Rational Mysticism
Posted on May 28th, 2008.
Ok, so here’s the deal…
Spiritual Healers, Psychics, Mediums, Astrologers, Complementary Practitioners (?) are now all bound by the same consumer legislation that covers double glazing salespeople, builders, plumbers, electricians and so forth.
On first sight not a bad thing as it’s about protecting the public from fraudlent practices.
The new legislation replaces the Fraudulent Mediums Act of […]
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Posted on February 12th, 2008.
Is this litigation gone mad OR a blow against the money making fraudsters who sell ‘religion’ and ’spiritual blessings’?
A tele-evangelist with a large following across the U.S. is being sued by relatives over her claim that prayer cured her brother’s throat cancer. Darrell “Wayne” Perry died 18 months ago and his 4 children have filed […]
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Posted on February 12th, 2008.
Ok, now this is interesting… worth talking about later… and I probably will…
“Many people have experienced the phenomenon of receiving a telephone call from someone shortly after thinking about them — now a scientist says he has proof of what he calls telephone telepathy….
read more | digg story
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Posted on February 12th, 2008.
Here’s one set of intepretations for what paranormal researchers refer to as ‘orbs’. What do you think???
Museum member Maryann Synder’s claim that orbs are simply cellulose particles of a very small size or small water droplets reflecting back the flash from digital cameras appears to be confirmed by tests. The museum believes orb testing can […]
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Posted on February 12th, 2008.
Just a bit of scientific jiggery-pokery to engage and entertain…
If you’re a “What the Bleep” fan you might enjoy a look..
“Spacetime Warps and the Quantum: A Glimpse of the Future…..”
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Posted on February 12th, 2008.
Thought this might be interesting….
I’m not sure what’s the most surprising that maths predicts that vampires don’t exist or that some mathematician did the calculations. I think I’m still going to keep hold of my garlic and crucifix tho’ ….
“A researcher has come up with some simple math that sucks the life out of the […]
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Posted on February 12th, 2008.
Ummm… OK, this is one for all you hard-nosed skeptics out there who’ll simply want to add this to the ‘evidence against’ file.
Me?
I can’t believe the ‘psychic’ concerned is taking this seriously… well worth a laugh!
read more | digg story
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Posted on January 31st, 2008.
Amongst “Conspiracy Theorists” the Moon Landing Hoax is still a vibrant talking point..
Their contention is that the Moon Landings were ‘faked’ on a sound stage somewhere in the USA (possibly Area 51 - well why not?)
More ‘flexible’ conspiracy theorists hold the notion that only the ‘first landing’ was a fake and that NASA got it […]
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Posted on January 29th, 2008.
Traditionally those who make oracle-like pronouncements have often been considered to be communing with spirits; have access to another level of consciousness or be in some kind of trance…
This report found on Digg seems to extend the idea of the trance states of those ‘channeling’ spiritual knowledge and ascribes their reverie to something less than […]
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Posted on August 3rd, 2007.
Where do we come from?
Why are we here?
What is the meaning of Life?
What is the nature of reality?
Fundamental questions that have been asked by mystics and scientists for over 2000 years.For some these questions can only be answered through accepting divine doctrine, by having faith in the spiritual nature of the Universe.For others these […]
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