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Visiting the Island of the Witches - Impressions of Siquijor, Philippines


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Sci, 2023-03-24, 07:50 PM



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In the middle of the Philippines archipelago is the mysterious Siquijor -known variously as the Island of the Witches, the Island of Sorcerers or the Island of Healers.

This remarkable place is home to several thrivin

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Comparing Cunning Traditions Around The World: Curanderiso, Shamanism, Magic


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Sci, 2023-03-24, 07:41 PM



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This is an examination of English cunning traditions by comparing them around the world at the level of practitioner with similar frameworks such as Peruvian curanderismo, Mayan shamanism and Thai magic.

A presentation I gave at the

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Acute Religious Experiences as a Way of Seeing Madness


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Sci, 2023-03-24, 06:42 PM

Acute Religious Experiences as a Way of Seeing Madness

Saville Smith, Intro by Awais Aftab

[quote]Saville-Smith is the author of Acute Religious Experiences: Madness, Psychosis and Religious Studies (2023, Bloomsbury

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Models, metaphors and minds: Is the brain really a computer?


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Sci, 2023-03-24, 06:37 PM

Models, metaphors and minds: Is the brain really a computer?

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The idea of the brain as a computer is everywhere. So much so we have forgotten it is a model and not the reality. It’s a metaphor that has lead some to believe that i

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Making Sense of Mysticism: When Wittgenstein Said the Unsayable


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Sci, 2023-03-24, 06:31 PM

Making Sense of Mysticism: When Wittgenstein Said the Unsayable

Lewis Coyne

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Wittgenstein’s mysticism is remarkable partly because he leads us there via an austere philosophy of language and logical analysis. Not onl

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A Brief History of Time is ‘wrong’, Stephen Hawking told collaborator


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Sci, 2023-03-23, 03:37 PM

A Brief History of Time is ‘wrong’, Stephen Hawking told collaborator

Robin McKie

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Typing on the computer-controlled voice system that allowed the co

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Even After $100 Billion, Self-Driving Cars Are Going Nowhere


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Sci, 2023-03-22, 10:01 PM

Even After $100 Billion, Self-Driving Cars Are Going Nowhere

Max Chafkin

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Our driverless future is starting to look so distant that even some of its most fervent believer

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Our Ultimate Home


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Raimo, 2023-03-20, 08:32 PM

https://www.multidimensionalman.com/Mult..._Home.html

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When we can no longer picture or imagine what it is like to have reunited with the ultimate source of

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Spirits in the afterlife - the mundane vs. the extraordinary


Afterlife contact forum (deathbed visions, ADC, mediumship)    19 Replies

Ninshub, 2023-03-19, 09:53 PM

I liked this video of Suzanne Giesemann's for a couple of reasons.

First, she addresses the topic of what spirits "do" in the non-physical. Apparently it's people's most requested question (it's usually the one I'm most curious about - if anything is possible, and there is no "time", what do you

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Neighbouring soul comes through a reading


Afterlife contact forum (deathbed visions, ADC, mediumship)    24 Replies

Ninshub, 2023-03-19, 08:32 PM

Just sharing something else that I watched and enjoyed this week.

Well-known medium Matt Fraser is describing and sharing a clip, through an online reading that had just occurred, where he's communicating with the spirit of a woman's deceased father. Then another spirit comes through, which is th

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