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If you're new to this blog, you might want to check out this post, Death Is Only The Beginning first before you start reading anything to get a clear picture of what this blog is mainly about. Do note that this site is just a blog maintained based on satirical humor, and that all posts here does not represent the actual entities that have survived through time. If you read everything here and think that this is for real, I implore you to get the HELL out as I believed you do not know what is real occultism. Thank you.

P/S: To the commentor who thinks he or she knows everything about occultism enough to post stupid comments here, you're not welcome. Everyone knows that the Necronomicon does not exist in the first place and that it was conjured up by H. P. Lovecraft. In case you do not know where to look for the proof and evidence about Necronomicon and H. P. Lovecraft, here's two links for you to find out. Or maybe, you just found out that the Necronomicon was a part of H. P. Lovecraft's works and hence, decided to come over and showed off that you know something. Anyway, nice try!!

» Necronomicon: Fictional book appearing in the stories by horror novelist H. P. Lovecraft

» H. P. Lovecraft: An American author of horror, fantasy, and science fiction, known then simply as weird fiction

» Ankh: Egyptian hieroglyphic character that read "eternal life"

» Pentagram: Shape of a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes

» Hexagram: A six-pointed geometric star figure

» Jewish Star of David: A generally recognized symbol of Jewish identity and Judaism

» Scarab: Beetles that feed partly or exclusively on feces

» Eye of Horus: An ancient Egyptian symbol of protection and royal power from deities

A little more simple theory would be:

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The Horrors Of Hell

Hell is a subject that holds a special fascination for me for it is the ultimate, unspeakable horror story. The untold agony and torment is never-ending, if you believe the popular versions of what Hell is like. Is Hell real in the first place? Would God be so cruel as to send anyone to a place like Hell? Is there any escape? Does anybody have a second chance? I'll address these questions in this post. I would recommend that you skip this post if you are faint-hearted. But if you are hell-bent on reading it, then you might want to go through it during the day. Why suffer sleepless nights unnecessarily?

Does Hell really exist?



My research suggests that Hell is a very real place. Almost every culture and religion tells its special, unique story about a place of unimaginable suffering where a bad person goes to after death. How is it that distinctly separate religions and peoples can have have almost similar ideas of Hell? It is because this is a truth that is conveyed to the innermost conscience of all. You might refuse to admit it but there is always a nagging fear in each of us of an existence after death. Sometimes we deal with this fear by giving away lots of money to charity, as though money is a kind of insurance against Hell. There are others who resort to good deeds, a life of deprivation, religion and so on. All of us, in one way or another, try to escape from this real place. Also, if you believe that there is a supreme being, it is not too difficult to come to terms with the existence of Hell. Free thinkers and sceptics will find the idea of a lake of eternal fire repulsive because it would appear that they themselves are heading for it.

You better believe it - Hell does exist.

What Hell is like

When a body is torched in Hell, it'll be able to feel the flames cut through every sensitive muscle and nerve. And yet the body won't be burnt. It's like being burnt at the stake for ever and ever. The pain comes not merely from the flames but from every possible torture you can think of. And it will reach every point in the body. Your eyes will melt and ooze out from your sockets. Sharp instruments will pierce through various points in your body, sending it into convulsions. The blood in your veins will be literally boiling. Your brain will be fried. And you thought your toothache was bad? Wait till you see what those in Hell have to go through. Despite these extreme tortures, there will be no death, in the annihilation sense. How is this possible? As we all know, a normal body can only take so much abuse before it disintegrates. So in Hell, you will be given a new body that's designed to absorb eternal punishment.

Cruel? That's not all. It's not just physical torture. Mentally and emotionally, a person in Hell is in the pit of utter despair and loneliness. There will be a sense of being separated from everything that is good. This mental misery will be even worse than the physical torture and will in fact aggravate the pain a person feels. Just think of it - punishment with no end to it. Forever. You can be sure that Hell will be quite a crowded place and everybody will be wailing and complaining of the unbearable anguish. There will be pleas for relief from the torture. But there will be no let-up and the smoke of the flames and the cries will go up uninterrupted and continuously.

