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Whitehead’s Philosophy of Organism as Psychedelic Realism


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    No Replies

Sci, 2020-10-19, 03:56 PM

Whitehead’s Philosophy of Organism as Psychedelic Realism

Matthew Segall


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Abstract: The study of consciousness is today’s most exciting

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Bizarre ‘dark fluid’ with negative mass could dominate the universe


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    2 Replies

Sci, 2020-10-19, 02:31 AM

Bizarre ‘dark fluid’ with negative mass could dominate the universe

Jamie Farnes


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It’s embarrassing, but astrophysicists are the first to admit it

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Why mediums have so much trouble with names


Afterlife contact forum (deathbed visions, ADC, mediumship)    38 Replies

nbtruthman, 2020-10-19, 01:28 AM

This problem seems to be very common with mediumistic communications with the deceased. An example from the work of one of the most famous and most investigated mediums, Leonora Piper:


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"From

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Trialling avatars in likers list


Feedback and announcements    10 Replies

Laird, 2020-10-18, 06:39 PM

Hey guys,

We've added a new feature to the Thank you/Like System plugin which supports displaying avatar images rather than usernames in the list of likers at the bottom of each post.

I'm giving it a trial on our forum so you can see what it looks like and say whether you think we should keep

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iai: Is it time to leave materialism behind once and for all?


Philosophy of mind forum    No Replies

Sci, 2020-10-17, 11:10 PM

Is it time to leave materialism behind once and for all? (Institute for Art & Ideas)

Materialism Deconstructed| Bernardo Kastrup, Nancy Cartwright, Peter Atkins


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Has physical materialism been undermined in favour of fields

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1990 UFO photographs buried again


UFO/UAP forum    4 Replies

nbtruthman, 2020-10-16, 10:58 PM

British MOD buries UFO dossier for another 50 years    (at  https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/20...years/amp/ )


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"Back in 1990, two British men were out f

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The Phenomenon, a UFO movie


UFO/UAP forum    13 Replies

Sci, 2020-10-16, 10:26 PM



A review by B.Kastrup:

The Phenomenon: A brief review


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In the next few hours a new documentary film about unidentified aerial phen

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A Reconstructed Hymn to Hermēs-Thoth from the Greek Magical Papyri


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Sci, 2020-10-16, 10:05 PM

A Reconstructed Hymn to Hermēs-Thoth from the Greek Magical Papyri

Polyphanes


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Looking through the various hymns of the Greek Magical Papyri [url=https://digitalambler.

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The Mixing-Bowl of Mind


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Sci, 2020-10-15, 06:40 PM

The Mixing-Bowl of Mind

Anonymous


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Something still bothers me about all this, though.  When Tat asks Hermēs why God did not share Mind with all people from the get-go, Hermēs responds that God “wanted it put be

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Do We Live in a Simulation? Chances Are about 50–50


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    16 Replies

Sci, 2020-10-15, 07:49 AM

Do We Live in a Simulation? Chances Are about 50–50

Anil Ananthaswamy


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For Owhadi, the most promising way to look for potential paradoxes created by such

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