Monthly Archives: April 2020

Scientific journal article: “Possession myth as a lens for understanding cultural and psychological evolution”

April 21st, 2020 | Posted in cultural studies, evolutionary psychology, possession

Boutwell, Brian B., Mathias Clasen & Jens Kjeldgaard-Christiansen. 2020. “We are legion”: Possession myth as a lens for understanding cultural and psychological evolution. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences. doi:10.1037/ebs0000197. In most religious traditions, there exists the conception that human beings can lose their freedom of will to an invading consciousness. We argue that possession myths emerge from […]

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Theme of Monsters and the Bible in Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology

April 20th, 2020 | Posted in Bible, monsters, theology

Monsters and the Bible Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/INT/current Vol. 74, No. 2 (April 2020) On the Impossibility and Inevitability of Monsters in Biblical Thought Kim Paffenroth After general considerations of what constitutes a “monster,” this essay examines the examples of “monsters” in the Bible, showing that the Bible does not as […]

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Graham Humphreys Horror Art and Stained Glass Windows

April 1st, 2020 | Posted in art

The current edition of RUE MORGUE magazine, Issue 193 (March/April 2020), currently available on newsstands in the print edition, and free in digital format, caught my eye given the lead story titled “The Horror Art of Graham Humphreys.” I’m a big fan of horror, monstrous and fantasy art, and have a few books in my […]

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