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  1. WOO
    It's Cosy Inside
    1989 U.S. pressing

    Ok.
    So I lied before.
    THIS is last spin of the night.

    A VERY mellow and VERY strange #ambient record, made by two English brothers named Mark and Clive Ives.

    There’s all kinds of instrumentation on here. Synths, drum machines, acoustic guitars, clarinet, violin… it’s a kind of watery sounding #newage .

    It’s a very intimate “for being at home” kind of cozy listen.

    Nobody gave a shit about this back in ‘89. However, since it’s 2012, it’s become a sought after cult favorite.

    For fans of warm, lo-fi ambient music.

    EDIT: Holy shit! I just looked this up, and I didn’t realize how pricey they are (about $150 CAD)!
    Yikes!

    #vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #vinylcollection #art #music #abstract #experimental #lofi #1980s #80sMusic #80s #woo

  2. WOO
    It's Cosy Inside
    1989 U.S. pressing

    Ok.
    So I lied before.
    THIS is last spin of the night.

    A VERY mellow and VERY strange #ambient record, made by two English brothers named Mark and Clive Ives.

    There’s all kinds of instrumentation on here. Synths, drum machines, acoustic guitars, clarinet, violin… it’s a kind of watery sounding #newage .

    It’s a very intimate “for being at home” kind of cozy listen.

    Nobody gave a shit about this back in ‘89. However, since it’s 2012, it’s become a sought after cult favorite.

    For fans of warm, lo-fi ambient music.

    EDIT: Holy shit! I just looked this up, and I didn’t realize how pricey they are (about $150 CAD)!
    Yikes!

    #vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #vinylcollection #art #music #abstract #experimental #lofi #1980s #80sMusic #80s #woo

  3. WOO
    It's Cosy Inside
    1989 U.S. pressing

    Ok.
    So I lied before.
    THIS is last spin of the night.

    A VERY mellow and VERY strange #ambient record, made by two English brothers named Mark and Clive Ives.

    There’s all kinds of instrumentation on here. Synths, drum machines, acoustic guitars, clarinet, violin… it’s a kind of watery sounding #newage .

    It’s a very intimate “for being at home” kind of cozy listen.

    Nobody gave a shit about this back in ‘89. However, since it’s 2012, it’s become a sought after cult favorite.

    For fans of warm, lo-fi ambient music.

    EDIT: Holy shit! I just looked this up, and I didn’t realize how pricey they are (about $150 CAD)!
    Yikes!

    #vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #vinylcollection #art #music #abstract #experimental #lofi #1980s #80sMusic #80s #woo

  4. WOO
    It's Cosy Inside
    1989 U.S. pressing

    Ok.
    So I lied before.
    THIS is last spin of the night.

    A VERY mellow and VERY strange #ambient record, made by two English brothers named Mark and Clive Ives.

    There’s all kinds of instrumentation on here. Synths, drum machines, acoustic guitars, clarinet, violin… it’s a kind of watery sounding #newage .

    It’s a very intimate “for being at home” kind of cozy listen.

    Nobody gave a shit about this back in ‘89. However, since it’s 2012, it’s become a sought after cult favorite.

    For fans of warm, lo-fi ambient music.

    EDIT: Holy shit! I just looked this up, and I didn’t realize how pricey they are (about $150 CAD)!
    Yikes!

    #vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #vinylcollection #art #music #abstract #experimental #lofi #1980s #80sMusic #80s #woo

  5. WOO
    It's Cosy Inside
    1989 U.S. pressing

    Ok.
    So I lied before.
    THIS is last spin of the night.

    A VERY mellow and VERY strange #ambient record, made by two English brothers named Mark and Clive Ives.

    There’s all kinds of instrumentation on here. Synths, drum machines, acoustic guitars, clarinet, violin… it’s a kind of watery sounding #newage .

    It’s a very intimate “for being at home” kind of cozy listen.

    Nobody gave a shit about this back in ‘89. However, since it’s 2012, it’s become a sought after cult favorite.

    For fans of warm, lo-fi ambient music.

    EDIT: Holy shit! I just looked this up, and I didn’t realize how pricey they are (about $150 CAD)!
    Yikes!

    #vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #vinylcollection #art #music #abstract #experimental #lofi #1980s #80sMusic #80s #woo

  6. Blog: I Went to Barnes & Noble. Say Hello to Witchcraft.

    I haven’t been to Barnes & Noble in a while. Have I wanted to go? Yes. Have I found the time to? No. But that all changed last weekend. For the first time in two years or so, I had the opportunity to pay a visit to my local Barnes & Noble to see what they’re peddling in the Year of Our Lord 2026.

    Holy crap, is it bad.

    The last time I was at Barnes & Noble, while I wasn’t looking at a lot of stuff except the YA fiction section, I remember seeing quite a few books that were focused on LGBTQ+ outside of just the YA section. But fast forward two years and it seems that while LGBTQ+ is still popular, something else has largely usurped its place on the shelves. That something is witchcraft and New Age.

    We are just running at a hundred miles an hour to Armageddon, aren’t we? As a society, we just cannot wait to get there.

    Thrown in with the books on psychology, relationships, and philosophy are a ton of books all focused on witchcraft, the New Age, and the occult. Books in this category range from a book by National Geographic explaining what Wicca and the New Age are, the Wicca Bible (which is interesting since Wiccans basically wing everything), the “missing” books of the Bible (i.e. the Gnostic gospels and other apocryphal works), books about numerology, finding your angel name, etc. My mom and I even found a book that was being sold at a New Age expo by some people who were peddling power pyramids. Oh, and they also sold various tarot decks…because of course they did. (I also later found out that you can buy Ouija boards at Barnes & Noble, too.)

