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Robin Hood


Folklore forum    No Replies

Chris, 2019-07-16, 07:38 AM

Magonia Review has a very positive review of a new book on Robin Hood by John Matthews, which concentrates on the folkloric rather than the historical roots of the legend:
http://pelicanist.blogspot.com/2019/07/f...-good.html


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American Society for Psychical Research


General parapsychology    30 Replies

Chris, 2019-07-13, 03:42 PM

I was a bit puzzled by a news item on the SPR Facebook page, saying the American Society is putting its headquarters in New York up for sale, with the comment "Worrying."

I must admit I had assumed the American society was effectively defunct. There is a website, but the only sign of activity sin

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Looking for patterns


Members' general personal experiences    1 Replies

patrobot, 2019-07-13, 12:13 PM

For 13 years my (now) wife and I have been casually observing all manner of weird and unexplained phenomena together. Being methodical and inquisitive I have been cataloging the events in an attempt to produce a universal theory as to their cause. 

Shortly after meeting we experienced a rash of "

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Human cloning and human consciousness


Consciousness science forum    7 Replies

nbtruthman, 2019-07-12, 09:07 PM

A new article by Michael Egnor is seemingly a big mistake, for it is invalid and unnecessarily opens up a likely way for materialists to be bolstered in the culture wars. The article is "[url=https://mindmatters.ai/2019/07/is-an-immaterial-mind-a-barrier-to-human-cloning/]Is an Immaterial Mind a Bar

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Bernardo K talks to John Horgan


Philosophy of mind forum    2 Replies

Stan Woolley, 2019-07-12, 03:34 PM




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Owls and the UFO Abductee


UFO/UAP forum    3 Replies

Sci, 2019-07-12, 02:14 PM

Owls and the UFO Abductee

Mike Clelland


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All three were circling and swooping silently above us. It lasted for over an hour.During this time we set out our sleeping bags to sleep under the stars. As we lay

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Runesoup: Talking The Brazen Vessel with Scarlet Imprint


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Sci, 2019-07-12, 12:58 PM




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The amazing Alkistis Dimech and Peter Grey return to the show on the occasion of their latest Scarlet Imprint release, The [

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Percentage of UK students getting first-class degrees increases by 80% in 7 years


General off-topic forum    1 Replies

Chris, 2019-07-11, 03:10 PM

An astonishing achievement, particularly as the percentage going to university also increased from 45.8% to 49.8% in the first six years of that period. Evidently we are becoming a nation of geniuses. (What I can't work out is why, despite so many more geniuses in the workforce and ever more sophist

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A Rose by any other Name: Babalon & Pomba Gira


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Sci, 2019-07-10, 01:35 AM

A Rose by any other Name:  Babalon & Pomba Gira

Peter Grey


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Both Babalon and Pomba Gira are concerned with human sexuality, both are clothed in diabolic imagery, both exhibit strong female red energy, both came de

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Gustav Klimt in the Brain Lab: What is neuroscience doing to art?


Consciousness science forum    No Replies

Sci, 2019-07-09, 03:43 PM

Gustav Klimt in the Brain Lab: What is neuroscience doing to art?

Kevin Berger


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As we recreated the Woman in Gold in our minds, Kandel said, there was another element at work.

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