How long is "forever"?

Recalling one striking imagery of "forever" which is quite apt: imagine that one day all the mountains and land and seabed on earth were reduced to grains of sand. Line up the grains in a straight line, one grain against another, to the heavens and back. Then let a little bird come just once in one thousand years and take away one grain. Let the bird take away every last grain. That would be a very long time, wouldn't it? Well, "forever" or "eternity" is longer than that. I suppose you have to see good, evil, justice and punishment in infinite terms before you can accept that it is possible for a person to be in Hell for such a long time. Although I'm pretty certain of my research, not all the views on Hell are similar. To be fair, I've included some of the more popular views below. I'd be very keen to know about your ideas on the subject.

What Dante and Milton thought

"Hell" is derived from an ancient word "hel", which means "to conceal" or "to cover". It is used in the King James version of the Bible to represent both Hebrew and Greek afterlife. During the Middle Ages, people thought of Hell as a place filled with brimstone and fire, burning the souls of those who sinned. This was because the church organizations then aimed to terrorize the people into being good, so their version of Hell was the most sadistic and grotesque place that they could think of. Satan and his devils tormented the souls of the damned in ways beyond imagination. If you look at paintings of that period, you'll find naked men and women being stabbed, raped, torn apart - not at all a pretty sight. John Milton's Paradise Lost and Dante's Divine Comedy also describe such painful, fiery hells. A German divine claimed that in Hell, some hundred billion souls would pack tightly "like anchovies" into a space about the size of a cubic mile. The Jesuit priest, Cornelius a Lapide, used the same reasoning, calculating the size of Hell to be a little bigger than the size of Singapore! Just try to think of one hundred billion souls (that's about 100 times the population of China) cramming into Singapore! I don't think there are any freehold apartments in Hell either.

The Greek version of Hell

The Greeks, who were one of the first to articulate the idea of Hell, believed that its location was in the far West, in the shape of an unknown ground world with several entrances. One of the most famous is a cave by the lake of Avernus, near Naples. The classical Greek poet, Vigil, describes this place in his work. The dead go to this sad, dark underworld which is ruled by the god of death, Hades (the Romans called him Pluto). That's why the Greeks called their Hell "Hades" too. He has a beautiful young wife by the name of Persephone. You'll find that Hades, like any other country, has many must-see tourist sights. First is the dark and treacherous River Styx, which encircles the region. This river has to be crossed by every dead person, and the only way to do so is to be ferried across by Charon the boatman. It is believed that it would be fatal for a mortal to break an oath, sworn by the river.

Another famous river is the Acheron. Those who haven't been buried with a coin to pay for the ferry trip across the Styx must wander by the banks of Acheron forever. Other landmarks in Hades include the River Phlegethon which runs not with water but with flames, and Tartarus, an underground crypt that lies below Hades where monsters like the hundred-handed Hecatoncheires and the one-eyed Cyclops are imprisoned. If you lived a good and heroic life, however, instead of going to Hades, you end up in the Elysian Fields as a reward. In this heaven, the inhabitants feast, drink and make merry forever.

The Taoist view

The Underground Mansion, Di Fu [地府], is the Taoist version of Hell.. All 18 levels of it. Because of its complexity, every tour guide has a different itinerary to offer. There's a medium who reportedly conducts a 49-day group tour. This is what the journey looks like. Seven passports per person, one for each week, have to be prepared. The passport is a record of the client's deeds in his life. As for food, there's no need to worry for you can only smell food in Hell. That's why the living burn joss sticks to the dead. Once prepared, the medium, as tour guide, takes you through a trance into the astro-plane of the dead. You travel on foot in a straight line. The first landmark you encounter is the tall, dark Mountain of the Yellow Spring [黄泉]. If you cross this point, you'll never be able to return to the land of the living again. So it's vital that you follow your tour guide. Souls get hopelessly lost around here because they can't see in the dark.

