Indeed, Mr Caliburn. I might go so far as to hazard a guess that Lilith may be the first (recorded) Master. There are no mentions of Lilith in the Mishnah, at least as far as I can trust the index and other books I have. The Dead Sea scrolls have a reference to a "Seductress" who's descrip...

The Isiah text is, I assume, 34:14. I had forgotten about this passage - mostly because I blocked out my Exegisis class from memory. I mean 7:30 in the morning Monday/Wendsday/Friday in Chelsea? Hangovers were the single most common reason for missing the first 45 minuets of a 90 minuet class ... I ...

Happy Birthday!

Interesting.
I take it you suffer from the ordinary reactions to Holy objects?
As I have said, there is no such thing as an absolutely unsaveable sentient being, at least from the POV of soteriology. Also the Divine can use what ever tools come to hand. I'm willing to hear more.

What I found of interest is that you "heard" the man's prayer.

Dose this sort of thing, hearing thoughts from a distance, happen often?

Welcome to you both. I'm still quite the newbie here, but I'm getting the hang of things.

It is also nice to see another physician in the group.

From a purely soteriological point of view there is no such thing as a completely lost sentient being. That said, I would be reticent to put to much time in figuring out if a Vampire is going to try and kill me, or others, unless there is some sort of substantial, up front, and fairly convincing evi...

Well now, we are simply drowning in details and suppositions. While I may not be the field agent I once was, I think that we may have to tak into account that this Foundation may be involved in Mr Caliburn and Cynthia's disappearance: While investigating a line of inquiry about the Darkling Cult the...

Thank you, Melissa, for filling in the gaps in my memory. Your quibbles are always enlightening. Things here are as they always are. A few haunts, the occasional Buggie man. Things best left alone in the Smithsonian or the LIbrary of Congress coming out into the light of day and scaring the crud out...

Just because the site predates the cults using them doesn't make it less likely for things to go wrong. I didn't mean to imply that. In fact, I've seen just how wrong things can go when an object or place is disrupted (desecrated). Major fallout, for years. What I was trying to say is that Serpent ...

Hanna, I'm very sorry. I hope you are not completely alone in all this.

When I was I child I used to visit my maternal Grandparents in the Ohio Valley. There City, Portsmouth, had a park built on the site of an old Mound and we used to visit Serpent Mound once a summer for a weekend and stay at a nearby RV camp with my Great Aunt and Uncle. It's been years since I visit...

We also tracked down a name for the stormcrow: Bernard Lemercier, a French/Indian known to be active in the early 1700. The Nachez called him a witch, who demanded constant sacrifices trying to open a rift to the ancient mysteries. I think there may be a connection between this cult and the mound w...

I have nothing like Mr. Caliburns skills, but looking into the ownership and location of a building, and a quick reconnoiter from the parking lot won't go amiss. To far. Lord willing.

Oh well, we live in hope. I would rather do any looking before the new moon is fully manifest.

As far as I know, I'm the closest to DC.
With the address I could find out more. IS it in the Maryland or Virginia Suburbs?

The Lilith Legend first appears in late Classical Jewish writings that collected the "Oral Torah" - the Quabala. She's not in the Zohar Book, but it escapes me which writing she's in, and I'm never "googeling" the name of a supernatural nasty again -never ends well for me. What m...

I learned two things at Church yesterday: 1) The man who owned the property my home is on had a reputation as being the town weirdo. As in he wore all black, all the time and had a pentagram ring, in the 40's. No one had a bad word to say about him, the local food pantry got it's start up money in a...

Dr. Boggs: Joe was with me when I examined the dime. Or to be more exact, he came around back and saw me with the dime, which he says is the source of the "dark light." He was my source of information on the Man in Red. All three items are with me. The Ring is in a pouch, hidden behind som...

She is much better now. It seems that has has seen things since she was a child. Her mother told her it was "wicked" and punished her severely any time she mentioned something that other people couldn't see. She began to think she was crazy, cursed, possessed or a combination of all three....

I had another one of those days. I was greeted with a very excitable pair of teenagers on my front stoop before I could even get the tea steeped. (I detest coffee, to acidic.) It was Joseph, who now refers to himself as my Assistant (you can hear the capitol letter) and his older brother, Daniel. Da...

I do believe, Doctor Boggs, I shall do just as you advise. I've taken to calling her Aegis. Seems appropriate. The other two are Anselm and Scotus.

In a word, a teenager. A scarier thing few parents can imagine. Some part of me would be grateful if it were a Teenager, or group of them. There is some hope for redemption or redirection. On the other hand, I tremble at the thought. I worked with 7th and 8th graders and there is something both ref...

You are right, perception is everything. The cat apparently only reacts to threats against people it considers to be part of it's pride (for lack of a better term). I set out a dish of the special lactose free milk they sell for kittens for her this afternoon, to see what happened. She came over, sn...

I apologize, Cybermancer, that I didn't address your comments more directly. Personally, I've never had an overtly negative relationship with a neo pagan. I've had to deal with a certain amount of mistrust, but I've always tried to be as respectful as possible. Who ever sent this little gift is most...

Interesting. The Malus Malefactorum was never officially a part of the Churches corpus of books. It was, in fact, on the index of banned books until the 1960's when the list was abolished. A few Anglicans used an expurgated version, but they all predate the founding of the Society. It was also used ...

Ronin, I don't find any of your questions to be overly suspicious, but actually moved me to think a bit more clearly, My first thought was Plato's Republic. Juvenal never entered my mind. I'm afraid to admit I am an atrocious classicist. As far as I know, my service has always been faithful to the v...

Mr Collburn, one of my cats seems to be very sensitive. He's a tuxedo who is chatty even when things are calm. The other tends to be as sensitive as a brick, except that he reacted more powerfully to the box than the other. The third cat seems to be well fed and groomed, but no one claims to own or ...

I realize that I cut that off enigmatically. Please forgive, I had to steady my nerves. A finger of Evan Williams later, and I'm doing better. The Crucifix, desecrated by turning the corpus upside down, was mine. It was lost in my last assignment. The creature, I tend not to use the word "demon...

I should have read here before. I followed what I thought were fairly precautionary measures. I stood inside the kitchen and did the "voodoo" that I do do so well. I used an orison to lift and then open the box. The box incinerated itself with such ferocity that had I been holding it, I wo...

This afternoon a package arrived with the mail. One of the local feral cats, that I suspect may not be just a typical felis domesticus , started pacing around the box making a low, growling sound. Normally I wouldn't have been bothered, I'm used to unusual behavior in cats. Then I noticed that both ...