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Can You Self Initiate? (Yes, But..)


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    1 Replies

Sci, 2025-06-18, 02:07 PM



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Have you wondered if self-initiation in magic truly works, or if you're doing it right? After 20 years in magical practice and learning from legendary shamans in Peru and Bolivia, I share what makes initiation effective,

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The God Crutch: Do The Laws of Physics Exist?


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    1 Replies

Sci, 2025-06-17, 01:27 AM


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Are the laws of physics governing forces or elegant summaries? In this deep and often humorous debate, Barry Loewer of Rutgers and Eddy Chen of UC San Diego clash over the very nature of physical reality. Are the laws of na

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The WSJ article "The Pentagon Disinformation That Fueled America’s UFO Mythology"


UFO/UAP forum    3 Replies

Laird, 2025-06-13, 07:47 PM

This article has caused quite a bit of discussion in my feeds:

The Pentagon Disinformation That Fueled America’s UFO Mythology (paywalled but freely accessible via this [url=https://archive.is/ltZPe#selection

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S2 #46 / Rose Auroras on Faeries, Elves and Trolldom


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Sci, 2025-06-13, 04:48 PM



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Rose Auroras is a sorceress and seer, specialising in Faery & Elf-related issues and spiritual needs. She is part of a spiritual lineage of Celtic origin, but also trained in other spiritual traditions including Trolldom

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The Demiurge in our brain’s left hemisphere


Philosophy of mind forum    No Replies

Sci, 2025-06-11, 05:44 PM

The Demiurge in our brain’s left hemisphere

Arthur Haswell, BA 

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The jealous and alienating gnostic Demiurge, a certain mode of attending to the world described by Heidegger, and Iain McGil

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"Excess Correlation" Effect in pH between Isolated Beakers of Water


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    No Replies

Typoz, 2025-06-10, 05:35 PM

Dean Radin -
Independent Replication of an “Excess Correlation” Effect in pH between Isolated Beakers of Water

https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinfor...rid=143156


Abstract

[quote]A preliminary independent replication was conducted using a magnetic field stimulation tech

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Is there a way to bypass the front page?


Feedback and announcements    1 Replies

Sci, 2025-06-10, 12:54 PM

I think when you first come here it makes sense to see the new front page, and I like its presence.

However when I am already signed in, unless the page is constantly updating, I'd like to be taken to the forum directly. I would also suggest maybe even if the page is changing with updates members

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What to do with the potential "Mirroring Dashboard Problem"?


General paranormal phenomena forum    6 Replies

Sci, 2025-06-10, 12:46 PM

What I call the "Mirroring Dashboard Problem" is the varied accounts that what we see of reality is a reflection of our own internal states. To give some examples:

- The claims that figures of light or other entities seen in transcendent experiences are figures from one's own religion or at least

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Alerts behaving strangely?


Feedback and announcements    4 Replies

Sci, 2025-06-10, 12:19 AM

Does anyone else find read or even deleted alerts coming up as new?

I feel this has started in the last 2 weeks or so?

Huh


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Why the quantum state only exists in our mind


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    No Replies

Sci, 2025-06-08, 05:39 PM



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[color=#131313]Dr. David Schmid, Dr. Lídia Del Rio and Hans Busstra explore a metaphysical shift that’s happening in the foundations of physics: the wave function is no longer regarded as something real, but just as a des

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