    But besides the fact that Barnes & Noble is pushing New Age and the occult in the psychology, relationships, and philosophy section, I also need to say something about those sections besides the fact that they pretty much provide you with all the tools you need for a demon-summoning ritual. And that is the fact that, apparently, no one has class anymore. I saw several self-help and relationship books that had the F-word in the title and one book that, I’m not kidding, was called the P-pedia. I’ll leave it to you to figure out the word attached to -pedia. Sure, it does its job at catching your attention, but it just goes to show how we apparently have no class as a society.

    This is why we can’t have nice things.

    But, of course, you know me. I haven’t yet gotten to the main attraction – the godforsaken YA section and my thoughts on it.

    Overall, I think this section might actually be worse now than it was back in 2024. Sure, two years ago it was mainly LGBTQ+ love stories being peddled to children, and while that influence is still definitely there, the occult and the dark romance genre have also made things worse. Not only did I see multiple books being sold there targeted toward young women where the main characters are actual witches and summon demons (I wish I was making this up), but I also came across a book that illustrates almost everything wrong with the publishing industry. That book is called Kingdom of the Feared – a book that was positioned to get people to buy it – and here’s the book’s description:

    Emilia is reeling from the shocking discovery that her twin sister, Vittoria, is alive. But before she faces the demons of her past, Emilia yearns to claim her king, the seductive Prince of Wrath, in the flesh. Emilia doesn’t simply desire his body, she wants his heart and soul—but that’s something the enigmatic demon can’t promise her.

    When a high-ranking member of House Greed is assassinated, Emilia and Wrath are drawn to the rival demon court. Damning evidence points to Vittoria as the murderer and she’s quickly declared an enemy of the Seven Circles. Despite her betrayal, Emilia will do anything to solve this new mystery and find out who her sister really is.

    Together Emilia and Wrath play a sin-fueled game of deception as they work to stop the unrest that’s brewing between witches, demons, shape-shifters and the most treacherous foes of all: the Feared.

    Emilia was warned that when it came to the Wicked nothing was as it seemed. But, have the true villains been much closer all along? When the truth is finally revealed, it just might end up costing Emilia her heart.

    Two curses.
    One prophecy.
    A reckoning all have feared.

    And a love more powerful than fate. All hail the king and queen of Hell.

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stalking the Jack the Ripper series comes the steamy conclusion to Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy.

    Already, from the description of the book, you can not only tell that this book is – I’m just gonna say it – demonic, promoting a sexual relationship in Hell between a girl and a literal demon, but you can tell this shouldn’t be in the YA Fiction section or categorized as YA. This should be in the adult fiction section right next to the Playboys since, according to one Goodreads review, this book includes…

    Sexual Content-Mentions of groping, intimate touching, trying to take clothes off, two characters go swimming naked (guy and girl), mention of 0rgi3$, passionate kissing, thoughts of sex, innuendos, mentions of prostitution, mention of a threesome, sex, implications of m@$terb@tion, telling someone to m@$terb@te, LOTS of lust, thinking of characters naked, talking about bedding people, mentions of doing someone until they see stars, mentions of using chains during sex, talk about sucking and sucking…(I think you can fill in the blank) and witnessing very public displays of sex in a very derogatory way. (Hence why this was NA.)

    Other Goodreads reviews also say that the book starts with smut, the plot also revolves around reincarnation and soulmates, the main character is a witch, and there’s more smut than plot. And according to another reviewer, you can find this book in the YA corner of public libraries. This should be nowhere near there.

    As though that wasn’t bad enough, one of the most popular books in the YA section that was on a best-sellers table was a book called Bitten. Like Kingdom of the Feared, this too is a paranormal romance and is described on Goodreads as “Crescent City meets Fourth Wing.” Now, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yaros has become notorious online for being smutty, so such a comparison does not bode well for this book, and sure enough, according to the 1-star reviews Goodreads, it’s just as smutty.

    Remember, both stories are marketed as being for young adults – 12-18 years old. This is stuff that no 12-18-year-old should ever be reading, period. The fact that it’s even targeted at this age range should make everyone want to burn the publishing companies to the ground because here’s the thing. Before a book is published, it has to go through several people who read it, edit it, and ultimately, give it the green light. For these authors to be writing smut in a book aimed at young teens and then for the agents, editors, and publishers to publish and promote it as YA is beyond disturbing. It’s straight up predatory. It is not only an attack on your child’s innocence, but is an attack on their souls, especially as these books continue to glorify the occult more and more.

    At this rate, my advice to parents is if your child wants to buy a book, YA or not, check the 1-star Goodreads reviews to make sure you’re not accidentally handing your child a book full of porn.

    Until next time,

    M.J.

    #Writing #OpinionPeice #Fantasy #Blog #Christianity #Books #YANovels #reading #fiction #jesus #god #BookReviews #faith #NewAge #BarnesNoble #Worldviews #Wicca
  7. Blog: I Went to Barnes & Noble. Say Hello to Witchcraft.

    I haven’t been to Barnes & Noble in a while. Have I wanted to go? Yes. Have I found the time to? No. But that all changed last weekend. For the first time in two years or so, I had the opportunity to pay a visit to my local Barnes & Noble to see what they’re peddling in the Year of Our Lord 2026.

    Holy crap, is it bad.

    The last time I was at Barnes & Noble, while I wasn’t looking at a lot of stuff except the YA fiction section, I remember seeing quite a few books that were focused on LGBTQ+ outside of just the YA section. But fast forward two years and it seems that while LGBTQ+ is still popular, something else has largely usurped its place on the shelves. That something is witchcraft and New Age.

    We are just running at a hundred miles an hour to Armageddon, aren’t we? As a society, we just cannot wait to get there.

