Skip to main content

Search on Wikipedia

Search results

SO Sad! Transgender Woman Pleads For Life Before Mob Beat Her To Death. click image to read story

SO Sad! Transgender Woman Pleads For Life Before Mob Beat Her To Death. click image to read story
42-year-old Dandara dos Santos was kicked, punched, and hit with shoes and a plank of wood in front of residents in Fortaleza, Ceara state, Brazil... till death. click image to read story

Featured Post

10 Reasons Why Men Should Quit Watching Po*n

Inside The Disturbing Sculptures Of Ireland’s Victor’s Way

Inside The Disturbing Sculptures Of Ireland’s Victor’s Way




This "adults-only" sculpture garden boasts a vagina with teeth, a naked woman forcefully separating from her child, and a man with no penis cutting himself in half. Even stranger, this Irish park is supposed to help people who are undergoing a midlife crisis or "dysfunction." Discover the bizarre world of Victor's Way — and see why the owner doesn't want any visitors under 28:


Victor Langheld created a sculpture garden meant for adults only, but it's not exactly what you'd expect. The park, called Victor's Way, contains nudity and somewhat violent sculptures made of black granite. However, it's not supposed to be pornographic. Instead, it's meant for spiritual reorientation and philosophical enlightenment.


Victor Langheld created a sculpture garden meant for adults only, but it's not exactly what you'd expect. The park, called Victor's Way, contains nudity and somewhat violent sculptures made of black granite. However, it's not supposed to be pornographic. Instead, it's meant for spiritual reorientation and philosophical enlightenment.


Langheld is so serious about this meditative experience that he even briefly closed the garden in 2015 after too many families started treating it like a theme park. But the entrance to the garden, which features a vagina with teeth, should have been people's first clue that this is no Disneyland.

"Victor's Way was not intended to be a commercial mass tourism enterprise," Langheld wrote on the park's website. "Sadly the recently increasing numbers of visitors that crowd the Way on Saturdays and Sundays are beginning to degrade its contemplative ambience."


That said, the park did re-open in 2016 with a firmer set of rules. The sculptures — many representing Hindu icons — are meant to be viewed by those experiencing a midlife crisis or "dysfunction."

A plaque on the gate dedicates the space to the famed mathematician Alan Turing. Langheld summarizes his park as a "Turing machine," and his explanation below attempts to clarify what he means by this.


"A Turing machine is a non-localized (i.e. abstract ≈ universal) set of rules that can simulate, i.e. copy, and so become, any local set of rules (read: boundaries or limits), whereby neither set rules is defined."

Victor's Way is located in County Wicklow in Ireland, and it spans 22 acres. It is open only during the summer months

The sculpture garden boasts seven major and 37 minor sculptures, all of which took 25 years to complete. Langheld established the sculpture garden in 1989 after a trip to India where he set out to gain spiritual enlightenment.


Born in Berlin, Langheld has lived with a number of different religious orders throughout Asia. Inspired by his travels, he sponsored and designed most of the entire park himself.

To enter the sculpture garden, you walk through a looming black-granite vagina dentata (Latin for "toothed vagina"), guarded by a stone snake.

Once inside, the main draws of the park are the seven major statues, which were created to bring visitors self-actualization and help them through whatever existential crisis they're going through. They were designed by Langheld, and cast in black granite and bronze by artists in India.


These sculptures are meant to be viewed as you follow a path that leads you to reflection. Benches are plentiful so you can sit and contemplate your process of enlightenment. After you finish with the main statues, there are several more lighthearted Ganesh sculptures for your enjoyment.

It's unknown how many visitors the park gets per year, but it's probably more than Langheld wants. As he explains on the website: "Victor's Way was designed as a contemplation (or meditation) space for lone adults between the approx. ages of 28 and 65 who feel the need to take some quality time out for R&R&R (i.e. rest, recovery & spiritual reorientation)."


The Evolution Of Victor's Way
When the park opened in 1989, it was under the name Victor's Way. However, at some point Langheld had a sexual encounter that he says gave him a "tantric consummation." (You can read a somewhat personal account of what Langheld means by that here.)

He renamed the park Victoria's Way in response to achieving this salvation.

In the meantime, this sculpture garden became quite the popular family tourist attraction — much to Langheld's dismay. He closed it down in 2015, but re-opened it again in 2016, under the original name Victor's Way.


There were firmer age restrictions this time around. He also doubled down on the intended spiritual purpose of his sculpture park.

Committed To A Purpose
Perhaps most people would be tempted to let anyone who paid admittance come through the gate and visit the park. But Langheld isn't most people.

He keeps the somewhat odd rule that the park is not suitable for teenagers, but kids are welcome. Perhaps it's the notion that teenagers would arrive at the garden unsupervised. There is also a one-dog policy.

