominos, lay down before me the path I am to follow. I began to experience energy and healings beyond the realm of cause and effect. Science (qEEG technology) and Bee crossed on a computer-generated graph displaying the organizing effect of HealingBees CD sound on the brain. Bee spirit informs me it is time to re-awaken it in the mind of human beeings. I am invited to speak at a Robert Redford environmental event in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In my talk, I include mythological and archeological studies on the honeybee (Andrew Gough). The honeybee, for over 10,000 years, is worshipped from great mother to divine intermediary. My experiences, and other people's, inform me that the divine power of the hive has not diminished. One more thing required. I want to bring the bees into relationship with you. I want the bees to talk to you. In the Hive Stories, the bees talk about being a bee, its hazards and delights. This sets the bee on your hand and requires you to bee-come aware of her. The Beehive Effect: Ancient Rites Quantum Principles is a transitional book. We start at the altar of science, the Laboratory, and progress to a space where we experience sister bees as divine beings offering gifts from 200,000 years forward.
Amaelya didn't blink. "I know it's hard to hear this, but you came here to learn the truth. You must be aware that the twisted oval you wear around your neck is the source of your connection with that glorious power. Let me tell you the story of that talisman so you can understand its legacy. That is, if you're willing to listen." Kniva jumped to his feet. "You understand nothing All you've got left is the ability to destroy. I leave you to the wreckage of your wasted life." He spun on his heel and charged out of her hut. Amaelya called after her brother, "Has it all gone the way you planned? Have your glory rites brought about everything you hoped for?" It was a time when rough herding tribes followed a prophet into battle to take land from a decadent empire, when a queen had to run for her life, and a princess was traded to a barbarian chief as the price for peace. Follow the clash of two wildly different cultures. Explore the mysterious and magical power of the infinite. Consider the humanity of the ongoing struggle to reach self-knowledge.
Darlinghurst Funeral Rites concerns Newcastle-born Mordue in his 20s, from his arrival in Sydney in 1981 to the middle of that decade.The Australian culture of the time derided tenderness in men. Mordue's vulnerability, receptivity to art and social injustice marked him as an outsider, and the resulting sense of otherness has always informed his work.Mordue is familiar with profound and contained suffering. In this respect he is, perhaps, one of Australia's truest beat poets, shaped not only by Walt Whitman, John Keats and WH Auden but also by Bob Dylan, Marc Bolan and the Jam, and with everything that entails.There is an integrity to the looseness of his poems], a quality of space through which his yearning for love - can be sensed.-- fr. Antonella Gambotto-Burke, The Australian, reviewed 21 Oct., 2017