    Thrown in with the books on psychology, relationships, and philosophy are a ton of books all focused on witchcraft, the New Age, and the occult. Books in this category range from a book by National Geographic explaining what Wicca and the New Age are, the Wicca Bible (which is interesting since Wiccans basically wing everything), the “missing” books of the Bible (i.e. the Gnostic gospels and other apocryphal works), books about numerology, finding your angel name, etc. My mom and I even found a book that was being sold at a New Age expo by some people who were peddling power pyramids. Oh, and they also sold various tarot decks…because of course they did. (I also later found out that you can buy Ouija boards at Barnes & Noble, too.)

    But besides the fact that Barnes & Noble is pushing New Age and the occult in the psychology, relationships, and philosophy section, I also need to say something about those sections besides the fact that they pretty much provide you with all the tools you need for a demon-summoning ritual. And that is the fact that, apparently, no one has class anymore. I saw several self-help and relationship books that had the F-word in the title and one book that, I’m not kidding, was called the P-pedia. I’ll leave it to you to figure out the word attached to -pedia. Sure, it does its job at catching your attention, but it just goes to show how we apparently have no class as a society.

    This is why we can’t have nice things.

    But, of course, you know me. I haven’t yet gotten to the main attraction – the godforsaken YA section and my thoughts on it.

    Overall, I think this section might actually be worse now than it was back in 2024. Sure, two years ago it was mainly LGBTQ+ love stories being peddled to children, and while that influence is still definitely there, the occult and the dark romance genre have also made things worse. Not only did I see multiple books being sold there targeted toward young women where the main characters are actual witches and summon demons (I wish I was making this up), but I also came across a book that illustrates almost everything wrong with the publishing industry. That book is called Kingdom of the Feared – a book that was positioned to get people to buy it – and here’s the book’s description:

    Emilia is reeling from the shocking discovery that her twin sister, Vittoria, is alive. But before she faces the demons of her past, Emilia yearns to claim her king, the seductive Prince of Wrath, in the flesh. Emilia doesn’t simply desire his body, she wants his heart and soul—but that’s something the enigmatic demon can’t promise her.

    When a high-ranking member of House Greed is assassinated, Emilia and Wrath are drawn to the rival demon court. Damning evidence points to Vittoria as the murderer and she’s quickly declared an enemy of the Seven Circles. Despite her betrayal, Emilia will do anything to solve this new mystery and find out who her sister really is.

    Together Emilia and Wrath play a sin-fueled game of deception as they work to stop the unrest that’s brewing between witches, demons, shape-shifters and the most treacherous foes of all: the Feared.

    Emilia was warned that when it came to the Wicked nothing was as it seemed. But, have the true villains been much closer all along? When the truth is finally revealed, it just might end up costing Emilia her heart.

    Two curses.
    One prophecy.
    A reckoning all have feared.

    And a love more powerful than fate. All hail the king and queen of Hell.

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stalking the Jack the Ripper series comes the steamy conclusion to Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy.

    Already, from the description of the book, you can not only tell that this book is – I’m just gonna say it – demonic, promoting a sexual relationship in Hell between a girl and a literal demon, but you can tell this shouldn’t be in the YA Fiction section or categorized as YA. This should be in the adult fiction section right next to the Playboys since, according to one Goodreads review, this book includes…

    Sexual Content-Mentions of groping, intimate touching, trying to take clothes off, two characters go swimming naked (guy and girl), mention of 0rgi3$, passionate kissing, thoughts of sex, innuendos, mentions of prostitution, mention of a threesome, sex, implications of m@$terb@tion, telling someone to m@$terb@te, LOTS of lust, thinking of characters naked, talking about bedding people, mentions of doing someone until they see stars, mentions of using chains during sex, talk about sucking and sucking…(I think you can fill in the blank) and witnessing very public displays of sex in a very derogatory way. (Hence why this was NA.)

    Other Goodreads reviews also say that the book starts with smut, the plot also revolves around reincarnation and soulmates, the main character is a witch, and there’s more smut than plot. And according to another reviewer, you can find this book in the YA corner of public libraries. This should be nowhere near there.

    As though that wasn’t bad enough, one of the most popular books in the YA section that was on a best-sellers table was a book called Bitten. Like Kingdom of the Feared, this too is a paranormal romance and is described on Goodreads as “Crescent City meets Fourth Wing.” Now, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yaros has become notorious online for being smutty, so such a comparison does not bode well for this book, and sure enough, according to the 1-star reviews Goodreads, it’s just as smutty.

    Remember, both stories are marketed as being for young adults – 12-18 years old. This is stuff that no 12-18-year-old should ever be reading, period. The fact that it’s even targeted at this age range should make everyone want to burn the publishing companies to the ground because here’s the thing. Before a book is published, it has to go through several people who read it, edit it, and ultimately, give it the green light. For these authors to be writing smut in a book aimed at young teens and then for the agents, editors, and publishers to publish and promote it as YA is beyond disturbing. It’s straight up predatory. It is not only an attack on your child’s innocence, but is an attack on their souls, especially as these books continue to glorify the occult more and more.

    At this rate, my advice to parents is if your child wants to buy a book, YA or not, check the 1-star Goodreads reviews to make sure you’re not accidentally handing your child a book full of porn.

    Until next time,

    M.J.

    #BarnesNoble #Blog #Books #Christianity #faith #Fantasy #god #jesus #NewAge #OpinionPeice #Wicca #Worldviews #Writing #YANovels
  8. Blog: I Went to Barnes & Noble. Say Hello to Witchcraft.

    I haven’t been to Barnes & Noble in a while. Have I wanted to go? Yes. Have I found the time to? No. But that all changed last weekend. For the first time in two years or so, I had the opportunity to pay a visit to my local Barnes & Noble to see what they’re peddling in the Year of Our Lord 2026.

    Holy crap, is it bad.