Next comes the biggest attraction of all: the River of Three Ways. There are three places at which you can cross. Namely, the shallow banks, the river rush and the bridge. Only those who have done good deeds get to use the bridge. It is also possible to hire the boat id you have hell money. The fee is six copper coins. On the banks you can see lots of children stacking stones. They're not playing; they're building shrines. This is because they didn't perform any good deeds before going to Hell. Now and then, however, a demon comes with a huge iron stick and smashes the shrines, shouting: "You little rascals, how can anyone pray at these sloppy shrines?" The children will then cry. The demon tortures them because the children died before their parents passed away and caused them much grief. The more tears the parents shed, the greater their sin. Hence they cannot cross the river until their parents stop crying and start to pray for their children's souls.

Next on the other side of the river is a tree where an old couple sits. The old lady will strip you naked while the old man will hang your clothes on the branch of the tree. At this point you get interrogated by a judge. If your clothes are too heavy for the tree, you have obviously committed sins which are too "heavy" in your lifetime. There will be a total of seven judges interrogating anyone who goes through the tour. One of them examines souls for sexual misconduct. He is assisted by a cat and snake who are able to smell whether the person is guilty. The cat will bite the male's head if he has been adulterous while the snake will slither up the woman's lower body. The final judge carries a weighing balance. With all the passports and records, he weighs the good and bad deeds of a soul and decides where it will go, whether it's the level for hungry ghosts, the level for animals and so on. It is at this level that souls can often be seen begging for mercy.

There is still one more round of interrogation by the merciful King of Hell, Yanlo [阎罗王]. He will look into his magic mirror and re-examine the deeds of souls. He tries not to punish anyone and where possible, sends them into Heaven. Finally, you reach the Six Gates of Hell. From here the soul chooses a gate and is reincarnated. The guide takes you through it and back to your present existence. For those of you tempted to try such a tour, be warned that there's no guarantee your soul will return safely. Cases of deaths and permanent comas have happened, because some souls get lost along the way. Or worse, get trapped in Hell and never return.

The Buddhist view

Very much like the Taoists, they see existence as a never-ending cycle of rebirths. Punishment after death is to be reborn in a lower life, say a dog, pig or even a microscopic bacteria. There is a story that Buddha, in his human existence, had a jealous cousin, Dibartha. He tried to kill Buddha three times. First he threw a boulder on Buddha from the top of a hill but missed. Then he fed an elephant with lots of wine and made it rush at Buddha. The ground shook with its stomps, loud as thunder from the sky. However, the drunk elephant became meek as a mouse when it reached Buddha. The third time, Dibartha put some poison on his finger and kneeling before Buddha, tried to murder him. But as he moved close, the ground suddenly opened and Dibartha fell into the enormous hole. It is said that the hole opened into Hell, where Dibartha was punished.

The Christian view

Hell, among mainstream Christians, is everlasting spiritual and physical agony, while true heaven is the bliss of being with God. Our world is a battlefield in which the forces of Heaven and Hell strive to "occupy" the souls of men. God is described among the Christians as "a consuming fire". I imagine this to mean that the fire in Hell will be none other than God himself. A most terrifying prospect.

The Jewish view

The Jews called Hell "Sheol", a sad, dull shadowy place where souls wandered aimlessly and endlessly. Later, the idea evolved. They introduced Gehenna as Hell, a site of "gloomy fire, always burning". It was named after a location where Jerusalem's rubbish was burnt. The flames in this place would almost never go out. The Jews also compared Hell to a place they called Tophet where idolatrous Jews threw their very own children into fire as a sacrifice to the god Molech. The cries of the children were heard in that place day and night. That pitiful crying, wailing and piercing shrieks has been likened to Hell.

