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  1. Student of X

    Do you have Hume’s Syndrome?

    It seems to be rather widespread. Hume’s Syndrome: Irrational Resistance to the Paranormal MICHAEL GROSSO Division of Perceptual Studies University of Virginia, 210 Tenth Street NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902 Abstract One of the obstacles to progress in psychical research is irrational...
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    I'm either crazy or decieved or...

    ...or I am a very special person. I haven't figured out which. Maybe I'm too scared to. I doubt I'm crazy, because many of my supernatural experiences have been objectively verifiable and shared with other people. So maybe I'm being deceived by a supernatural trickster(s). I've read The...
  3. Student of X

    The Blue Pearl

    Have any of you seen it? I have seen it a few times and I was wondering if there are any more blue mystics around here.
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    why you're seeing a lot of weird and hyperbolic articles on religion in the press

    Here is an interesting take on things that I thought some of you might enjoy reading and debating. The Exegesis: Hardcore [...] "So, too weak and cowardly to take on the leaders of the pack, the SkepAth jackals instead resort to picking off the stragglers in the moderate-to-liberal...
  5. Student of X

    Derealization: There is no spoon

    Mysticism Defined by Charles S. Grob: [...] 5. Changes in Body Image. Alterations in body image are frequently reported, often associated with dissolution of boundaries between self and...
  6. Student of X

    Ten-day Brown Rice fast

    My juice fast went well but I feel the need to fast again. This time I'm going to try a different fast. I'm going to have a cup of brown rice for breakfast lunch and dinner with maybe a little juice, a little Sake, and a little tea. I've begun preparations and will start on the 14th.
  7. Student of X

    What Jesus runs away from

    The son of Mary, Jesus, hurries up a slope as though a wild animal were chasing him. Someone following him asks, 'Where are you going? No one is after you.’ Jesus keeps on, saying nothing, across two more fields. 'Are you the one who says words over a dead person, so...
  8. Student of X

    The 10 dogmata of modern science

    In The Science Delusion, biochemist Rupert Sheldrake lays out what he calls the 'dogma of science'. I thought it might be fun to post them and see what you all think of them! 1. Everything is essentially mechanical. Dogs, for example, are complex mechanisms, rather than living organisms with...
  9. Student of X

    Icelandic Anger Brings Debt Forgiveness in Best Recovery Story

    Icelandic Anger Brings Debt Forgiveness in Best Recovery Story Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Icelanders who pelted parliament with rocks in 2009 demanding their leaders and bankers answer for the country’s economic and financial collapse are reaping the benefits of their anger. Since the end of...
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    Binary Oppositions

    "Usually one element in an opposition has greater power, prestige, or privilege. Those in the top line have the higher status. But it’s the area betwixt and between the binary oppositions that’s especially interesting. It’s a region of ambiguity and uncertainty. It’s...
  11. Student of X

    Scott Pilgrim vs The World

    Anyone seen it?
  12. Student of X

    Science & Religion as 'Controlling Narratives'

    Narrative theory says that "all meaningful communication is a form of storytelling or giving a report of events (see narrative) and so human beings experience and comprehend life as a series of ongoing narratives, each with their own conflicts, characters, beginnings, middles, and ends." Are...
  13. Student of X

    Why I Think That Science Kinda Sucks

    I think that scientists are letting us all down, and I'll tell you why. I think science is clumsy and limited and overrated, yet there is a perception that science is unlimited in scope and potential, and science has a sort of prestige that I think is counterproductive. I don't like it when a...
  14. Student of X

    The Master Cleanse

    Master Cleanse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anyone tried it? If so how did it go? If not, what are you waiting for? :p
  15. Student of X

    Unconditional Forgiveness

    Does your belief system include unconditional forgiveness and love for all? Why or why not?
  16. Student of X

    The Person below me

    Okay, the rules of this game are quite simple. Each post makes a statement which can be either true or false. The statement has to be in reference to the person that will post next. Posts should also say if the above statement about them is true or false. Each post should be in the following...
  17. Student of X

    What if Adam is still asleep?

    I was reading Genesis, and I got to wondering. There is Adam, hanging out in the legendary Garden of Eden. Suddenly, God zaps him with a supernatural sleep. "So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep" And then God takes a rib and makes Eve out of it. Then Eve and Adam interact...
  18. Student of X

    When a mystic becomes fatigued

    Just as day follows night, there is a kind of light and dark cycle in the development of a mystic. It's this ancient and universal cycle of mystical experience followed by spiritual fatigue that I believe gives rise to many religious concepts. Periods of blissful mystical unity gradually fade...
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    Parallelism in Sioux and Sami Spiritual Traditions

    I came across this and thought it deserved a thread in the comparative religion section. :) Parallelism in Sioux and Sami Spiritual Traditions There are two explanations for cross cultural mythological or spiritual similarities. One explanation for this phenomenon is diffusion, where one...
  20. Student of X

    The Peyote Way

    I'm a member of The Peyote Way. 'The Peyote Way Church of God is a non-sectarian, multicultural, experiential, Peyotist organization located in southeastern Arizona, in the remote Aravaipa wilderness.' Anyone can join and undergo a Peyote ingestion ceremony on Church land. It is perfectly...
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