Tag: Methods & Theory

Synchronicity Cluster: Danger Bridge

I decided to try my hand at inducing synchronicities which would come across well in public, open forums. I wanted clear symbols, understandable meanings, digital trails/witness collaboration, with no unreleaseable private or personal information that was crucial to conveying the strangeness of the events. Unlike previous experiments, I set no time limit or arena for manifestation. I simply set my intention, exercised my will, kept my eyes open, and documented any relevant evidence.

The Cat with Faculty X

  “Faculty X: A latent, ineffable power of the human mind and soul to reach beyond itself, literally and figuratively.”  J. F. Martel reads Colin Wilson’s definition of Faculty X in the latest Weird Studies podcast, which looks at Wilson’s 1971 history of the occult and manifesto on human potential “The Occult”.   I cannot … Continue reading The Cat with Faculty X →

UFOs, Mushrooms, Mandalas: The Aesthetics of Charisma

"Don't Eat UFO Off the Sidewalk" by David B. Metcalfe - see more of his work here   The idea and function of charisma weaves in and out of the paranormal and other liminal elements of society (cults being a big example). I address pure Weber-style charismatic authority in my previous post "Atlas Charisma", but … Continue reading UFOs, Mushrooms, Mandalas: The Aesthetics of Charisma →

What I Think About When I Think About UFOs

  As a young girl reading about our strange world, my first love was flying saucers. After 50 years my interest has yet to wane, as I’m still surprised by where the UFO can take a person. I recently bought a copy of Patrick Harpur’s “Daimonic Reality”, a book which has been highly praised by … Continue reading What I Think About When I Think About UFOs →

Ghost Story: Meaning vs. Explanation

   Shawn Chapman "Birthday Book" p. 224   I had this ghost story from my friend Shawn Chapman last year. It’s stuck with me ever since, as it sheds much light on the limits of physical explanation when it comes to paranormal events. Searching for and finding a physical cause behind uncanny events will always … Continue reading Ghost Story: Meaning vs. Explanation →

Tinkerbell Redeemed: A Photo Essay

Venditrice di amorini, fresco from Villa Arianna, Stabiae (National Archaeological Museum, Naples), this fresco was buried in the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD.   It has come to my attention that certain researchers into the paranormal have turned their backs upon the fairy Tinkerbell, on the grounds that she is a fairy who is … Continue reading Tinkerbell Redeemed: A Photo Essay →

Two Metaphors for Paranormal Events

Herrick Hospital in Berkeley, CA, site of my near death experience Many theories and mechanisms have been proposed to explain paranormal events. These include psychokinesis, telepathy among the living or between the living and the dead, retrocausality, and so on. I find that these ideas have much to recommend them, and there are certain events … Continue reading Two Metaphors for Paranormal Events →