The Muslim view

In Islam, sinners are tormented in Hell. But there is an escape clause. Allah the All-Merciful pardons those who are sincerely repentant, and allows them to go to Heaven where there is unlimited food, wine and sensual delight.

Purgatory

The Roman Catholics provide for an escape from Hell that is very attractive. If you are in Purgatory, a place not as bad as Hell, the living can make intercession for you and atone for your wrong deeds. So in this way, your soul will be released from Hell to Heaven.

I am still compiling more hellish tales. What you've just read is but the tip of the iceberg. Do you have any new hells and heavens to share? Write in!

Don't Fear The Reaper

Came the last night of sadness
And it was clear she couldn't go on then
The door was open and the wind appeared
The candles blew and then disappeared


The curtains flew and he appeared
Saying don't be afraid, and she had no fear
And she ran to him, she had to go right then
They looked backward and said goodbye


She had taken his hand
Then they started to fly
She had become like they are
Come on baby, don't fear the reaper


Blue Oyster Cult

Occult Symbols

Occult symbols are powerful tools that are used to invoke demonic powers in witchcraft and Satanic worship. The symbols, however, work only if they are three-dimensional. So you needn't worry about the pictures you will see in this post. It's the ability of these symbols to summon dark forces that holds our fascination for them. Most of us are not even aware of this mysterious power that the symbols have on us. You wear it around your neck, your hand and you keep it on your bedside table but be warned: it's not an entirely lifeless object. There is real power behind it. Occult worshippers know this and therefore use these objects while performing ancient magic rituals to acquire the supernatural powers they crave for.

These devilish worship rituals involve drugs, free sex and animal sacrifices. Often, the blood of the sacrifices is offered to the gods to appease them. The remaining blood is drunk by the worshippers. The ultimate perversion is committed when human sacrifices are made. Young virgins and children are considered best, unblemished offerings! Did you know that even until very recent times, human sacrifices have occurred in extreme forms of Kali worship in India, among some cult groups and even in Singapore, in the Adrian Lim case? Beware. Wherever you find the influence of the occult, it is inevitable that these symbols are also found for they are the channels of evil magic. The powers of the dark will recognize these symbols easily and gravitate to them. So, if you have these objects or wear them, as many do, you might be opening yourself to attacks from the devil!

The Ankh

Isn't this symbol very familiar? It's often confused with the Christian symbol of the cross. The truth is that it has nothing to do with the cross and is in fact one of the most powerful symbols of the occult world. It's known as the Ankh and its roots can be traced to ancient Egypt. The Ankh was used in the worship of Ra, the sun god of Egypt whom Satanists consider to be Satan's other form. Ra was considered to be a universal creator and was worshipped throughout ancient Egypt. The disc on his head represents the sun.

The Ankh is a symbol of reincarnation. The idea here is not the same as the Buddhist and Hindu understanding but means enduring life. To qualify to use these symbols in ancient Egypt, you had to give up your virginity and take part in orgies. The sexual aspect was an important part of these rituals for it demonstrated the perversion of all that was good and the willingness of worshippers to abandon themselves to evil. They eventually sold their souls to the devil.

The Ankh came into popular use when Constantine, the first Roman Emperor, said he drew inspiration from the sign as he fought successfully to the throne in Rome in 312 A.D. In order to secure the support of both the Christians and pagans, Constantine claimed that he saw the sign of the Holy Cross in the sky. This vision was a messenger from the heavens, which supposedly destined him to conquer his enemies! But when the symbol was placed on the shields of his soldiers, it looked like the Ankh. That's why the arch commissioned by the Senate in Rome to mark Constantine's victory bears an inscription saying he owed his success to the "prompting of a deity". There are serious doubts as to whether this meant the Christian God. This is what my findings tell me but I would absolutely love to hear from my readers who think otherwise.

