Ten months ago, when my partner and I first moved to Prague, we accidentally decorated our home with funeral candles. Despite our Gothic predilections, it was never our intent to fill our…
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Monsters of Prague: The Vampire Graves
This post is the third and final installation in our Monsters of Prague series, leading up to Halloween with the sometimes even more eerie truths behind some of Bohemia’s best loved scary…
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Monsters of Prague: The Golem
This post is the second in our series of eerie Bohemian stories leading up to Halloween. Last week I took you to a very special house in the center of Prague which,…
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Monsters of Prague: Faustův Dům
This post is the first in a series of three, leading up to Halloween. While Halloween as we know it is not widely celebrated in the Czech republic – All Saint’s Day…
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Anne, Edgar and Empathy: Personal Experience in Gothic Writings
This week is quite a significant one when it comes to Gothic literary greats. Saturday, the 4th, was the birthday of Anne Rice and Wednesday, the 7th, will be the anniversary of…
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Momento Mori to McQueen – a Brief History of the Skull in Fashion
Over the years, the human skull has somehow represented almost everything – life and death, perilous danger and good luck. We see it worn by Hell’s Angels and Hello Kitty alike. I…
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An Interview with Inkubus Sukkubus
It’s a Saturday night at Prague’s Palac Akropolis. While the canopy-covered benches outside the somewhat infamous venue never fail to attract a crowd on weekends, tonight something is different: instead of the…
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A Wicked Pack of Cards – Tarot and the Gothic in Literature
It would be madness to run a Gothic blog inspired by a deck of tarot cards, and not address the link between “The Gothic” and the art of tarot. Of course, if…
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The Bohemian Connection
Bohemian /bəʊˈhiːmɪən/ (n.) 1. A native or inhabitant of Bohemia. 2. A socially unconventional person, especially one who is involved in the arts. [ mid 19th century: from French bohémien ‘Gypsy’ (because Gypsies…
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Baba Studio, Gothic fashion, Gothic literature, Gothic music, Prague and Bohemia, Tarot and divination
Welcome to the World of Bohemian Gothic and Magic Prague
From the twisting alleys and misted towers of Prague, Baba Studio brings an alternative view of the fantasy landscape where the dark history of old Prague meets the poetic decadence of the Bohemian lifestyle,…