    The last time I was at Barnes & Noble, while I wasn’t looking at a lot of stuff except the YA fiction section, I remember seeing quite a few books that were focused on LGBTQ+ outside of just the YA section. But fast forward two years and it seems that while LGBTQ+ is still popular, something else has largely usurped its place on the shelves. That something is witchcraft and New Age.

    We are just running at a hundred miles an hour to Armageddon, aren’t we? As a society, we just cannot wait to get there.

    Thrown in with the books on psychology, relationships, and philosophy are a ton of books all focused on witchcraft, the New Age, and the occult. Books in this category range from a book by National Geographic explaining what Wicca and the New Age are, the Wicca Bible (which is interesting since Wiccans basically wing everything), the “missing” books of the Bible (i.e. the Gnostic gospels and other apocryphal works), books about numerology, finding your angel name, etc. My mom and I even found a book that was being sold at a New Age expo by some people who were peddling power pyramids. Oh, and they also sold various tarot decks…because of course they did. (I also later found out that you can buy Ouija boards at Barnes & Noble, too.)

    But besides the fact that Barnes & Noble is pushing New Age and the occult in the psychology, relationships, and philosophy section, I also need to say something about those sections besides the fact that they pretty much provide you with all the tools you need for a demon-summoning ritual. And that is the fact that, apparently, no one has class anymore. I saw several self-help and relationship books that had the F-word in the title and one book that, I’m not kidding, was called the P-pedia. I’ll leave it to you to figure out the word attached to -pedia. Sure, it does its job at catching your attention, but it just goes to show how we apparently have no class as a society.

    This is why we can’t have nice things.

    But, of course, you know me. I haven’t yet gotten to the main attraction – the godforsaken YA section and my thoughts on it.

    Overall, I think this section might actually be worse now than it was back in 2024. Sure, two years ago it was mainly LGBTQ+ love stories being peddled to children, and while that influence is still definitely there, the occult and the dark romance genre have also made things worse. Not only did I see multiple books being sold there targeted toward young women where the main characters are actual witches and summon demons (I wish I was making this up), but I also came across a book that illustrates almost everything wrong with the publishing industry. That book is called Kingdom of the Feared – a book that was positioned to get people to buy it – and here’s the book’s description:

    Emilia is reeling from the shocking discovery that her twin sister, Vittoria, is alive. But before she faces the demons of her past, Emilia yearns to claim her king, the seductive Prince of Wrath, in the flesh. Emilia doesn’t simply desire his body, she wants his heart and soul—but that’s something the enigmatic demon can’t promise her.

    When a high-ranking member of House Greed is assassinated, Emilia and Wrath are drawn to the rival demon court. Damning evidence points to Vittoria as the murderer and she’s quickly declared an enemy of the Seven Circles. Despite her betrayal, Emilia will do anything to solve this new mystery and find out who her sister really is.

    Together Emilia and Wrath play a sin-fueled game of deception as they work to stop the unrest that’s brewing between witches, demons, shape-shifters and the most treacherous foes of all: the Feared.

    Emilia was warned that when it came to the Wicked nothing was as it seemed. But, have the true villains been much closer all along? When the truth is finally revealed, it just might end up costing Emilia her heart.

    Two curses.
    One prophecy.
    A reckoning all have feared.

    And a love more powerful than fate. All hail the king and queen of Hell.

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stalking the Jack the Ripper series comes the steamy conclusion to Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy.

    Already, from the description of the book, you can not only tell that this book is – I’m just gonna say it – demonic, promoting a sexual relationship in Hell between a girl and a literal demon, but you can tell this shouldn’t be in the YA Fiction section or categorized as YA. This should be in the adult fiction section right next to the Playboys since, according to one Goodreads review, this book includes…

    Sexual Content-Mentions of groping, intimate touching, trying to take clothes off, two characters go swimming naked (guy and girl), mention of 0rgi3$, passionate kissing, thoughts of sex, innuendos, mentions of prostitution, mention of a threesome, sex, implications of m@$terb@tion, telling someone to m@$terb@te, LOTS of lust, thinking of characters naked, talking about bedding people, mentions of doing someone until they see stars, mentions of using chains during sex, talk about sucking and sucking…(I think you can fill in the blank) and witnessing very public displays of sex in a very derogatory way. (Hence why this was NA.)

    Other Goodreads reviews also say that the book starts with smut, the plot also revolves around reincarnation and soulmates, the main character is a witch, and there’s more smut than plot. And according to another reviewer, you can find this book in the YA corner of public libraries. This should be nowhere near there.

    As though that wasn’t bad enough, one of the most popular books in the YA section that was on a best-sellers table was a book called Bitten. Like Kingdom of the Feared, this too is a paranormal romance and is described on Goodreads as “Crescent City meets Fourth Wing.” Now, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yaros has become notorious online for being smutty, so such a comparison does not bode well for this book, and sure enough, according to the 1-star reviews Goodreads, it’s just as smutty.

    Remember, both stories are marketed as being for young adults – 12-18 years old. This is stuff that no 12-18-year-old should ever be reading, period. The fact that it’s even targeted at this age range should make everyone want to burn the publishing companies to the ground because here’s the thing. Before a book is published, it has to go through several people who read it, edit it, and ultimately, give it the green light. For these authors to be writing smut in a book aimed at young teens and then for the agents, editors, and publishers to publish and promote it as YA is beyond disturbing. It’s straight up predatory. It is not only an attack on your child’s innocence, but is an attack on their souls, especially as these books continue to glorify the occult more and more.

    At this rate, my advice to parents is if your child wants to buy a book, YA or not, check the 1-star Goodreads reviews to make sure you’re not accidentally handing your child a book full of porn.

    Until next time,

    M.J.

    #Writing #OpinionPeice #Fantasy #Blog #Christianity #Books #YANovels #reading #fiction #jesus #god #BookReviews #faith #NewAge #BarnesNoble #Worldviews #Wicca
  9. Blog: I Went to Barnes & Noble. Say Hello to Witchcraft.

