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Field journal of Nathaniel Faust, Curse-breaker and Master of Mystic Science 25 Dec. 20– Why do most media portrayals show mystics as a paganist cult who observes the winter holidays by sacrificing a goat or something? Waiting for a horrifying demon instead of Santa Claus? Pagans exist outside of Germanic regions—they don’t all believe in…
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Wiener’s Circle
In the heart of Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood and a 20 minute walk away from DePaul sits one of the city’s most notorious restaurants: The Wiener’s Circle. Opened in 1983 by Larry Gold and Barry Nemerow, the modest hot dog stand stood out quickly from the vast number of local eateries. What began as a…
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Nature Without Gods: How Impressionists Reimagined the Landscape
Before Impressionism, landscapes rarely existed on their own without a certain context. It should be noted that there was a rise in landscapes during the Renaissance, but not to this degree. In ancient, medieval, and even early modern art, nature served stories. Mountains framed myths, forests sheltered saints, rivers marked divine intervention. Nature mattered because…
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