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Tuesday Roundup 06-05-2008

Greg — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:38:06 +0000

A strange assortment to get you through the week...

Robert McLuhan has a wonderful Paranormalia entry titled "Trip Down Memory Lane" in which he contemplates LSD, materialism, and Susan Blackmore (amongst other things).
Binnall of America Audio returns this week with an encore appearance from Carl Feindt , discussing the link between UFOs and water (amongst other topics).
Emps tries once more to debunk the seemingly immortal Mexican Witch Hoax, at Cabinet of Wonders.
Rupert Sheldrake's site has a new trialogue (Rupert, Andrew Weil and Ralph Abraham) discussing "Placebos and Mind-Body Relationships" - Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3 files).
Skeptic Randi's latest newsletter targets the woo.
Forgetomori looks for the lessons to be learned from Mpemba Science.
Anthony North discusses "The Alien in the Book" at Beyond the Blog.
The latest Paracast podcast interview is with ufology researcher Richard Dolan.
Michael Tymn offers some not-so-late-breaking news: "Dead Pilot Tells How He Died: The Endeavor Mystery".
UFO Casebook #305 and Filer's Files #18 are online and waiting to tell you all the latest news in ufology.

Enjoy!

Weekend Blogscan 03-05-2008

Greg — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:00:51 +0000

A few things to keep you busy over the weekend...

Filip Coppens revisits "The Legend of Akakor", which apparently is used in the new Indiana Jones film.
Speaking of: the Mitchell-Hedges website has an article on "Frank Dorland's Research Into the Crystal Skull".
The latest Skeptico podcast features part two of Alex's chat with Chris Carter, author of Parapsychology and the Skeptics.
At Cabinet of Wonders, Emps shows how comic books can win the War on Terror.
Dieter Hagenbach offers a eulogy for Albert Hofmann at Reality Sandwich.
Michael Prescott dissolves Dualist reality with his blog posting "The Sliding Scale".
Regan Lee investigates "High Strangeness on the Ranch" for UFO Digest.
Rupert Sheldrake's website has mp3 audio of his recent lecture in Tucson.
Gary A. David is the guest on this week's Red Ice Creations Radio, discussing his new book Eye of the Phoenix.
Robert McLuhan debates the recent British 'psychic' legislation in his latest Paranormalia posting, "Psi and the Law".
Michael Tymn 'interviews' a Nobel Prize winner about research into mediumship.
Mac Tonnies explores some Terence McKenna ideas in "Communication via Fungi".
The April edition of the MAPS newsletter has the latest developments in psychedelic research.
The Societe Perillos looks deeper into the movements of Nazi occult explorer, Otto Rahn.
Greg Bishop reviews the recent Retro UFO Conference.
Skeptic Randi returns from London in time to bring you his latest newsletter.

Enjoy!

Tuesday Blogscan 29-04-2008

Greg — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:12:48 +0000

A strange assortment to get you through the week...

Invisible College #4 is now available for download (or alternatively, you can purchase a hardcopy).
Michael Prescott listens in on Victor Hugo's Conversations with the Spirit World (Amazon US and UK). See also this earlier post from Michael.
John Anthony West's latest 'PhoenixFire' podcast is titled "Consider the Kali Yuga".
Erik Davis takes you on a tour of the catacombs of Paris, with vampires in tow.
Nick Redfern investigates the curious case of "Van Tassel and the FBI" at UFO Mystic.
Anthony North looks into techno-animism in his latest Beyond the Blog posting.
The latest podcast from the Psychedelic Salon features Timothy Leary on "Creation of the Future".
Forgetomori asks: is Earth the only Planet of the Apes?
The Societe Perillos investigate the enigmatic Pierre Plantard in Part Four of their Priory of Sion series.
Filer's Files #17 and UFO Casebook #304 have the latest ufological roundups.

Enjoy!

Tuesday Blogscan 22-04-2008

Greg — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:42:20 +0000

A strange assortment to get you through the week...