    I haven’t been to Barnes & Noble in a while. Have I wanted to go? Yes. Have I found the time to? No. But that all changed last weekend. For the first time in two years or so, I had the opportunity to pay a visit to my local Barnes & Noble to see what they’re peddling in the Year of Our Lord 2026.

    Holy crap, is it bad.

    The last time I was at Barnes & Noble, while I wasn’t looking at a lot of stuff except the YA fiction section, I remember seeing quite a few books that were focused on LGBTQ+ outside of just the YA section. But fast forward two years and it seems that while LGBTQ+ is still popular, something else has largely usurped its place on the shelves. That something is witchcraft and New Age.

    We are just running at a hundred miles an hour to Armageddon, aren’t we? As a society, we just cannot wait to get there.

    Thrown in with the books on psychology, relationships, and philosophy are a ton of books all focused on witchcraft, the New Age, and the occult. Books in this category range from a book by National Geographic explaining what Wicca and the New Age are, the Wicca Bible (which is interesting since Wiccans basically wing everything), the “missing” books of the Bible (i.e. the Gnostic gospels and other apocryphal works), books about numerology, finding your angel name, etc. My mom and I even found a book that was being sold at a New Age expo by some people who were peddling power pyramids. Oh, and they also sold various tarot decks…because of course they did. (I also later found out that you can buy Ouija boards at Barnes & Noble, too.)

    But besides the fact that Barnes & Noble is pushing New Age and the occult in the psychology, relationships, and philosophy section, I also need to say something about those sections besides the fact that they pretty much provide you with all the tools you need for a demon-summoning ritual. And that is the fact that, apparently, no one has class anymore. I saw several self-help and relationship books that had the F-word in the title and one book that, I’m not kidding, was called the P-pedia. I’ll leave it to you to figure out the word attached to -pedia. Sure, it does its job at catching your attention, but it just goes to show how we apparently have no class as a society.

    This is why we can’t have nice things.

    But, of course, you know me. I haven’t yet gotten to the main attraction – the godforsaken YA section and my thoughts on it.

    Overall, I think this section might actually be worse now than it was back in 2024. Sure, two years ago it was mainly LGBTQ+ love stories being peddled to children, and while that influence is still definitely there, the occult and the dark romance genre have also made things worse. Not only did I see multiple books being sold there targeted toward young women where the main characters are actual witches and summon demons (I wish I was making this up), but I also came across a book that illustrates almost everything wrong with the publishing industry. That book is called Kingdom of the Feared – a book that was positioned to get people to buy it – and here’s the book’s description:

    Emilia is reeling from the shocking discovery that her twin sister, Vittoria, is alive. But before she faces the demons of her past, Emilia yearns to claim her king, the seductive Prince of Wrath, in the flesh. Emilia doesn’t simply desire his body, she wants his heart and soul—but that’s something the enigmatic demon can’t promise her.

    When a high-ranking member of House Greed is assassinated, Emilia and Wrath are drawn to the rival demon court. Damning evidence points to Vittoria as the murderer and she’s quickly declared an enemy of the Seven Circles. Despite her betrayal, Emilia will do anything to solve this new mystery and find out who her sister really is.

    Together Emilia and Wrath play a sin-fueled game of deception as they work to stop the unrest that’s brewing between witches, demons, shape-shifters and the most treacherous foes of all: the Feared.

    Emilia was warned that when it came to the Wicked nothing was as it seemed. But, have the true villains been much closer all along? When the truth is finally revealed, it just might end up costing Emilia her heart.

    Two curses.
    One prophecy.
    A reckoning all have feared.

    And a love more powerful than fate. All hail the king and queen of Hell.

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stalking the Jack the Ripper series comes the steamy conclusion to Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy.

    Already, from the description of the book, you can not only tell that this book is – I’m just gonna say it – demonic, promoting a sexual relationship in Hell between a girl and a literal demon, but you can tell this shouldn’t be in the YA Fiction section or categorized as YA. This should be in the adult fiction section right next to the Playboys since, according to one Goodreads review, this book includes…

    Sexual Content-Mentions of groping, intimate touching, trying to take clothes off, two characters go swimming naked (guy and girl), mention of 0rgi3$, passionate kissing, thoughts of sex, innuendos, mentions of prostitution, mention of a threesome, sex, implications of m@$terb@tion, telling someone to m@$terb@te, LOTS of lust, thinking of characters naked, talking about bedding people, mentions of doing someone until they see stars, mentions of using chains during sex, talk about sucking and sucking…(I think you can fill in the blank) and witnessing very public displays of sex in a very derogatory way. (Hence why this was NA.)

    Other Goodreads reviews also say that the book starts with smut, the plot also revolves around reincarnation and soulmates, the main character is a witch, and there’s more smut than plot. And according to another reviewer, you can find this book in the YA corner of public libraries. This should be nowhere near there.

    As though that wasn’t bad enough, one of the most popular books in the YA section that was on a best-sellers table was a book called Bitten. Like Kingdom of the Feared, this too is a paranormal romance and is described on Goodreads as “Crescent City meets Fourth Wing.” Now, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yaros has become notorious online for being smutty, so such a comparison does not bode well for this book, and sure enough, according to the 1-star reviews Goodreads, it’s just as smutty.

    Remember, both stories are marketed as being for young adults – 12-18 years old. This is stuff that no 12-18-year-old should ever be reading, period. The fact that it’s even targeted at this age range should make everyone want to burn the publishing companies to the ground because here’s the thing. Before a book is published, it has to go through several people who read it, edit it, and ultimately, give it the green light. For these authors to be writing smut in a book aimed at young teens and then for the agents, editors, and publishers to publish and promote it as YA is beyond disturbing. It’s straight up predatory. It is not only an attack on your child’s innocence, but is an attack on their souls, especially as these books continue to glorify the occult more and more.

