Theo Paijmans
@memizon.bsky.social
They were strange days—curious dream-like days—and they followed each other silently, like shadows over grain fields. Edith Allonby, The Fulfilment, 1905.
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Theo Paijmans
@memizon.bsky.social
· Mar 29
A warm welcome to my new followers! I post images of weird, supernatural, ghostly and science fiction books from Victorian times to the early 20th century. If it’s strange, it’s probably on one of my shelves.
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"By the age of 70, he who doesn’t read will have lived only one life. He who reads will have lived 5000 years. Reading is immortality backwards."
Umberto Eco,
January 5, 1932 – February 19, 2016
Umberto Eco,
January 5, 1932 – February 19, 2016
January 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM
"By the age of 70, he who doesn’t read will have lived only one life. He who reads will have lived 5000 years. Reading is immortality backwards."
Umberto Eco,
January 5, 1932 – February 19, 2016
Umberto Eco,
January 5, 1932 – February 19, 2016
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Ben geen groot liefhebber van fantasy, maar ik vind dit een heerlijk boek. Over een meisje dat 's nachts brieven bezorgt aan dierbare overledenen in het dodenrijk. Ook daar werkt de post niet altijd goed. 😀
'De middernachtloper' (Leopold, 15+) van Maren Stoffels.
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'De middernachtloper' (Leopold, 15+) van Maren Stoffels.
jaapleest.nl/de-middernac...
January 5, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Ben geen groot liefhebber van fantasy, maar ik vind dit een heerlijk boek. Over een meisje dat 's nachts brieven bezorgt aan dierbare overledenen in het dodenrijk. Ook daar werkt de post niet altijd goed. 😀
'De middernachtloper' (Leopold, 15+) van Maren Stoffels.
jaapleest.nl/de-middernac...
'De middernachtloper' (Leopold, 15+) van Maren Stoffels.
jaapleest.nl/de-middernac...
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Interested in a spooky and strange story? Join me as I tell the tale of the time Aleister Crowley tried to reanimate a human skeleton.
youtu.be/yjJwTSgg3JA?...
#thelema #AleisterCrowley #magick
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#thelema #AleisterCrowley #magick
Aleister Crowley and his pet skeleton
YouTube video by Maevius Lynn
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December 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Interested in a spooky and strange story? Join me as I tell the tale of the time Aleister Crowley tried to reanimate a human skeleton.
youtu.be/yjJwTSgg3JA?...
#thelema #AleisterCrowley #magick
youtu.be/yjJwTSgg3JA?...
#thelema #AleisterCrowley #magick
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What was your favorite occult book of 2025? Here’s a list of nearly 300 (😮) to vote on & you can vote for more than one!
Voting ends in a few hours. I’m honored to see my new books Mind Over Magick & Crowley’s The Sword of Song included, but *dang* a lot of other great books came out this year!
Voting ends in a few hours. I’m honored to see my new books Mind Over Magick & Crowley’s The Sword of Song included, but *dang* a lot of other great books came out this year!
Vote your favorite occult books of 2025 [promoted by Timeless Occult Literature] - Occult-Study
This poll has been done in order for you, the users, the readers, the public to vote on your favorite books of the year, instead of me picking up my favorites. These are all the books that have been p...
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December 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
What was your favorite occult book of 2025? Here’s a list of nearly 300 (😮) to vote on & you can vote for more than one!
Voting ends in a few hours. I’m honored to see my new books Mind Over Magick & Crowley’s The Sword of Song included, but *dang* a lot of other great books came out this year!
Voting ends in a few hours. I’m honored to see my new books Mind Over Magick & Crowley’s The Sword of Song included, but *dang* a lot of other great books came out this year!
A row of books I currently don’t know where to place, shelf space is at a premium here. They were published between 1902 and 1909, reincarnation, astral travel, Atlantis, interplanetary visitors, ghosts and hauntings and Marian apparitions. All written and recorded by women, except the red book.
January 5, 2026 at 4:30 AM
A row of books I currently don’t know where to place, shelf space is at a premium here. They were published between 1902 and 1909, reincarnation, astral travel, Atlantis, interplanetary visitors, ghosts and hauntings and Marian apparitions. All written and recorded by women, except the red book.
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#ufosky #ufo #Ufohistory
Today in UFO History - Mystery at Mindalore
January 4, 1979 — Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa
1/Just after 12:00 midnight. Meagen Quezet and her son André go looking for their dog that has just run barking away from their home in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa.
Today in UFO History - Mystery at Mindalore
January 4, 1979 — Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa
1/Just after 12:00 midnight. Meagen Quezet and her son André go looking for their dog that has just run barking away from their home in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa.
January 4, 2026 at 12:41 AM
#ufosky #ufo #Ufohistory
Today in UFO History - Mystery at Mindalore
January 4, 1979 — Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa
1/Just after 12:00 midnight. Meagen Quezet and her son André go looking for their dog that has just run barking away from their home in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa.
Today in UFO History - Mystery at Mindalore
January 4, 1979 — Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa
1/Just after 12:00 midnight. Meagen Quezet and her son André go looking for their dog that has just run barking away from their home in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa.
