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Information and Explication: From Wave Function to Conscious Thought


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

Sci, 2020-11-17, 05:12 AM

Information and Explication: From Wave Function to Conscious Thought

Ted Dace



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Quoting James [size=large][font="serif"]to the effect that consciousness, like

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Exploring the Guardians of the F(a)eri(e) Tradition


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    5 Replies

Sci, 2020-11-17, 12:48 AM

Lords of the Outer Dark: Exploring the Guardians of the F(a)eri(e) Tradition

Storm Faerywolf


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Our legends tell us that we do not know if the names we have for them are their own or of those beings to which

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Waking Up


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Sci, 2020-11-16, 07:20 PM

Waking Up

Eriol Caw


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In part, disentangling yourself from mûl-ôl entails “waking up.” Admittedly, the point I am getting at is very much the call to “wake up!” but also to stay awake. For me, I find myself having to

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Precognitive Dreams, Improbable Dice and more


Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    No Replies

Typoz, 2020-11-16, 12:27 PM

Interview with Dream researcher Andrew Paquette.

Andrew Paquette on Precognitive Dreams and Disasters

I find all of it interesting. At about 18 minutes Andy describes some hugely improbab

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Life with purpose


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Sci, 2020-11-16, 01:12 AM

Life with purpose

Phillip Ball

Quote:Biologists balk at any talk of ‘goals’ or ‘intentions’ – but a bold new research agenda has put agency back on the table

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Free Book: Henry Stapp's On The Nature of Things


Consciousness science forum    1 Replies

Sci, 2020-11-15, 07:49 PM

On The Nature of Things: Human Presence in the World ofAtoms

Henry Stapp


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According to this quantum mechanical understanding of reality, the very same laws that were originally introduced to account for the empirical findings in the

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Materia & Spiritus


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Sci, 2020-11-13, 07:58 PM

Materia & Spiritus

Eriol Claw


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I had been out on a nature trail and ventured off the main trail into what was a natural slate-stone stair from an old creek bed, and I could see two realities just to the side of the phy

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Hollow Vessels


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Sci, 2020-11-13, 07:28 PM

Hollow Vessels

Eriol Claw


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Consider the calls to fill ourselves with God, civic cultus, patriotism—with spirits, ancestors, food—with sights and sounds.

Or, at least, what have we been filling ourselves with, and how

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An Open-Ended Conversation with Whitley Strieber


UFO/UAP forum    No Replies

Sci, 2020-11-11, 12:51 AM



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Herein is a surprisingly deep philosophical and spiritual discussion concerning the apprehension and understanding of levels of reality within consciousness and their interaction with the physical world. The discussion th

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Pedesis - Movement of Matter


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    9 Replies

Sci, 2020-11-09, 09:39 PM

Just posting some more stuff on Pedesis, the idea that matter can/does move in ways that are neither deterministic nor random.


[i]The very idea of a purely random motion presupposes that it was not affected by or related to anything else previously, which presupposes that it was the first thing

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