    At this rate, my advice to parents is if your child wants to buy a book, YA or not, check the 1-star Goodreads reviews to make sure you’re not accidentally handing your child a book full of porn.

    Until next time,

    M.J.

    #BarnesNoble #Blog #BookReviews #Books #Christianity #faith #Fantasy #fiction #god #jesus #NewAge #OpinionPeice #reading #Wicca #Worldviews #Writing #YANovels
  10. Blog: I Went to Barnes & Noble. Say Hello to Witchcraft.

    I haven’t been to Barnes & Noble in a while. Have I wanted to go? Yes. Have I found the time to? No. But that all changed last weekend. For the first time in two years or so, I had the opportunity to pay a visit to my local Barnes & Noble to see what they’re peddling in the Year of Our Lord 2026.

    Holy crap, is it bad.

    The last time I was at Barnes & Noble, while I wasn’t looking at a lot of stuff except the YA fiction section, I remember seeing quite a few books that were focused on LGBTQ+ outside of just the YA section. But fast forward two years and it seems that while LGBTQ+ is still popular, something else has largely usurped its place on the shelves. That something is witchcraft and New Age.

    We are just running at a hundred miles an hour to Armageddon, aren’t we? As a society, we just cannot wait to get there.

    Thrown in with the books on psychology, relationships, and philosophy are a ton of books all focused on witchcraft, the New Age, and the occult. Books in this category range from a book by National Geographic explaining what Wicca and the New Age are, the Wicca Bible (which is interesting since Wiccans basically wing everything), the “missing” books of the Bible (i.e. the Gnostic gospels and other apocryphal works), books about numerology, finding your angel name, etc. My mom and I even found a book that was being sold at a New Age expo by some people who were peddling power pyramids. Oh, and they also sold various tarot decks…because of course they did. (I also later found out that you can buy Ouija boards at Barnes & Noble, too.)

    But besides the fact that Barnes & Noble is pushing New Age and the occult in the psychology, relationships, and philosophy section, I also need to say something about those sections besides the fact that they pretty much provide you with all the tools you need for a demon-summoning ritual. And that is the fact that, apparently, no one has class anymore. I saw several self-help and relationship books that had the F-word in the title and one book that, I’m not kidding, was called the P-pedia. I’ll leave it to you to figure out the word attached to -pedia. Sure, it does its job at catching your attention, but it just goes to show how we apparently have no class as a society.

    This is why we can’t have nice things.

    But, of course, you know me. I haven’t yet gotten to the main attraction – the godforsaken YA section and my thoughts on it.

    Overall, I think this section might actually be worse now than it was back in 2024. Sure, two years ago it was mainly LGBTQ+ love stories being peddled to children, and while that influence is still definitely there, the occult and the dark romance genre have also made things worse. Not only did I see multiple books being sold there targeted toward young women where the main characters are actual witches and summon demons (I wish I was making this up), but I also came across a book that illustrates almost everything wrong with the publishing industry. That book is called Kingdom of the Feared – a book that was positioned to get people to buy it – and here’s the book’s description:

    Emilia is reeling from the shocking discovery that her twin sister, Vittoria, is alive. But before she faces the demons of her past, Emilia yearns to claim her king, the seductive Prince of Wrath, in the flesh. Emilia doesn’t simply desire his body, she wants his heart and soul—but that’s something the enigmatic demon can’t promise her.

    When a high-ranking member of House Greed is assassinated, Emilia and Wrath are drawn to the rival demon court. Damning evidence points to Vittoria as the murderer and she’s quickly declared an enemy of the Seven Circles. Despite her betrayal, Emilia will do anything to solve this new mystery and find out who her sister really is.

    Together Emilia and Wrath play a sin-fueled game of deception as they work to stop the unrest that’s brewing between witches, demons, shape-shifters and the most treacherous foes of all: the Feared.

    Emilia was warned that when it came to the Wicked nothing was as it seemed. But, have the true villains been much closer all along? When the truth is finally revealed, it just might end up costing Emilia her heart.

    Two curses.
    One prophecy.
    A reckoning all have feared.

    And a love more powerful than fate. All hail the king and queen of Hell.

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stalking the Jack the Ripper series comes the steamy conclusion to Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy.

    Already, from the description of the book, you can not only tell that this book is – I’m just gonna say it – demonic, promoting a sexual relationship in Hell between a girl and a literal demon, but you can tell this shouldn’t be in the YA Fiction section or categorized as YA. This should be in the adult fiction section right next to the Playboys since, according to one Goodreads review, this book includes…

    Sexual Content-Mentions of groping, intimate touching, trying to take clothes off, two characters go swimming naked (guy and girl), mention of 0rgi3$, passionate kissing, thoughts of sex, innuendos, mentions of prostitution, mention of a threesome, sex, implications of m@$terb@tion, telling someone to m@$terb@te, LOTS of lust, thinking of characters naked, talking about bedding people, mentions of doing someone until they see stars, mentions of using chains during sex, talk about sucking and sucking…(I think you can fill in the blank) and witnessing very public displays of sex in a very derogatory way. (Hence why this was NA.)

    Other Goodreads reviews also say that the book starts with smut, the plot also revolves around reincarnation and soulmates, the main character is a witch, and there’s more smut than plot. And according to another reviewer, you can find this book in the YA corner of public libraries. This should be nowhere near there.

    As though that wasn’t bad enough, one of the most popular books in the YA section that was on a best-sellers table was a book called Bitten. Like Kingdom of the Feared, this too is a paranormal romance and is described on Goodreads as “Crescent City meets Fourth Wing.” Now, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yaros has become notorious online for being smutty, so such a comparison does not bode well for this book, and sure enough, according to the 1-star reviews Goodreads, it’s just as smutty.