Outdoor clothes and water-resistant shoes are recommended, as is traveling the path alone. Mobile phones should be left unattended, except for taking photos of the sculptures. It is also suggested that you walk at a slow pace, and properly sit down and reflect on each piece.

Still wondering if you should check it out? Listen to what Langheld has to say: The park is "suitable for wholly dedicated and death defying spiritual gymnasts, complete with philosophical abseiling, meta-physical white knuckle rides and darkest psychic and somatic potholing."

If this sounds like your wildest dream come true, head straight for Victor's Way — you are definitely who it was built for.


Vwegba World Blog, bring you serial killer story, serial killers facts, murder, true crime, true crimecommunity, horror, truecrime addict, crime , tedbundy , homicide ,halloween, killer, rodneyalcala, murder on my mind, ,history ,netflixandchill ,deadlymen ,crimewatchdaily ,murderisthenewblack ,historic ,fearthyneighbor ,netflixandcrime ,crime memes ,dark ,murderer ,horrormovies ,insane ,history and many. Feel free to share and comment. Share your thought

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Meet Tenzing Norgay, The ‘Unsung Hero’ Of The First Successful Summit Of Mount Everest

Meet Tenzing Norgay, The ‘Unsung Hero’ Of The First Successful Summit Of Mount Everest Edmund Hillary was the first person to climb Mount Everest, but he couldn't have done it without Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. Born in the Himalayas, Tenzing Norgay grew up revering the "mighty mountain" of Everest and the "goddess of the summit." Though his father gave him a name that means "wealthy fortunate follower of religion" in hopes that he would become a monk, Norgay dreamt of being a mountaineer. He ran away from home multiple times to hike among the peaks, and eventually joined his first official mountaineering expedition at age 20 in 1935. By the time he was 40 years old, he had spent more time on the face of Mount Everest than any other person alive. ⁠ ⁠ So, when a British expedition was looking for local guides in an attempt to reach the summit, they turned to Norgay. And on May 29, 1953, Norgay and New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary became the first peopl...

Inside The Grisly Murder Of Mackenzie Cowell At The Hands Of Her Serial Killer-Obsessed Classmate

Inside The Grisly Murder Of Mackenzie Cowell At The Hands Of Her Serial Killer-Obsessed Classmate In 2010, 17-year-old Mackenzie Cowell fell victim to a disturbed classmate named Christopher Scott Wilson who had a morbid fascination with murder and a tattoo of Hannibal Lecter on his arm. "He wanted to be notorious like Hannibal Lecter... He always wanted to know what it was like to kill somebody, and what it would be like to cut them up and skin them."⁠ ⁠ Christopher Scott Wilson was a quiet, 29-year-old student at the Academy of Hair Design in Wenatchee, Washington in 2010. Meanwhile, he worked part-time at several local funeral homes — and steadily developed a disturbing obsession with death and serial killers. He idolized fictional murderers like Dexter and Hannibal Lecter, and even got a tattoo of Lecter on his arm. And when Wilson met a 17-year-old fellow student named Mackenzie Cowell, he targeted her to be the victim of his gruesome fantasies. ⁠ ⁠ When Cowell's mut...

A Germany Regiment marching down from their mountain positions surrender to the Americans, Austria, 1945

A Germany Regiment marching down from their mountain positions surrender to the Americans, Austria, 1945 After Germany's surrender in May 1945, millions of German soldiers remained prisoners of war. In France, their internment lasted a particularly long time. But, for some former soldiers, it was a path to rehabilitation. After Germany's surrender in May 1945, millions of German soldiers remained prisoners of war. In France, their internment lasted a particularly long time. But, for some former soldiers, it was a path to rehabilitation. French units lost out to US soldiers in the last meters of the race to reach Adolf Hitler's destroyed Alpine headquarters, the Berghof. But French troops in southern Germany in early May 1945 nonetheless made good progress, capturing one town after the other. After four years of Nazi occupation, France, under General Charles de Gaulle, joined the ultimately victorious Allied powers in 1944. And the country made sure the defeated German natio...

Meet Oliver Sipple, the veteran who saved President Ford's life - and was punished for it

Meet Oliver Sipple, the veteran who saved President Ford's life - and was punished for it In 1975, a disabled Vietnam vet named Oliver Sipple saved President Gerald Ford from an assassin. Although Sipple was hailed a hero at first, the tide quickly turned when the media outed him as a gay man. Not only did the exposure of his homosexuality overshadow his heroic act, it also led to his family essentially disowning him. Years later, Sipple's lifeless body was found next to a cheap bottle of bourbon in his apartment. He'd been dead for nearly two weeks before anyone found him. See the photos and discover the tragic story of the man who saved President Ford’s life and was punished for it — by clicking the link in our bio. After disarming an assassin, Oliver Sipple was hailed a hero. But the ensuing media storm outed him as gay and upended his entire life. One morning in September 1975, 33-year-old ex-Marine Oliver Sipple went for a walk around his San Francisco neighborhood. Wi...

