Occult & Alchemy

Nostradamus, the French astrologer whose prophecies earned him fame, accurately predicted pivotal events in history, from the French Revolution to the rise of Adolf Hitler to the terrorist attacks of September 11 and even the 2020...

Nor Death Nor Venom Shirt! Claude Paradin, 'Devises Heroïques', 1557. This engraving features the phrase "Ne la mort, ne le venin" ("Neither death nor venom") and depicts a divine hand subduing a snake amid flames. It...

Necromancy is the practice of magical sorcery involving communication with the dead by summoning their spirits as apparitions or visions, or by resurrection for the purpose of divination. Sometimes categorized under death magic, the term is...

Astronomical and astrological illustration from 1600s by Athanasius Kircher.