Occult:About
The Occult Encyclopedia was created on 16 October 2021 by Travis McHenry in an effort to share knowledge about occult and metaphysical topics with a broader audience.
Mission
The mission of this wiki is to become the definitive, authoritative source for information about esoteric, mystical topics.
On Wikipedia, these topics are considered fringe subjects and related articles are peppered with words like "supposedly," "claimed," and "allegedly." On the Occult Encyclopedia, however, articles about demons, angels, and other spirits are treated with an open mind. This gives our editors the freedom to incorporate sources that do not meet the criteria for academic rigor among the muggles working with Wikipedia.
Milestones
Firsts
- The first article created was the article on the occult.
- The first featured article was Aleister Crowley.
- The first featured image was the logo for the Occult Encyclopedia.
- The first featured quote was: "If you're going to be a sinner, be the best sinner on the block." by Anton Szandor LaVey.
- The first awesome article was Nightmare on the 13th Floor.
Records
- The 100th article was the article on the Six of Cups.
- The 200th article was the article on Saturnalia.
- The 500th article was the article on shamans.
- The 666th article was the article on Labal.
Awesome Articles
Starting in November 2024, a very small number of featured articles were designated as "Awesome Articles." To be eligible as an awesome article, an article must meet three criteria:
- Are not found as an article on Wikipedia OR improve significantly on an existing Wikipedia article.
- Contain multiple, high quality images.
- Serve as a definitive information source for the subject (well-researched).
Becoming an editor
If you would like to become an editor for the Occult Encyclopedia, please request an account from the administrator. We'd love to have your help building out the articles and expanding the knowledge base! Learn more about contributing here: Occult:Accounts
It can be especially helpful if you are willing to revise/expand our small selection of "Poor Articles."
Also vital is the task of filling in gaps in the encyclopedia by creating new articles from the list of Wanted Pages. This will help meet our goal of having no articles "in the red."
With gratitude
This wiki would not be possible without the hard work by the assistant editors over at Encyclopedia Westarctica. The success of that wiki (with over 1,000 articles published in only three years!) directly led to the creation and success of the Occult Encyclopedia.
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