    Remember, both stories are marketed as being for young adults – 12-18 years old. This is stuff that no 12-18-year-old should ever be reading, period. The fact that it’s even targeted at this age range should make everyone want to burn the publishing companies to the ground because here’s the thing. Before a book is published, it has to go through several people who read it, edit it, and ultimately, give it the green light. For these authors to be writing smut in a book aimed at young teens and then for the agents, editors, and publishers to publish and promote it as YA is beyond disturbing. It’s straight up predatory. It is not only an attack on your child’s innocence, but is an attack on their souls, especially as these books continue to glorify the occult more and more.

    At this rate, my advice to parents is if your child wants to buy a book, YA or not, check the 1-star Goodreads reviews to make sure you’re not accidentally handing your child a book full of porn.

    Until next time,

    M.J.

    #BarnesNoble #Blog #BookReviews #Books #Christianity #faith #Fantasy #fiction #god #jesus #NewAge #OpinionPeice #reading #Wicca #Worldviews #Writing #YANovels
  11. Antroposofer orsak till mässlingsutbrott?

    På musikfestivalen Urkult har flera ungdomar smittats av mässlingen. Orsaken är att de varit ovaccinerade och den största gruppen ovaccinerade i Sverige är anhängare av...

    https://blog.zaramis.se/2026/08/21/antroposofer-orsak-till-masslingsutbrott/

    Antroposofer orsak till mässli...

  12. På musikfestivalen Urkult har flera ungdomar smittats av mässlingen. Orsaken är att de varit ovaccinerade och den största gruppen ovaccinerade i Sverige är anhängare av pseudoreligionen antroposofi. Det är sannolikt att många av de smittade är just antroposofer eller i alla fall från familjer där föräldrarna är antroposofer.

    https://blog.zaramis.se/2026/08/21/antroposofer-orsak-till-masslingsutbrott/
  13. På musikfestivalen Urkult har flera ungdomar smittats av mässlingen. Orsaken är att de varit ovaccinerade och den största gruppen ovaccinerade i Sverige är anhängare av pseudoreligionen antroposofi. Det är sannolikt att många av de smittade är just antroposofer eller i alla fall från familjer där föräldrarna är antroposofer.

    https://blog.zaramis.se/2026/08/21/antroposofer-orsak-till-masslingsutbrott/
  14. For Aviation Day: Vintage 1929 stunt newsreel compilation short featuring barnstormers, wing walkers, and midair transfers on biplanes ✈️

    “Flight” – original solo piano improv recorded live for the SYNCH collection 🎹

    youtu.be/7DL-S75NNkQ

    #plane #aviation #vintage #retro #classic #piano #indiemusic #keyboard #indie #composer #music #acoustic #classical #newage

  15. For Aviation Day: Vintage 1929 stunt newsreel compilation short featuring barnstormers, wing walkers, and midair transfers on biplanes ✈️

    “Flight” – original solo piano improv recorded live for the SYNCH collection 🎹

    youtu.be/7DL-S75NNkQ

    #plane #aviation #vintage #retro #classic #piano #indiemusic #keyboard #indie #composer #music #acoustic #classical #newage

  16. For Aviation Day: Vintage 1929 stunt newsreel compilation short featuring barnstormers, wing walkers, and midair transfers on biplanes ✈️

    “Flight” – original solo piano improv recorded live for the SYNCH collection 🎹

    youtu.be/7DL-S75NNkQ

    #plane #aviation #vintage #retro #classic #piano #indiemusic #keyboard #indie #composer #music #acoustic #classical #newage

  17. For Aviation Day: Vintage 1929 stunt newsreel compilation short featuring barnstormers, wing walkers, and midair transfers on biplanes ✈️

    “Flight” – original solo piano improv recorded live for the SYNCH collection 🎹

    youtu.be/7DL-S75NNkQ

    #plane #aviation #vintage #retro #classic #piano #indiemusic #keyboard #indie #composer #music #acoustic #classical #newage

  18. For Aviation Day: Vintage 1929 stunt newsreel compilation short featuring barnstormers, wing walkers, and midair transfers on biplanes ✈️

    “Flight” – original solo piano improv recorded live for the SYNCH collection 🎹

    youtu.be/7DL-S75NNkQ

    #plane #aviation #vintage #retro #classic #piano #indiemusic #keyboard #indie #composer #music #acoustic #classical #newage

  19. Adam Rudolph, Alexis Marcelo, Kaoru Watanabe - Sunrise

    This #bandcampFriday pick up feels like the right way to start the day #jazz #NewAge #4ThWorldMusic #drummer #vinyl @vinylrecords

  20. Adam Rudolph, Alexis Marcelo, Kaoru Watanabe - Sunrise

    This #bandcampFriday pick up feels like the right way to start the day #jazz #NewAge #4ThWorldMusic #drummer #vinyl @vinylrecords

  21. Adam Rudolph, Alexis Marcelo, Kaoru Watanabe - Sunrise

    This #bandcampFriday pick up feels like the right way to start the day #jazz #NewAge #4ThWorldMusic #drummer #vinyl @vinylrecords

  22. Adam Rudolph, Alexis Marcelo, Kaoru Watanabe - Sunrise

    This #bandcampFriday pick up feels like the right way to start the day #jazz #NewAge #4ThWorldMusic #drummer #vinyl @vinylrecords

  23. Adam Rudolph, Alexis Marcelo, Kaoru Watanabe - Sunrise

    This #bandcampFriday pick up feels like the right way to start the day #jazz #NewAge #4ThWorldMusic #drummer #vinyl @vinylrecords

  24. "the electronic augmentation shimmers, sparkles and glistens good-naturedly and sounds echo into the distance, hanging in the air to accentuate the serenity, before their gradual, accepting descent into the sonic void."
    theslowmusicmovement.org/post/

