Category: Religion & Magic
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They Had To Be Blind, In Order To See?
By Michael Jarvis With this piece I intend to draw a thread between the ancient and yet still prevalent trope of blind oracles and seers with the real-world phenomena of advanced insights which come about in times of physical limitation. I believe there is compelling evidence to suggest that, in states of compromised sensory input,…
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Is the Paranormal in Our Genes?
By Avery Teal People inherit traits from their parents, who inherited traits from their parents, and so on. This phenomenon is genetics, the study of heredity in organisms. Genetics accounts for a family with four generations of blue eyes and blonde hair and grandsons with the same crinkle-eyed smile as their grandfathers. But more than…
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American Magics And The Mirror Of Erised
By Kenny Paul Smith In Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, a very young Harry stumbles upon The Mirror of Erised. This highly enchanted looking glass shows those who peer into it precisely what they most desire, for as long as they are willing to look, though it is unable to give them what it shows…
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The Horrification of the Paranormal
Kenny Paul Smith Search “Paranormal” on Google Images. In a fraction of a second, tens of millions of images are returned, most of which implicitly define paranormal (i.e., that which is beyond the normal) in disturbing terms, to say the least: demonic possession, alien abduction, unseen forces slamming doors and hurling household objects left and…
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