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109-year-old Scientist Continues to Pursue Illumination
Posted on 03 February 2012, 18:13
“Imagine for a moment how much human life would change if this question were answered in the positive,” Dr. Alexander Imich (below) writes in his 1995 book, Incredible Tales of the Paranormal, referring to the question of whether consciousness survives the death of the physical .body,…
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Dying Words: Steve Jobs Wasn’t the Only One
Posted on 23 January 2012, 9:03
At the October 16 memorial service for Apple founder Steve Jobs, Mona Simpson, his sister, delivered a eulogy in which she told of her brother’s final words: “Oh Wow! Oh Wow! Oh Wow!” The initial reports did not include the exclamation points, but one might infer…
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The Problem with Spirituality Surveys
Posted on 09 January 2012, 11:49
Every time I read about some survey relative to spiritual beliefs, I have to question its validity, primarily because very few of them have clear-cut “yes” or “no” answers and because so many of the words used by the researchers have different meanings for different people. One recent…
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Tebowing vs. Ali Buffoonery Take your pick
Posted on 26 December 2011, 11:23
A friend and I recently discussed the latest media craze called “Tebowing.” For readers of this blog not familiar with the “Tebowing” phenomenon, if it can be called that, Tim Tebow is a quarterback for the Denver Broncos professional football team who makes it a point to go down on one knee…
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Number One Place to See Before You Die
Posted on 12 December 2011, 9:46
Recent books and articles have discussed the “top 10 places to see before you die,” and “top 100 things to do before you die.” I’ve been fortunate enough to have seen nine of my top 10 and to have done 99 of my top 100. I’ve cruised the Nile and the Rhine, the Caribbean, the Mexican Rivera,…
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Death Anxiety and PTSD
Posted on 28 November 2011, 14:26
When my friend Steve Sparks gave me a copy of his new book, Reconciliation: A Son’s Story, which is about post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) suffered by both his father and himself, I wondered if there might be a spiritual connection. From having interviewed Dr. Allan Botkin, who specialized…
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Do Famous “Dead” People Communicate?
Posted on 14 November 2011, 9:28
I believe in spirits and spirit communication through mediums. What I struggle with, however, is communication purportedly coming from famous people or more current celebrities of one kind or another. I am highly skeptical when the spirit communicator claims to be Jesus, St. Michael, Socrates,…
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Was Etta Wriedt the Best Medium Ever?
Posted on 31 October 2011, 8:52
Knowing that I have read many reports and books by the esteemed psychical researchers of yesteryear and have authored two books dealing with mediums, a friend recently asked me for my opinion as to the best medium ever, at least the best medium studied by the researchers. My friend apparently…
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New Zealand Priest Tells of Mediumship Experiences in New Book
Posted on 18 October 2011, 20:19
Not all Christian clergymen believe that messages coming to us through modern mediums are the work of the devil. The Rev. Michael Cocks, an Anglican priest from Christchurch, New Zealand, is among the more open-minded clergyman.
During the 1970s, Cocks was one of…
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Life after Death and Super-psi do not conflict says physics professor
Posted on 03 October 2011, 9:44
When it comes to a belief in psychic phenomena (“psi”) and in life after death, there are believers, non-believers, and what might be called quasi-believers. The latter group accepts the existence of psychic phenomena, but they, for the most part, remain skeptical on the life…
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