    Fine Dawson in the New Age of New Age Playlist:
    submithub.com/link/new-age-of-

    #newage #ambient #music #alternative #independent #artist #canada 

  25. "the electronic augmentation shimmers, sparkles and glistens good-naturedly and sounds echo into the distance, hanging in the air to accentuate the serenity, before their gradual, accepting descent into the sonic void."
    theslowmusicmovement.org/post/

    Fine Dawson in the New Age of New Age Playlist:
    submithub.com/link/new-age-of-

    #newage #ambient #music #alternative #independent #artist #canada 

  26. "the electronic augmentation shimmers, sparkles and glistens good-naturedly and sounds echo into the distance, hanging in the air to accentuate the serenity, before their gradual, accepting descent into the sonic void."
    theslowmusicmovement.org/post/

    Fine Dawson in the New Age of New Age Playlist:
    submithub.com/link/new-age-of-

    #newage #ambient #music #alternative #independent #artist #canada 

  27. "the electronic augmentation shimmers, sparkles and glistens good-naturedly and sounds echo into the distance, hanging in the air to accentuate the serenity, before their gradual, accepting descent into the sonic void."
    theslowmusicmovement.org/post/

    Fine Dawson in the New Age of New Age Playlist:
    submithub.com/link/new-age-of-

    #newage #ambient #music #alternative #independent #artist #canada 

  28. "the electronic augmentation shimmers, sparkles and glistens good-naturedly and sounds echo into the distance, hanging in the air to accentuate the serenity, before their gradual, accepting descent into the sonic void."
    theslowmusicmovement.org/post/

    Fine Dawson in the New Age of New Age Playlist:
    submithub.com/link/new-age-of-

    #newage #ambient #music #alternative #independent #artist #canada 

  29. 🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
    📻 Vortex Rewind ⏪ (80s extended versions, maxi singles, long versions)
    ──────────────
    🎵 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow (12in)

    ▶️ Écouter / Listen : VorteX [Radio]
    lesonduvortex.net

    💬 Join us on Discord:
    discord.gg/d82hJZBeDE

    #VortexWave #MikeOldfield #Instrumental #NewAge #80s

  30. 🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
    📻 Vortex Rewind ⏪ (80s extended versions, maxi singles, long versions)
    ──────────────
    🎵 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow (12in)

    ▶️ Écouter / Listen : VorteX [Radio]
    lesonduvortex.net

    💬 Join us on Discord:
    discord.gg/d82hJZBeDE

    #VortexWave #MikeOldfield #Instrumental #NewAge #80s

  31. Ah oui aussi, le mouvement newage ne fait pas qu'agraver des maladies, des malnutritions, des mutilations et causer des décès et handicaps très précoces, qu'il ne faut pas se protéger des épidémies ou faire de don du sang, que si des mauvaises choses vous arrivent c'est de votre faute parce que vous n'avez pas adopté la bonne pensée magique.

    ça raconte également que pour le changement climatique il n'y a plus rien à faire et que le #GIEC c'est des escrocs qui gagnent des millions (wtf), donc pas la peine de faire quoi que ce soit hein. Genre s'instruire sur l'origine humaine des émissions de gaz à effet de serre, ou lire la moindre phrase d'un résumé de rapport du dit groupe international.

    C'est précisément pas ce qui fait consensus dans la communauté scientifique mondiale, mais puisque des êtres invisibles disent l'inverse selon un mec qui a un blog sur internet et qui se fait condamner de temps a autre pour abus de faiblesse et exercice illégal de la médecine, comment pourrait il en être autrement ?

    #bullshit #climat #science #newage

  32. Ah oui aussi, le mouvement newage ne fait pas qu'agraver des maladies, des malnutritions, des mutilations et causer des décès et handicaps très précoces, qu'il ne faut pas se protéger des épidémies ou faire de don du sang, que si des mauvaises choses vous arrivent c'est de votre faute parce que vous n'avez pas adopté la bonne pensée magique.

    ça raconte également que pour le changement climatique il n'y a plus rien à faire et que le #GIEC c'est des escrocs qui gagnent des millions (wtf), donc pas la peine de faire quoi que ce soit hein. Genre s'instruire sur l'origine humaine des émissions de gaz à effet de serre, ou lire la moindre phrase d'un résumé de rapport du dit groupe international.

    C'est précisément pas ce qui fait consensus dans la communauté scientifique mondiale, mais puisque des êtres invisibles disent l'inverse selon un mec qui a un blog sur internet et qui se fait condamner de temps a autre pour abus de faiblesse et exercice illégal de la médecine, comment pourrait il en être autrement ?

    #bullshit #climat #science #newage

  33. Ah oui aussi, le mouvement newage ne fait pas qu'agraver des maladies, des malnutritions, des mutilations et causer des décès et handicaps très précoces, qu'il ne faut pas se protéger des épidémies ou faire de don du sang, que si des mauvaises choses vous arrivent c'est de votre faute parce que vous n'avez pas adopté la bonne pensée magique.

    ça raconte également que pour le changement climatique il n'y a plus rien à faire et que le #GIEC c'est des escrocs qui gagnent des millions (wtf), donc pas la peine de faire quoi que ce soit hein. Genre s'instruire sur l'origine humaine des émissions de gaz à effet de serre, ou lire la moindre phrase d'un résumé de rapport du dit groupe international.

    C'est précisément pas ce qui fait consensus dans la communauté scientifique mondiale, mais puisque des êtres invisibles disent l'inverse selon un mec qui a un blog sur internet et qui se fait condamner de temps a autre pour abus de faiblesse et exercice illégal de la médecine, comment pourrait il en être autrement ?

    #bullshit #climat #science #newage