Metaphysics, Folklore, Spirituality
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Read more: Does Transcendental Meditation Improve Creativity?
A soft morning light spills into a cluttered studio. In the corner, a famous songwriter sits quietly with eyes closed, a gentle rise and fall of breath the only motion. No audience applauds this scene; no camera captures it. For twenty minutes, the artist lets the world fall away, repeating a silent mantra. In that…
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Read more: It's Solstice! Let's Explore Five Summer Solstice Traditions from Around the World
Every year, around the time of the summer solstice — the longest day of sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere… communities across the globe honor the sun with vibrant rituals and ancient celebrations. These traditions, rooted in pagan or pre-Christian practices, bridge the distant past and the living present. Bonfires crackle against twilight skies, drums echo…
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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…