TIPS TO A SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE

Around the world there's a lot of confusion about what is a marriage, what is a healthy marriage?                               But I believe that every human being is created to have a desire to be married and some have a desire to be single. But most of you want to be married. So what does a healthy marriage look like, and why is there so much confusion about this topic of marriage and family? Well there are three things that you need to understand when you get married. One, is the whole idea of commitment. Commitment for the rest of your life to this one person. Now it's an investment of your life into them but it's an investment of their life into your life. And so you make each other lives even better. I often tell people that when they get married and they know the Lord as their God than they have a triune relationship. They have the husband and they have the wife and they have God involved. And...

Thankful Quotes and Appreciation Saying (By Kate)

Thankful Quotes and Appreciation Saying (By Kate) In life, there is always something to be thankful for. It’s easy to complain about how chaotic the world is and how people can be so evil towards one another, but complaining without action just doesn’t change anything. If we start to be thankful for everything we have, instead of what we do not have, we’ll start to appreciate our life on this earth more. Simple things such as being able to walk, eat, see, hear – these are just some of the many gifts that were given to us so freely. Sometimes it’s just a matter of how we view things. We may hate our bosses at work, but guess what? We have a job. We may not like the leftovers we have in our fridge, but guess what? We have food. We may hate the traffic every single day, but guess what? We still made it to our destination safe and sound. If we choose to look at the brighter side of life, we will discover the countless small things we sometimes take for granted but have so much value if we ...

The Chilling Story of tye Alphabet Murder, the 1970s predator who targeted little girls with the same first and last initial

On the afternoon of November 16, 1971, 10-year-old Carmen ​​Colón went to a drug store a block and a half away from her home in Rochester, New York to pick up a prescription for her mother. After speaking with the pharmacist, Carmen stepped outside to wait for the prescription — but she never stepped back inside, and never returned home again. ⁠ ⁠ Less than an hour later, motorists reported seeing a young girl running down the side of Interstate 490 near Rochester, waving her arms frantically. She was naked from the waist down and appeared to be fleeing from a car that was backing toward her along the shoulder. About a hundred drivers passed this disturbing scene, but not one of them stopped to help. A few days later, Carmen ​​Colón was found dead in a gully near the Rochester suburb of Chili. For over a year afterward, police searched in vain for Carmen Colón's killer — until the murder of a second girl named Wanda Walkowicz finally suggested a possible motive. Both girls had the ...

Reasons Why There Is A High Rate Of Divorce

Marriage is not as the way it used to be. Compare today's marriage to when our parents and grandparents got wedded.   D ivorce is now on the rise. People have come to accept it as an almost inevitable part of life. The fear of going through a divorce has been mitigated. Note also that people still marry for the very same reasons that older generations for, but the rate of divorce today is of increase and the following are the reasons among others 1. Men are Sexists and Chauvinistic in nature Most men are sexists and chauvinistic in nature therefore making them selfish and loathe independent women. They make denigrating remarks about women and you don't expect a serious, logical and virtuous woman to remain with such a rètarded being. Women in other hand, are peace loving and cool but their anti-feminism husband keeps antagonising them and they don't have an option but divorce him. There's no ONE reason for the high rates of marriage failure these days. Rather, I believe...

10 Countries That Preferred Male Child to female Child

List Of Countries That Preferred Male Child to female Child In many cultures, male offspring are desired in order to inherit property, carry on the family name and to provide support for parents in old age. There is a preference of parents to have a son over a daughter in many countries. This can be observed through sex ratios of children in various countries. Although biologically the sex ratio of children is around 95 girls to every 100 boys, this number generally evens out due to the higher infant mortality rate of boy infants. Scholars argue that the expected birth sex ratio in a normal population is in the range of 103 to 107 males to females at birth Below are the countries that preferre male Child to a female Child 1. India In a country like India, generally parents do not want a girl child and got to the extent of killing them in womb or after birth.  Parents prefer to have a kid that is less problematic as it grows, gives them better returns ...

The 1904 Olympic Marathon May Have Been the Strangest Ever

The 1904 Olympic Marathon May Have Been the Strangest Ever In 1904, St. Louis hosted the Olympic Games as part of the World’s Fair—and produced a spectacle that incorporated all the mischief of the midway The 1904 Olympic marathon in St. Louis was by far the wildest event in the games' history.⁠ ⁠ Not only were the runners up against a hilly course on a 92-degree day, but some were chased by a pack of wild dogs and all of them were denied water. One entrant hitchhiked, another napped, and the winner drank rat poison. In all, less than half of the runners who started the race would end up finishing it.  Visit the link in our profile to read more about the calamitous event — and how it almost ended the sport for good.⁠ America’s first Olympics may have been its worst, or at least its most bizarre. Held in 1904 in St. Louis, the games were tied to that year’s World’s Fair, which celebrated the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase while advancing, as did all such turn-of-the-century ex...