Blair witch symbol6/7/2023 ![]() ![]() (Left) Wiegedood logo, photo by Stefaan Temmerma (Right) Mykur press image, photo by Daria Endresen. While these structures seem familiar, are there actual analogs in folk belief systems, or are they a purely a cinematic invention? More recently, stick hexes have made their way into album artwork artists such as Myrkur and Wiegedood have converted runic-influenced logos into bound stick forms. ![]() Appearing famously in series such as True Detective (described above) and the Blair Witch franchise of films, they often mark spaces of dark practices. Of the motifs of contemporary horror, what I refer to as stick hexes have a haunting familiarity that is unmatched by few other visual cues. As the camera pans around the scene, it reveals a dozen more of these sculptures darting the ground and hanging from the tree–demarcating a dark, sacred space. Just beyond her, we are shown a small structure of bound sticks which adds an element of hermetic symbolism to the dark, occult nature of the setting. The two encounter a strange and horrific site – the body of a nude woman, crowned with antlers, tied to a tree in a position of prayer. Smoke still settles to their right as another officer lifts the crime scene tape. When arriving at the scene, Marty Hart and Rust Cohle walk down the path between the cane fields in rural Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. Part I – Secret Paths and Magic Alphabets
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