The mystic world is something that’s viewed differently depending on who you’re asking. Western cultures have mostly abandoned the idea of spiritual beings as real, reducing them to a novel, often romanticized, version of themselves (look no further than Count von Count from Sesame Street or the twinkling vampires and

There are many great questions that demand an answer: Who thought the Beastie Boys were a good idea?;  Why do some people call soda “pop”?; and, our question today, should Christians celebrate Halloween? Grab your pumpkin themed apparel and pitchforks readers, let’s open the murky doors to the night when

“Will looked horrified. “What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?” Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel In my previous article, I showed that monsters are sometimes Christ-figures. In this post, I want to show that one of the sweetest facets of Halloween, chocolate, is actually one of the most bitter. First,

“We make our own monsters, then fear them for what they show us about ourselves.” ― Mike Carey, The Unwritten, Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity I have a two part article. The goal in the first is to show that at least one aspect of the Halloween