Creep me out! Lately I've been on an "unsettling stuff" kick -- I like feeling unsettled and I find it creatively inspiring -- but I'm running low on things to explore. [more inside]
posted by Nattie on Dec 3, 2009 - 95 answers

Please recommend an authoritative beginner's text on occult/mystical Kabbalah. Perhaps with emphasis on the techniques of gemetria and correspondence to non-Jewish mysticism. [more inside]
posted by Netzapper on Apr 22, 2009 - 10 answers

What was going on with the occult and belief in the supernatural in Civil War-era America? [more inside]
posted by robocop is bleeding on Sep 18, 2008 - 18 answers

Help me discover Australian mysticism in the wild. [more inside]
posted by simplesharps on Sep 14, 2008 - 16 answers

Is there any scientific evidence to support the existence of psychic phenomenon? [more inside]
posted by my homunculus is drowning on Jan 11, 2007 - 50 answers

Are there any curses or anything that involve leaving/finding a headless bat outside the backdoor of someone’s house? [more inside]
posted by Neosamurai85 on Aug 18, 2005 - 20 answers

Were Hitler and the Nazis actually interested/involved in the occult, as so many movies (Raiders, Hellboy) say? [more inside]
posted by gottabefunky on Jun 9, 2005 - 13 answers