Incubus

Introduction “Wishes suppressed during the day assert themselves in dreams (Freud, The Interpretations of Dreams, 1999)." Most of us, if not all, have experienced waking up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat and paranoid, looking around the room to see if there is someone else in the room. Most of us have spent the day worrying about something nerve racking and then having that show up in our dreams. Most people dream at least 4 to 6 times per night during the REM stage, although we…

A Critical Review of Malleus Maleficarum The Malleus Maleficarum is a famous medieval treaty of on the life and activities of witches. The book was written in 1486 by Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger with the first publication done in English. Allegedly, Kramer was the chief author of the work, and Sprenger was the co-author because he had a higher reputation. The work has been regarded to have been written after the writing of a bull by Pope Innocent VIII, which gave people permission to kill…

Succubi were female demons who were thought to seduce men and drink their blood. The Greeks and Romans also believed in a male counterpart to the succubi, called an incubus, who did much the same to women (1st source). There were also accounts of incubi and succubi in Hebrew mythology, though they were also believed to have been descended from fallen angels (frost, brian j). Today’s image of the “classic vampire” is…

Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Criticism of Materialistic Consumption in Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, commonly referred to as solely Salò, is a 1975 Italian-French, allegoric film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. It is based on the book, The 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade. The film focuses on four wealthy libertines and the storytelling of four prostitutes. The libertines portray a struggle between class and power politics during a time of Italian fascism due to…

hometown, I decided to view a full concert available on YouTube. The Jazz concert consisted of 6 songs, they all sounded different though. I have never sat down and listened to a Jazz concert, and I have been to more than 50 concerts in my time (Incubus, Apartment 26, Cold Chamber, econoline wine crush, Rob Zombie, chevelle, Orgy, Deadsy, Korn, Days of the new, The Chemical Brothers, just to name a few). The concert was label to be of the Jazz genre, I usually listen to Classic Rock, and…

Until it happened to me. The daily struggle trying to leave this man had become paralyzing. A daily grapple which lasted eight years. I became a drug free junkie. Inevitably I grew an addiction to this man. A man who turned out to be a real live Incubus. This demon of seduction took control over more than my dreams. He controlled my mind, body, and soul through his abusive ways. The emotional abuse nearly destroyed me. It overpowered my mind, crushed my heart, and conquered my soul. It defeated…

It was in the second decade of the Twentieth Century, after the Great Plague had devastated England, that Hermann the Irascible, nicknamed also the Wise, sat on the British throne. The Mortal Sickness had swept away the entire Royal Family, unto the third and fourth generations, and thus it came to pass that Hermann the Fourteenth of Saxe-Drachsen-Wachtelstein, who had stood thirtieth in the order of succession, found himself one day ruler of the British dominions within and beyond the seas. He…

The concept of gender roles is defined as what behaviors are deemed to be acceptable and desirable for a person based on their sex. These generalizations have major effects on both genders; however, they have a significant negative impact on women. The stories “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”, “The Men We Carry in Our Minds”, and “Saudi Women Defy Driving Law” explore some of the commonly seen generalizations surrounding both genders and how they affect the two and how they have changed. Throughout…

and stumbles a few feet. The sadness comes upon him swiftly like a river flowing. Suddenly he realizes why he walked away from this battle; he knew he had done no wrong. The abyssal pit in his stomach is finally filling back up. Relieved of the incubus that had fastened upon him for so a time, and of the dreadful apprehensions under which he is living, makes him hardly the same person. Now elegantly he falls and knows it is alright. Briskly, a warm air fills his body up like a hot air…

The Evidences of Popularization On October 7th, 2016, Sum41 released their new album, 13 Voices. Because of the fact that It’s been 5 years from the last single ‘Screaming Bloody Murder’ releasement, many rock fans were excited all over the world. However, When Sum41 posted some of new songs on U-TUBE, some critics and fans pointed out that there are less elements that indicate Sum41’s particular features in their new songs, and their comprehensive impression is pretty similar to Linkin park’s…