The Pentagram

This is the symbol that witches use and denotes the practice of witchcraft. The symbol is thought to point to Lucifer and witches believe his name means "son of the morning". There is some truth in the description as Satan is described as "an Angel of Light" and was one of the most beautiful of the created beings. However, pride got the better of him and this resulted in his downfall. Lucifer conned one-third of the angels in Heaven to support him in his rebellion. When he made his move, it failed miserably. Together with his supporters, he was cast out of paradise.

If you turned the Pentagram upside-down, it becomes a "horned" star, or the Horned Hunter of the Night. If you look carefully, you'll be able to see that the star in this orientation is the shape of Satan's face. And this is the symbol that is used in Satanist churches around the world.

The Hexagram

This is a six-sided star and hence the term hexagram. It is, without any doubt, the most evil symbol in the occult sphere. This is the mark that must be present when calling forth a demon during a ritual. The word "hex" (that is, to place a curse on someone) comes from this emblem. There is a well-documented case of a hexagram being used by the famous magician, Cellini. Together with his 12-year-old apprentice, Cenci, they conjured up demons from within a circle they had drawn from the ground at the Coliseum in Rome. More fiends than expected turned up and the ritual went almost out of control.

But the point was that as long as the two stayed within the circle they were safe from the devils although Cenci said he was able to see five monstrous devils trying their very best to force their way into the hexagram. Eventually, Cellini was able to politely invite the demons to leave. He burned a substance that omitted a bad odor and this helped to break the spell. Cenci, who had till then been cowering in terror, complained that he could still see two demons following them on the rooftops and streets. This case is well-documented although psychologists say that the men must have been hallucinating. I don't think so.

Although the hexagram looks similar to the Jewish Star of David, it is definitely not the same. The Star of David does not have a circle around it. The two triangles meshing into one another in the Jewish symbol tells of the Creator reaching out to man. The I Ching also uses the hexagram symbol with combinations of broken and unbroken lines corresponding to the yin and yang forces. In this case, the hexagram doesn't hold any sinister implications.

If money is a problem, this is the symbol that could offer you some help. It was first used by the Druid priests in Scotland and Ireland, in witchcraft rituals to ask the devil for financial help. Other names for this occult item include the Italian horn, the fairy wand or leprechaun staff. The horn symbol is also common in Indian mythology, where it appears as a phallic symbol. If you observe carefully, you'll notice that many wear this horn-like symbol around their necks. The sexual connection is also made in European literature where the unicorn is considered to be a powerful sexual symbol. In mythology, the unicorn horn is usually found on a white horse. The white horse unicorn is linked with virginity. The unicorn is common in Western paintings where it is usually found in the company of young women. The unicorn is also found in Christian, Islamic, Chinese and Indian art and literature.

The Scarab

The word "scarab" comes from the Latin name Scarabaeus sacer, which is a member of the beetle family. Ancient Egyptians considered this type of beetle as sacred and was used as a symbol, seal or amulet. Scarabs were used in rituals to invoke the hideous and impure, which are exactly the kind of feelings the beetle will make you feel when you look at it. Most appropriately, the other name of this beetle is the dung beetle because they dig holes and tunnels near piles of shit! They do this to lay eggs - and store their food. In the tropics, it is not unusual to find dung beetles propelling balls of dung as large as an apple and several times their body weight. Sounds disgusting, but that's probably why witches like to use them in black magic!

The Eye Of Horus

Horus is a deity that is associated with the sun, and is the son of Isis and Osiris. The Eye Of Horus is the occult symbol for the powers of darkness which are all-seeing and all-knowing. It is commonly painted in the hieroglyphs which decorate the mystical pyramids. Osiris is the king and judge of the dead. He is both the husband and brother of Isis. By all accounts, Osiris was a very senior god in ancient Egypt. Osiris is usually depicted as a man with a beard and wrapped as a mummy. He wears what is known as an atef-crown. Although he was killed in battle, he was rescued by his son, Horus, and was subsequently resurrected. Isis is the goddess of fertility and mother of Horus. She was an accepted deity in the later Greek and Roman empires.