Robert McLuhan investigates "The South Shields Poltergeist" at Paranormalia.
Anomaly Magazine features Greg Bishop's article " Whose Weirdness Is It, Anyway?"
The latest eSkeptic newsletter digs deeper into the Expelled movie controversy.
Michael Prescott gives Sir Arthur Conan Doyle an uppercut in his latest blog post, "The Conning of the Fairies". Michael wrote a little about this topic in Darklore Volume 1 - you can read his excellent article as a free sample PDF from the Darklore website.
Anthony North's latest Beyond the Blog entry is titled "A Black Hole in Big Bang".
Greg Bishop asks "Why Don't UFOs Stall Aircraft Engines".
Filip Coppens writes about "Heliopolis: Egypt's Radiance".
Skeptic Randi's latest newsletter battles the woo.
UFO Casebook #303 and Filer's Files #16 for 2008 have the latest ufological roundups.
The forum section of Graham Hancock's website has two new articles: "The Balance of the Two Lands: Ancient Egypt's Division According to the Ratio of Triangular Equilibrium (As immortalized in the Great Pyramid)", by William Glyn-Jones, and "The Mystery of the Orbs", by Glenn Kreisberg.
Curious Expeditions takes you to "The Concrete Castle".

Enjoy!

Tuesday Blogscan 15-04-2008

Greg — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:47:57 +0000

A strange assortment to get you through the week...

Michael Shermer reviews Expelled for Scientific American.
Michael Prescott offers "A Moldy Tale" of Spiritualism.
The latest Skeptico podcast features an interview with Chris Carter, author of Parapsychology and the Skeptics (Amazon US).
The latest podcast from the Psychedelic Salon is Terence McKenna's lecture "A Few Conclusions About Life".
Filip Coppens writes about the Irish 'Round Towers' on his website.
Curious Expeditions tells the amazing tale of "The Geyser Riders".
Mac Tonnies says "SETI is for Chumps" on his SETI.com blog.
The latest Binnall of America audio interview features Tom Shachtman discussing the history and culture of the Amish (mp3/podcast download, or streaming via Flash).
Graham Hancock's Forum has a new feature article available: "Quantum Philosophy and the Ancient Mystery School: Today's New Science Philosophy - Old or New?", by Edward F. Malkowski.
Filer's Files #15 for 2008 and UFO Casebook #302 summarise the past week of ufological news.
Erik Davis takes you on a tour of Lotusland, in a new article at Reality Sandwich.
Also at Reality Sandwich: Daniel Pinchbeck's "Enlightenment Reason or Occult Conspiracy?".
Forgetomori casts a skeptical eye over tales of 'sheep circles'.
Whitley Strieber's latest journal entry is titled "The Nye Incidents: the Scariest Story I Know".
Anthony North writes about "Mass Culture and the Paranormal" at Beyond the Blog.

Enjoy!

Weekend Blogscan 12-04-2008

Greg — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:15:54 +0000

A few things to keep you busy over the weekend...

At Paranormalia, Robert McLuhan reviews Chris Carter's book Parapsychology and the Skeptics (Amazon US).
Emps discusses "Miraculous Voices" at Cabinet of Wonders.
Greg Bishop comments on George Hansen's controversial post about ufology and intelligence agencies at UFO Mystic.
Michael Tymn interviews 'afterlife cartographer' Steve Beckow on the geography of the summerlands.
Skeptic Randi's latest newsletter is now online.
On his SETI.com blog, Mac Tonnies recommends his "10 Must-Read "First Contact" Novels".
Anthony North reviews some "Minds From Other Times" at Beyond the Blog.
Aeolus Kephas asks "Will the Real Whitley Strieber Please Stand Up?", on the Rigorous Intuition messageboard.

Enjoy!

Tuesday Blogscan 08-04-2008

Greg — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:44:09 +0000

A strange assortment to get you through the week...

The Mitchell-Hedges website looks at how the TV series Stargate SG-1 incorporated the crystal skull mythos into its storyline.
The CFZ's Jon Downes offers a wonderful rant on the media's use of the alternative scene, in "It was easy, it was cheap, go and do it..."
Paul Kimball warns of "The Dark Side of Internet Forums and UFOs", at The Other Side of Truth.
Brent Raynes online magazine Alternate Perceptions features interviews with Apollo astronaut (and IONS founder) Dr. Edgar Mitchell, and also with conspiracy researcher Kenn Thomas.
Centauri Dreams speculates on 'Contact' with "Dyson Spheres: Hoping to Be Surprised".
Reality Sandwich offers "Burning Down the Hall: Castaneda's Critics versus Other Ways of Knowing", by Alan Steinfeld.
Loren Coleman has a worrying critique of certain alterna-blogs in "Die, Researchers, Die!"
Filer's Files #14 for 2008 has the latest ufological roundup.
You can also check out UFO Casebook #301 for more of the same.
Anthony North details the mythology of the hero timelord, Dr Who.
New Statesman features an article from Susan Mokelke on "The Mystical Experience of Shamanism".
The latest Occult of Personality podcast is on "The Hermetic Work of Paul Tisdell".