Tell that to Stauffenberg.
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 4, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Tell that to Stauffenberg.
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This is the book, it's a 19th- and 20th-century history of stigmata in Britain and Ireland, and I'm still happy to come talk to you about it in this the year of unravelling, 2026
January 4, 2026 at 6:26 AM
This is the book, it's a 19th- and 20th-century history of stigmata in Britain and Ireland, and I'm still happy to come talk to you about it in this the year of unravelling, 2026
A Saturday’s occult shelfie:
January 3, 2026 at 11:30 PM
A Saturday’s occult shelfie:
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The editions I read in the ‘70s as a kid first encountering Middle Earth.
January 3, 2026 at 9:59 PM
The editions I read in the ‘70s as a kid first encountering Middle Earth.
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Jack's Pool.
The very first Willerby Story.
Village newcomers wake a dark spirit of blood and water.
willerby.substack.com/p/jacks-pool
The very first Willerby Story.
Village newcomers wake a dark spirit of blood and water.
willerby.substack.com/p/jacks-pool
January 3, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Jack's Pool.
The very first Willerby Story.
Village newcomers wake a dark spirit of blood and water.
willerby.substack.com/p/jacks-pool
The very first Willerby Story.
Village newcomers wake a dark spirit of blood and water.
willerby.substack.com/p/jacks-pool
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Rev Robert Kirk was a pioneering folklorist who studied #fairy beliefs around his home at Aberfoyle. #Sterling. In 1691 he wrote 'The Secret Commonwealth Of Fairies', an almost hallucinatory account which led some to believe he was able to actually visit fairyland to gain his info. [1/2
#BookWormSat
#BookWormSat
January 3, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Rev Robert Kirk was a pioneering folklorist who studied #fairy beliefs around his home at Aberfoyle. #Sterling. In 1691 he wrote 'The Secret Commonwealth Of Fairies', an almost hallucinatory account which led some to believe he was able to actually visit fairyland to gain his info. [1/2
#BookWormSat
#BookWormSat
Some books published in the 20th century are rarer than others from the 18th century. Take this one that arrived today, for example. Issued in 1935 by a publisher that maybe published four or five books and then went out of business. About the secret hall beneath the Sphinx.
January 2, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Some books published in the 20th century are rarer than others from the 18th century. Take this one that arrived today, for example. Issued in 1935 by a publisher that maybe published four or five books and then went out of business. About the secret hall beneath the Sphinx.
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Everything We Know About Rape Is Wrong. Girls Play Dead is a transformative analysis of what sexual assault does to women. By Sophie Gilbert. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
Everything We Know About Rape Is Wrong
The book “Girls Play Dead,” by Jen Percy, is a “riveting, heartrending analysis of what sexual assault does to women,” Sophie Gilbert writes:
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December 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Everything We Know About Rape Is Wrong. Girls Play Dead is a transformative analysis of what sexual assault does to women. By Sophie Gilbert. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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A new pickup from the Occult Press: Max Theon’s psychic novella “The Occultist” in a lovely limited sailcloth binding.
Max Theon is a Polish occultist who inspired the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor in 1884. The 2026 imprint will make this as legendary as Crowley’s “Book of Lies” 😁
Max Theon is a Polish occultist who inspired the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor in 1884. The 2026 imprint will make this as legendary as Crowley’s “Book of Lies” 😁
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A new pickup from the Occult Press: Max Theon’s psychic novella “The Occultist” in a lovely limited sailcloth binding.
Max Theon is a Polish occultist who inspired the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor in 1884. The 2026 imprint will make this as legendary as Crowley’s “Book of Lies” 😁
Max Theon is a Polish occultist who inspired the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor in 1884. The 2026 imprint will make this as legendary as Crowley’s “Book of Lies” 😁
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Mind-blowingly rare first editions of esoteric books that I got to hold yesterday (courtesy of Justin Sledge), #1 of 5:
Meric Casaubon’s “A True and Faithful Relation” (London, 1659), the legendary OG account of the Enochian magic of John Dee and Edward Kelly.
Meric Casaubon’s “A True and Faithful Relation” (London, 1659), the legendary OG account of the Enochian magic of John Dee and Edward Kelly.
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Mind-blowingly rare first editions of esoteric books that I got to hold yesterday (courtesy of Justin Sledge), #1 of 5:
Meric Casaubon’s “A True and Faithful Relation” (London, 1659), the legendary OG account of the Enochian magic of John Dee and Edward Kelly.
Meric Casaubon’s “A True and Faithful Relation” (London, 1659), the legendary OG account of the Enochian magic of John Dee and Edward Kelly.
