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Read more: Harnessing the Elements – How Ancient Civilizations Kept Cool
The sun beats down on a whitewashed wall as it has for centuries, but inside the thick adobe dwelling, the air remains surprisingly mild. In an age long before humming air conditioners and electric fans, our ancestors found ingenious ways to beat the heat. Ancient civilizations, from Rome to Persia to the far corners of…
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Read more: The Artist in a Time Before Consumerism
Lately I’ve been very concerned about the online discourse regarding art. It’s not unique that we’re discussing art in the context of consumer culture, but as technology advances and opportunity for economic advancement in the arts declines from the relatively unique reality created in the 20th and early 21st centuries, it’s important for artists to…
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Read more: History and Science of Therapeutic Sound
You’re lying in a dimly lit room, eyes closed… a gentle symphony of gongs, bowls, and soothing tones washes over you. The vibrations seem to sink into your skin and settle your racing thoughts. This experience, a sound bath, is a modern wellness trend with roots reaching far back into history. Across centuries and civilizations,…
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Read more: Flat Earth: Satire, Conspiracy, or Modern Folklore
If you travel to the edges of the Earth, you might find the great Ice Wall that holds the oceans in. Beyond it lies the unknown. At least, that’s what some believers in an old-new idea imagine. In a hotel conference room, a charismatic speaker clicks to the next slide of a presentation. The screen…
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Read more: Elves and Nature Spirits of Iceland
A cold wind whistles over the Icelandic lava field as a crew of road builders stands idle, gazing at a hulking boulder in their path. According to local legend, this is no ordinary rock – it is the dwelling of elves, part of the huldufólk or “hidden people” who live unseen alongside humans. The workers…
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Read more: "Demons" From Around the World
How a culture’s “evil” spirits reveal their social values
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Read more: Remote Viewing: History & How-To Guide
Can you really spy on someone using just your mind? This question sounds like something out of a pulp sci-fi novel, yet during the Cold War both the United States and the Soviet Union invested serious time and money searching for an answer. In one notorious 1970 experiment, a Soviet housewife named Nina Kulagina allegedly…
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Read more: Egregores, Tulpas, and the Power of Collective Thought
Do Our Beliefs Take on a Life of Their Own? We’ve all heard the phrase “the power of belief,” but what if belief itself could sprout a kind of imaginary friend? What if an idea, fed by many minds, could take on a life of its own? In occult parlance, such a creature is called…
