Category: Culture

The article, published in 1916, gives a look at how the U.S. goverment was beginning to look into the magic mushrooms of Mexico and how…

The people of the early 1900s loved their ouija boards and telling fortunes with playing cards. It was something they did in the evenings to…

Are common numbers a part of our hidden history? Of course they are, and people have been saying so for hundreds, if not thousands, of…

The symbols of Easter are ancient, and have been adopted by numerous religions. Our great ancestors celebrated the coming of Spring, and as new religions,…

The three prominent gods of the Norse religion were Odin, Thor, and Frey. Women often turned to their favored goddess Freyja in times of need…

Before The Third Reich and the Nazi Party, the swastika was a very popular symbol in the United States. The article below was published in…

Good luck charms from over a hundred years ago were similar to the charms we have today with one exception: the swastika. Well before Hitler’s…

A person’s tattoos usually have a strong, personal meaning, but in the early 1900s, tattoos often marked a person as a member of the criminal…

Books have been written on the origin of Easter and all of its symbolism. The article below was originally published in 1899, and it is…

Buttons and the superstitions surrounding them are fascinating. While we tend to think very little about these ancient fasteners, our recent ancestors had a lot…