The Crescent

Complementing the Eye Of Horus, the crescent is used to symbolize Isis. Her other identity is Diana, queen of heaven. The Bible records her origin, going right back to the time of Noah's grandson, Cush. He married an evil woman named Semiramis, who subsequently became the queen of Babylon. She led the most evil existence imaginable. Together with her son Nimrod - whom she later married - she started the occult religion called Baal (Satan) worship. After he was killed, she continued to spread the religion. Statues of her appeared all over the world in many forms - Venus, Ashtoreth, Diana, Isis - hence her multiple identities!

A Warning

Symbols of the occult are often associated with sexual excess. Under the canopy of the stars and the moon, these evil rituals involve worshippers having sex with each other and the devil. Therefore, gentle readers, beware when you come across these symbols for they are signs of Satanic worshippers operating in the vicinity. DO NOT join in their activities. It's not a matter of being cool or fun; it's playing with fire - or in this case, demons - who love to torment whoever is foolish enough to call upon them!

Decatur House

The haunted house of one of America's most celebrated naval captains in the war of 1812, Stephen Decatur. Located in Lafayette Square, Washington, DC, Decatur House is said to be haunted by the ghosts of both Stephen and his wife, Susan. Stephen Decatur moved to Washington with his wife in 1818 after the war ended. He was admired and even considered a presidential hopeful, but unfortunately for him, in 1807 he had served on the court-martial board of his friend, Commodore James Barron. Decatur had agreed with the rest of the board that Barron should be court-martialled, starting a feud that ended in Decatur's death at Barron's hands during a duel 13 years later in Bladensburg, Maryland (dueling being illegal in Washington). On 14 March 1820, the morning of the duel, Decatur was mortally wounded and taken home to die. His wife was so broken-hearted she could not bring herself to look at him or to live in the house after he had died.

A year after his death, his apparition was allegedly seen looking sadly from the window where he had stood on the eve of his death. The window was walled up but this did not stop the ghost returning. Later sounds of a woman weeping - said to be Susan Decatur - were also heard. Residents of Washington still report seeing Decatur's spirit peering out of the second-storey window or slipping out the back door of his house with a black box under his arm, just as he had done on that fateful day of the duel.

Chase Vault

On the island of Barbados there is a burial vault in Christ Church cemetery known simply as the Chase Vault. In 1807 a Mrs. Goddard was buried there, followed in 1812 by Dorcas Chase, a possible suicide. When the vault was opened a month or so later to bury Dorcas's father, Thomas Chase, all the coffins have been moved from their original places. At first it was thought that the only explanation was grave robbers, but curiously, the seal of the tomb had not been tampered with.

In 1816 there were two more burials, and in both cases, when the vault was opened, the coffins already there had been moved into different places. Most peculiar of all was the fact that the casket of Thomas Chase, made of lead, weighing 240 pounds, and virtually impossible to move by a single individual, had also been relocated. Each time the coffins were put back in their proper places and the vault sealed with cement, but again in 1819 the vault was opened and the coffins had been rearranged.

This time the governor sprinkled sand on the floor to see if any footprints would be left and pressed his personal seal into the fresh cement. In 1820 when the vault was opened again, the coffins had been rearranged; some were even flipped upside down, even though the concrete seal was undisturbed and no footprints showed. The governor eventually ordered the coffins to be removed and buried elsewhere and for the vault to be left open. On investigation no water was discovered in the vault that could have shifted the coffins, and the possibility of an earthquake movement was also ruled out. The mystery of the Chase Vault has never been solved.

Bakechochin

Translated as 'haunted lantern', in Japanese folklore a bakechochin is a lantern inhabited by ghosts. According to lore the lantern has a long tongue and wild eyes and is home for the ghosts of people who died with hate in their hearts; for this reason, they are doomed to haunt the earth for all time. If someone should light one of these haunted lanterns, it is thought that a hateful ghost may leap out of it and attack.