spiritualism

Guardian article about astrology submitted for general interest to members of the forum. Link: [I was an astrologer – here's how it really works, and why I had to stop] Excerpt:

Is there anything more desperate than this thought of utter destruction? Holy affections, intelligence, progress, laboriously acquired knowledge, everything will be annihilated, everything will be lost! What is the need of the effort to become better, the repression to contain your passions, to...

I caught most of this book tour presentation on C-SPAN 2 Saturday night. Author David Jaher discusses the rise of Spiritism in the U.S. after the war and focuses primarily on the different approaches of Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini. https://www.c-span.org/video/?328887-1/witch-lime-street

Spiritualists and Materialists I still do not know what can be done to eliminate endless conflicts between materialists and spiritualists. But comments collected at several websites prompted me to compose a short on-line paper at: http://pages.csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/theo_sci.html It...

:confused: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Japan+first+lady+says+rode+Venus/1954417/story.html I am darn near at a loss for words. :jaw-dropp

On Channel 4 UK now so later on +1 and maybe 4 on demand. "Unprecedented access to a London spiritualist church to discover how belief in the afterlife has transformed people's lives."

I have seen oodles of tv shows featuring TAPS and other ghost hunters, they lurk in basements ("I feel cold down here!" -- duh, you're in a basement!) and other idiocies. Today the Sci Fi channel (redubbed SyFy) did a full day marathon of people in haunted houses. I would love to see a bunch...

On this thread, Porterboy said the following: Porterboy, What makes you say that there is "something" in spiritualism?

How do Alfred Russel Wallace's views on evolution differ from Darwin's?

We made this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXA38GeVM6k Regards.

I was just wondering how many skeptics are former woos and how many woos are former skeptics? Almost every time I go along to a Spiritualist church or discussion group I hear someone say: "I used to be a skeptic, but...". This occasionally happens the other way around as well. Derren Brown...

I'm reading two books that seem to point to the tie in between spiritualism and womens rights. Certainly, there were a lot of believers among the early advocates of womens rights. And being a "mentalist" or "healer" was one of the few professions open to women. But I'm wondering if...

I'd just like your opinions. Is religion and spiritualism cripping science and evolution? :) Thanks. :)

Equity taken to stupidity... The New Zealand Herald. Hayden Walles: That's the spirit(ualist), Auckland! 25.05.05 Down here in the south, where every day is a fight for survival against the elements, city councils occupy themselves with mundane activities such as digging up roads and...

I just wondered if there were any spiritualists out there, and if so, what are your views on the way it is criticised.

Chapter 11. Spiritualism: An Imposture The days are past now for believers in spiritualism and spirit manifestations, as the present age is growing more enlightened, and the majority of people look upon these feats as being clever tricks, and the performer is applauded accordingly. It is the...

Here is a link to an article on the psychology of mediumship by Donald West. I thought some here might find it interesting. http://www.survivalafterdeath.org/articles/west/mediumship.htm

I found this timeline on the history of spiritualism and related matters, and thought that some here might find it interesting to peruse: http://www.psychics.co.uk/spiritualism/history_of_spiritualism.htm

Hi I am a Medium and am not posting in an attempt to convert, but just to state a fact about the work that I do. The fact is that I work with the mind (no mental jokes please). My work is intangible, in that I am not able to show you a product, you cannot hold what I offer and inspect it...

(Just kidding about malc!) Here is a link to an article about the mediumship of George Valiantine. Among the claims regarding him are that sitters heard spirits speaking to them in languages other than English. Also, it is claimed that Mrs. Leonard's control, Feda, spoke through Valiantine on...

Talking to the Dead : Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism From Kirkus Reviews: Looks interesting. If only today's mediums would begin to "find the work onerous and. . .and shameful."

As the thread to which I posted has been centered around a different debate, I have decided to repost under this new topic. This was in response to Slimshady's request for some references to some interesting supernatural phenomena. It was asked if I might repost this somewhere else, so I have...