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Question and Answers on Academic Topics

The concept of Occulture as explained by Christopher Partridge in his “The Re-enchantment of the West”

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Here he describes his work as director of the San Francisco Mime Troupe’s road company in the 1960s, providing free performances in parks. This led him, and other cast members, to found an organization known as the Diggers – providing free food, and eventually a free store. He also describes the use of drugs in [...]

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Indigenous peoples have a reputation for having intuition inborn in their DNA. Research into remote viewing has revealed that we ALL have it in our DNA. But native peoples seem to find it easier to allow it to emerge in their lives. Joffre Perreault is a member of the Sheshegwaning First Nation of the Odawa [...]

Here he explains how a discussion of the “Mandela Effect” caused him to speculate how the simulation hypothesis might account for alternative timelines intersecting with each other. He notes that there have been many works of science fiction, notably the novels of Philip K. Dick, that explore this theme. He found that computer gaming provides [...]

Eleven participant duos consisting of 14 females and 8 males, with the average age being 28.7 were surveyed to determine their paranormal belief and closeness of their relationship prior to the experiment. Duos were then asked to swap personal items that reminded them of each other and were led into separate rooms. One participant, the [...]

Here he discusses the value of indigenous and shamanistic wisdom. He describes his work with native Americans as well as shamans across the world. He emphasizes the importance of approaching these traditions with both respect and permission. He points to the significance of current discussions about cultural appropriation. He also describes the role of entheogens [...]

Here he notes that neither Socrates nor Jesus wrote down their own thoughts. In order to understand them, we must rely upon their interpreters. Both men were put to death for their ideas. Both were concerned with divine illumination. He presents Jesus as a gnostic teacher, as depicted in the Nag Hammadi scriptures, whose live [...]

Here he describes Johann Wolfgang von Goethe as the equivalent to German literature as Shakespeare is to English literature or Dante is to Italian literature – a towering figure. However, Goethe considered his scientific writings to be as important as his literary contributions. Sattler sees Goethe as one of the founders of the discipline of [...]

Here she describes fractal mathematics as providing a new vision of the universe with broad implications for every field of science. In particular, she offers suggestions as to how fractal patterning could resolve the dilemma as to whether Jungian synchronicities can be viewed as truly “acausal.” She provides illustrations of the many ways in which [...]

https://skeptiko.com/andy-paquette-mask-science-big-lie-523/

Here she tells how she developed a close connection with shamans from Mongolia who visited the United States in 2004. As a result of this connection, she was invited to present at a conference on shamanism in Mongolia. She describes a variety of adventures with shamans in Mongolia, including some in which it appeared to [...]

Here he explores the controversies concerning the artistic genius of one of the greatest science fiction writers of the twentieth century. There are those who insist that his creations were the result of drug-induced paranoic fantasies. Others describe him as a visionary, mystic, gnostic, and even a prophet. While acknowledging Dick’s psychological disturbances and addictions, [...]

The conflict between Peter J Carroll and Ralph Tegtmeier (Frater U. D.) that led to the schism in the Chaos Magick order of the IOT

The presented study is a follow-up to Roe’s 2010 research with the intent to gather a larger and more stringent data set, correcting any experimental design weakness from the first study. In this follow-up study, one hundred and one participants were asked to examine 16 Chinese characters, with half the characters consisting of believable facsimiles. [...]

Anngwyn St. Just, PhD, is a social traumatologist. She is author of the two volume set of books titled Trauma: Time, Space, and Fractals. She is also author of the five volume set titled Trauma and the Human Condition. She has worked throughout the world helping victims of war and disaster.

https://skeptiko.com/scott-shay-conspiracy-theories-in-academia-525/

00:00:00 Intro to Prof Henrik Bogdan

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Here he describes his research with spirit mediums in Brazil. While many mediums exhibit symptoms that are sometimes designated as signs of psychosis, he notes that they typically live productive and meaningful lives showing no signs of pathology. Experimental tests with the famous medium, Chico Xavier, indicated that letters he transmitted to grieving relatives from [...]

Here he explains that Aristotelian logic has captured the Western intellectual mindset for many centuries. He suggests that this type of “either/or” thinking has resulted in harmful wars and violence. He points to several other systems of logic that are more precise, and also more inclusive, than Aristotelian thought. These include Taoist yinyang logic, Buddhist [...]

Question and Answers on Academic Topics

What is Cyber Gnosis and how has the internet and the virtual space it creates reshaped concepts of Gnosticism by esoteric practitioners?

https://skeptiko.com/riz-virk-computer-science-eats-science-524/

Dullin sought to optimize his research by making a transportable configuration with a high signal-to-noise ratio, achieved by using a heavier target and improved method of smoke generation.

What’s the difference between spirit possession and demonic possession? How can we identify or classify a demon? How is trance different from possession and can there be a non-religious form of possession?

Are Rock and Metal music Satanic? Are rockers and metalheads devil worshippers? Occult and esoteric themes in Heavy metal.

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https://skeptiko.com/charlie-robinson-octopus-of-control-522/

Academic overview of the history and establishment of the Illuminates of Thanateros, founded by Peter J Carroll and Ray Sherwin

Carla is an energy healer, former shamanic practitioner, and widely-experienced remote viewer. She has had training from a number of instructors, but finally settled on Remote Viewing Instructional Services. She is now a great fan of the original Ingo Swann methodology. Here she details the her rewarding journey into remote viewing.

For more from Dr. Emily W. Kelly or survival check out this book she edited

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From July 2002 to December 2018, an estimated 120,000 people from around the globe took part in IONS online map dowsing experiment. Participants were shown a 300×300 grid and asked to predict the location of a spot that would be immediately generated by the webserver. Each trial was then given a Z-score determined by the [...]

https://skeptiko.com/tim-grimes-deep-spirituality-and-loa-527/

Here he reviews the many accomplishments of William Blake (1757-1827), a visual artist, poet, and mystic. Blake was an important influence on people such as W. B. Yeats, Alan Ginsberg, Kathleen Raine, Aldous Huxley – the contemporary artist, Francis Bacon – and even the rock musician, Patti Smith. Many of his contemporaries, and even some [...]

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