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Mind-blowingly rare first editions of esoteric books that I got to hold yesterday (courtesy of Justin Sledge), #2 of 5:
First Hebrew printing of Sefer Yetzirah (Mantua, Italy, 1562), the early Kabbalistic account of how G-d created the universe through the 22 letters of the alefbet & the 10 sefirot
First Hebrew printing of Sefer Yetzirah (Mantua, Italy, 1562), the early Kabbalistic account of how G-d created the universe through the 22 letters of the alefbet & the 10 sefirot
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Mind-blowingly rare first editions of esoteric books that I got to hold yesterday (courtesy of Justin Sledge), #2 of 5:
First Hebrew printing of Sefer Yetzirah (Mantua, Italy, 1562), the early Kabbalistic account of how G-d created the universe through the 22 letters of the alefbet & the 10 sefirot
First Hebrew printing of Sefer Yetzirah (Mantua, Italy, 1562), the early Kabbalistic account of how G-d created the universe through the 22 letters of the alefbet & the 10 sefirot
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Mind-blowingly rare first editions of esoteric books that I got to hold yesterday (courtesy of Justin Sledge), #3 of 5:
Johann Reuchlin’s “De Arte Cabalistica” (1517), the famous early and influential text of Christian Kabbalah.
Johann Reuchlin’s “De Arte Cabalistica” (1517), the famous early and influential text of Christian Kabbalah.
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Mind-blowingly rare first editions of esoteric books that I got to hold yesterday (courtesy of Justin Sledge), #3 of 5:
Johann Reuchlin’s “De Arte Cabalistica” (1517), the famous early and influential text of Christian Kabbalah.
Johann Reuchlin’s “De Arte Cabalistica” (1517), the famous early and influential text of Christian Kabbalah.
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Mind-blowingly rare first editions of esoteric books that I got to hold yesterday (courtesy of Justin Sledge), #4 of 5:
A gorgeous handwritten grimoire including the Key of Solomon, Arbatel, etc. (1686).
A gorgeous handwritten grimoire including the Key of Solomon, Arbatel, etc. (1686).
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Mind-blowingly rare first editions of esoteric books that I got to hold yesterday (courtesy of Justin Sledge), #4 of 5:
A gorgeous handwritten grimoire including the Key of Solomon, Arbatel, etc. (1686).
A gorgeous handwritten grimoire including the Key of Solomon, Arbatel, etc. (1686).
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Mind-blowingly rare first editions of esoteric books that I got to hold yesterday (courtesy of Justin Sledge), #5 of 5:
Agrippa’s “Three Books of Occult Philosophy” (Cologne, 1533), the granddaddy of occultism and ritual magic.
Agrippa’s “Three Books of Occult Philosophy” (Cologne, 1533), the granddaddy of occultism and ritual magic.
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Mind-blowingly rare first editions of esoteric books that I got to hold yesterday (courtesy of Justin Sledge), #5 of 5:
Agrippa’s “Three Books of Occult Philosophy” (Cologne, 1533), the granddaddy of occultism and ritual magic.
Agrippa’s “Three Books of Occult Philosophy” (Cologne, 1533), the granddaddy of occultism and ritual magic.
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Éliphas Lévi’s “Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum,” translated and edited by William Wynn Westcott in 1896, has just been beautifully reprinted by Troy Books (London) in a foil-stamped hardcover with rubricated text and color images…all at a great price.
November 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Éliphas Lévi’s “Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum,” translated and edited by William Wynn Westcott in 1896, has just been beautifully reprinted by Troy Books (London) in a foil-stamped hardcover with rubricated text and color images…all at a great price.
The 19th century spiritualists and psychical researchers produced a huge amount of reports and accounts. The 20th century ufologists produced an equally impressive amount of accounts and reports. There’s a bridge between these unexplained phenomena.
(Images from my library)
(Images from my library)
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The 19th century spiritualists and psychical researchers produced a huge amount of reports and accounts. The 20th century ufologists produced an equally impressive amount of accounts and reports. There’s a bridge between these unexplained phenomena.
(Images from my library)
(Images from my library)
The 19th century spiritualists and psychical researchers produced a huge amount of reports, accounts and papers. They are quite forgotten nowadays, but there’s a bridge between the unexplained phenomena (ufo’s, paranormal, fortean).
Images from my library.
Images from my library.
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The 19th century spiritualists and psychical researchers produced a huge amount of reports, accounts and papers. They are quite forgotten nowadays, but there’s a bridge between the unexplained phenomena (ufo’s, paranormal, fortean).
Images from my library.
Images from my library.
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#ufosky #Ufo #ufohistory
Today in UFO History - Car Engine Fails After Object Lands / Radiation / Beehive UFO
December 21, 1964 — Fishersville, VA
1/5:00 p.m. Driving east on US Highway 250, Horace Burns is approaching Fishersville, Virginia,
Today in UFO History - Car Engine Fails After Object Lands / Radiation / Beehive UFO
December 21, 1964 — Fishersville, VA
1/5:00 p.m. Driving east on US Highway 250, Horace Burns is approaching Fishersville, Virginia,
December 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
#ufosky #Ufo #ufohistory
Today in UFO History - Car Engine Fails After Object Lands / Radiation / Beehive UFO
December 21, 1964 — Fishersville, VA
1/5:00 p.m. Driving east on US Highway 250, Horace Burns is approaching Fishersville, Virginia,
Today in UFO History - Car Engine Fails After Object Lands / Radiation / Beehive UFO
December 21, 1964 — Fishersville, VA
1/5:00 p.m. Driving east on US Highway 250, Horace Burns is approaching Fishersville, Virginia,