The Visitors
Whitley Strieber’s journal entry for May 6th, 2010 is entitled The Danger of Disclosure and deals with some interesting philosophical and esoteric issues relating to contact with ‘alien’ life forms. For those who have not heard of Strieber, he is an American writer, well known for documenting his experiences of encountering aliens, who he calls [...]
The Brain and Multi-tasking
A recent study, published in Science, 16 April 2010, examines how the human brain can concurrently pursue two goals at the same time, dividing the goals between the left and right medial frontal cortices. The study concludes that “The human frontal function seems limited to driving the pursuit of two concurrent goals simultaneously.” This is [...]
New study on near-death experiences
Researchers from the University of Maribor, Slovenia, published their study in the journal Critical Care, and suggest that their is a correlation between near-death experience reports and levels of carbon dioxide found in the patients blood. Read Article.
The Universe within a wormhole
In his article Radial motion into an Einstein–Rosen bridge, Nikodem Poplawski, a theoretical physicist from Indiana University, outlines a scenario in which the Universe was created within a wormhole (Einstein-Rosen Bridge) that is part of black hole, and contained within a much larger universe. Science Daily article. See also Nikodem Poplawski – Publications. Abstract: We [...]
Thelema Exercises
A collection of exercises for developing and strengthening the Will has been posted on Scribd.com. The editor has chosen to name the collection Thelema Exercises, which will likely cause confusion with Thelema, the religion founded by Aleister Crowley. However, the Will is a central theme in the religion of Thelema, so Thelemites may find the [...]
Spirituality Spot Found in the Brain
An recent news article on LiveScience suggests that there is a part of the brain responsible for aspects of Spirituality. Essentially it centres around the right parietal lobe in in a section that is responsible for self-awareness, responsible for defining “me”. It is this section which quietens down through deep meditation and in situations where [...]
How magicians control your mind
This article is interesting, for two reasons. First it gives a brief history of the man considered the father of modern stage magic, Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, and then it details some research by modern psychologists on the ‘informal’ research of modern stage magicians. From the article: “At a major conference last year in Las Vegas, [...]
Alien life, here on Earth?
A recent article on Science Daily entitled “Glimpses Of Earliest Forms Of Life On Earth: Remnant Of Ancient ‘RNA World’ Discovered” outlines: Some bacterial cells can swim, morph into new forms and even become dangerously virulent — all without initial involvement of DNA. Researchers describe how bacteria accomplish this amazing feat in the journal Science [...]
Language as an artificial construct
Although languages may arise organically or be constructed by linguists, they still have a large amount of artificiality about them. They are symbolic ways of describing the perceptions of reality, rather than being and existing because of that reality. For example, a recent study of the remote Brazilian Pirahã tribe suggests that “number words are [...]
Epinoia
Notes on Higher Consciousness from “Beyond Belief” by Elaine Pagels Adam and Eve – Eve as epinoia. From The Secret Book: … a “helper” – luminous epinoia ["creative" or "inventive" consciousness] which comes out of him, who is called Life [Eve]; and she “helps” the whole creation, by working with him, and by restoring him [...]
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