"My uncle, who lived in [northern Oklahoma] all his life, told a story about how when he was about ten years old," says Okie. "He was going out to the outhouse one cold winter night and said that as he tried to open the outhouse door, there was something inside it, preventing it from opening. My uncle said he was sleepy and cold and just wanted to do his business and be done with it and get back into the warm house, so he pushed his way into the outhouse with a bit of force. He was suddenly confronted by running right into a huge, stinking, hairy creature...." Read the rest of Okie's encounter.

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Interest in the vampire mythos is at an all-time high. The genre is more popular than ever thanks to TV's True Blood and Vampire Diaries, and especially the enormous success of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series of novels. Let's take a look at the dark, mysterious world of vampires. Are they just fiction or are there real vampires out there seeking blood or psychic energy? They may be closer than you think!

Some interesting links I've found this week:
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• The Egyptian Underworld, Edgar Cayce's Hall of Records, and the Star System of Cygnus - An interview with Andrew Collins, on the existence of an Egyptian Underworld, the stuff of ancient Egyptian legends and myths, and the location of Edgar Cayce's psychic impressions of an ancient "Hall of Records."
• The Voice of Divination: Omens, Oracles, and the Symbolist Worldview - The world is a kind of sacred text, this article says, written in the language of symbols, and holds that all phenomena harbor a deeper meaning beyond their obvious appearances. These meanings can be decoded, and everyday life unveiled for its deeper truths.
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