tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459020489719069582.post4784900594593964871..comments2024-01-15T11:16:48.226+01:00Comments on Magia Posthuma: Another bogus documentaryNiels K. Petersenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10136109970711449111noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459020489719069582.post-31245698767579958332014-12-25T00:07:56.806+01:002014-12-25T00:07:56.806+01:00Doctors might not have believed in Vampires but th...Doctors might not have believed in Vampires but they were charlatans whose customers believed in Vampires.<br /><br />Charging ~ equivalent of $150,000 for the autopsy was a lucrative benefit of this "going with the flow".<br /><br />Not knowing what cancer was, it wasted the victims & was known as the "vampire disease".<br /><br />The burial method was to make sure Eleonore stayed dead!Sanyihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05599382783212702922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459020489719069582.post-1623271554738328712013-02-09T05:03:08.911+01:002013-02-09T05:03:08.911+01:00Mr. Peterse: As usual your blog is really fantasti...Mr. Peterse: As usual your blog is really fantastic. Read this news please: http://www.livescience.com/20499-pop-culture-vampires.html<br />klavazahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09265186029699373811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459020489719069582.post-46730692122159126852010-11-13T05:44:48.526+01:002010-11-13T05:44:48.526+01:00Could this old belief have an influence on the Chu...Could this old belief have an influence on the Churches stance when it involves funerals of suicide victims?Stuarthttp://stu65x@hotmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459020489719069582.post-59719373240712226512010-08-19T18:22:34.692+02:002010-08-19T18:22:34.692+02:00I cannot imagine any other reason for the decapita...I cannot imagine any other reason for the decapitation and placement of heavy stones on the limbs of the skeletons OTHER than the vampire thesis (this, of course, was a very common way of preventing the return of the dead) but I do agree with you about the princess. This part is nothing but speculation, and seems to be an attempt to cash in on the "Dracula" mystique instead of seriously studying vampires. Also, as you pointed out, her burial in a brick vault was in no way out of the ordinary, and in fact a very common way of entombing the dead.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17675339362815758647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459020489719069582.post-82652433431630251912010-02-21T21:52:12.806+01:002010-02-21T21:52:12.806+01:00The documentary is well made and pretty intriguing...The documentary is well made and pretty intriguing, so I can understand why you were inspired to learn more :-)<br /><br />By the way, I recently learned that it is also available in an English languaged DVD edition, see e.g. <a href="http://dvdtalk.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=120246501/" rel="nofollow">this site</a>.Niels K. Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10136109970711449111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459020489719069582.post-79404610197209274392010-02-21T21:35:18.173+01:002010-02-21T21:35:18.173+01:00I just saw this documentary on the History Channel...I just saw this documentary on the History Channel today. Although I agree with you that it is very speculative it prompted me to read up a bit more on the Princess and Bram and Dracula (and stumble on this blog) so it wasn't an entirely wasted effort. Not defending the documentary just saying even bogus ones can inspire people to do more research on the topics presented.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459020489719069582.post-31909104442507354322009-04-21T22:20:00.000+02:002009-04-21T22:20:00.000+02:00Dear Dr Petersen,
I read with interest your comme...Dear Dr Petersen,<br /><br />I read with interest your comments about the s.c. Vampirprinzessin and the related film which was recently released also in Italy. I'm a nuclear engineer, so unavoidably with a sound passion for scientific methodology. Among my many interests I can quote also cultural anthropology. Eventhough I'm not in a position to give a reasoned and scientifically justified opinion about the matters discussed in the film, and while I agree with you that they have not demonstrated anything with the film itself, nonetheless I cannot avoid to consider what they lay out at least "possible", even if not "certain" or "probable". What especially I don't understand in your comments is why a physician at that times should be so enlightened to be immune from superstitions or magical and/or other popular beliefs. Was a rough century (i.e. from about 1600 to about 1700) sufficient in your opinion to change so deeply the cultural background of these people, the physicians of the nobles or of the courts, so that they can be considered as modern medicine doctors? I'm not criticizing you; I'm really interested in your opinion and would like to know more. Thanks, best regards, Federico Rocchi - Italy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com