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The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of Sleep paralysis is a medical condition that affects thousands, if not millions, of people every day. It is defined as “a temporary inability to move or speak that occurs when you’re waking up or falling asleep” (NHS). Due to minute personal experiences with the subject, Rodney Ascher became fascinated with the innerworkings of sleep paralysis. This obsession led to the creation of his critically acclaimed documentary, The Nightmare, in 2015. The Nightmare is…

Stone circles can be found all around the United Kingdom. These structures range in size and most commonly hold connections to folkloric tales or practices, and are usually regarded as being sacred. Many theories have been crafted over time concerning stone circles. However, their true known origins are vague and open for interpretation, which makes them a complex topic to discuss and research. By linking stone circles in various places in the United Kingdom and their connections to folktales,…

Folklore and mythology are ageless. The two have been a constant throughout the history of mankind, playing pivotal roles in how certain cultures and religions view the world. The action of passing down stories through word of mouth through generations have been used to share cultural and religious beliefs, costumes, and values. Whether it is Christians who believe that sin is attributed to Adam and Eve eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil or the ancient Greeks who…

The Adversity of Solitary Confinement The people that are the most hated, least cared for and overlooked - prisoners. No one wants to bat an eye or reach out them. They are the ones that hurt the people and harm the other parts of society. People are well aware that they are privileged to have freedom in many aspect of their lives, but acknowledge that when those privileges are not used wisely they should be banished of all that they had and earned. Prisoners will always have the worse…

It is called the vulture eye and the Evil Eye. In Norris myth the eye refers to Odin 's all Seeing Eye. Spiritual believers believed that your soul can be reached through your eye and if someone were to take your picture your soul would be stolen. Others believe the eye is the window to the soul. The term Evil eye refers to a cult…

It doesn’t take too much careful observation in our everyday lives to see something about death. Just watch the news and it will likely be littered with stories about death or dying. If not the news perhaps simply just watch a movie, very seldom do they not feature death or the fear of dying in them, but why? Why is death so prevalent around us today? What is it that makes us cling to it and compels us to keep asking questions about it, talking about it, and thinking of it constantly? Simply…

Comparative Eschatology of Christianity and World Mythologies When dealing with the idea of eschatology, many common views come from break-offs of the Abrahamic religions, with the most commonly known revolving around Jesus’ second-coming, the Rapture, and the Armageddon, the fight between the Antichrist and Jesus. While this view seems to be the most developed view of the end of the world, many religions prior to modern times also had some stories or ideas that explained how the end of the…

However, a faint touch of color returned to his face while Fleur remained white as a ghost and no amount of fluid seemed to dampen her chapped lips. And these stupid treatments. Nothing worked! Her coughs rattled her frame. Percival spent the morning boiling water, washing linens, making new poultices, and wiping the sweat from Rion and Fleur’s body. Before midday, Rion’s fever broke, and he sat up, weak, but lucid. “Father… What happened?” Percival took a seat on the bed. “You and Fleur…

“Where as baseball might be America’s pastime, football is actually America’s sport.”(Dahlberg, NFL Calls the Shots) The NFL has turned into a multi-billion dollar franchise that is known around the world, but a disturbing trend has developed. Over the past six years when the NFL started to keep track( King, the Film the NFL), the NFL’s reported number of concussions has been increasing each year. This alarming trend reached an all-time high of 281 cases in 2017; the highest ever…

So it's come to this. Here I am waiting to die. It's not what I had expected, but it's almost fitting. I mean, I deserve this don't I? After all of the horrible things I've done, all that stuff that I've seen. Ugh, if only I hadn't opened that box. If only I hadn't. If only... Funny. Those two words. They are so few, but yet they can mean so much. If only I didn't spend my money on those concert tickets , I could be getting groceries right now, or If only I didn't cheat on my girlfriend…