Enjoy!

Weekend Blogscan 06-04-2008

Greg — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:28:49 +0000

Better late than never...

Filip Coppens has an essay on "Karnak: The Largest Temple on Earth" at his website.
Michael Prescott critiques some of the weak points in Jon Klimo's book classic book Channeling.
This week's Binnall of America audio featured an all-star line-up discussing that most paranormal of subjects...baseball.
Michael Tymn tells how dead physicist Sir William Barrett explained the difficulties in afterlife communication.
Robert McLuhan looks at "The Paranormal in the New Testament" at Paranormalia.
At Department 47, Joe Harvat interviews "one of the last true UFO researchers," Ted Phillips.
Loren Coleman asks "What Does a Female Bigfoot Look Like?"
At Cabinet of Wonders, Emps posts about the "CARET Drones: The Philadelphia Experiment Link".
Skeptic Randi's latest newsletter is now online.
The Societe Perillos looks at the historical mysteries which involve the Habsburg Dynasty.
George P. Dvorsky compares the apocalyptic scenarios surrounding the Large Hadron Collider with that of the Manhattan Project sixty years ago.
UFO Casebook reaches #300.
In this week's eSkeptic newsletter, Michael Shermer reviews Pope Brock's book Charlatan.
Reality Sandwich has an article from psychedelic pioneer Stan Grof, on the subject of "Psychedelic Research: Past, Present and Future".
Filer's Files #13 has the latest ufological roundup.

Enjoy!

Weekend Blogscan 29-03-2008

Greg — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:08:33 +0000

A few things to keep you busy over the weekend...

Michael Tymn discusses the evidence for an afterlife from Near Death Experiences, in "Back from the Dead".
This week's Binnall of America audio interview is with Gildas Bourdais, who discusses the French UFO scene (mp3/podcast download, or streaming via Flash)
At Cabinet of Wonders, Emps tells the story of how "Sci-fi Writers Created Star Wars (the other one) and Saved the World".
Skeptic and atheist Susan Blackmore debates the author of The Dawkins Delusion, Alister McGrath, on the dangers of believing in God.
Regan Lee discusses "UFOs, the Trickster, and Humour" at the Orange Orb.
Robert McLuhan tries to get inside the mind of the militant skeptic in his latest Paranormalia post "That Mad Feeling".
Filip Coppens hunts for "The wooden book of Montségur".
Mac Tonnies gives us Part 1 of a SETI.com article, "Reconciling UFOs and the Singularity". Paul Kimball responds. Mac Tonnies ducks and jabs (in the friendliest possible way).
Anthony North has Atlantis on his mind at Beyond the Blog.
UFO Casebook #299 is now online.
Skeptic Randi's latest newsletter will save you from all the woo we recklessly disseminate here at TDG.

Enjoy!

Weekend Blogscan 23-03-2008

Greg — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:52:40 +0000

A few things to keep you busy over the weekend...

At Cabinet of Wonders, Emps goes in search of "Ancient Chinese Aliens".
Jeremy Vaeni interviews 'monster hunter' Nick Redfern in the latest 'Culture of Contact' podcast.
And the game of tag continues with Nick Redfern profiling Mac Tonnies at UFO Mystic.
Daniel Brenton writes a short eulogy for Arthur C. Clarke.
The Psychedelic Salon has a few new podcasts on offer, one of which is Erik Davis's lecture "Imagination and the Environment".
Andrew Gough's Arcadia has a new guest article by Geoff Bath, "The Changing Face of Poussin's Pentagon".
This week's eSkeptic newsletter features an essay of "Snake Oil Science".
Daniel Pinchbeck looks forward to "The End of Money?" at Reality Sandwich.
Filer's Files #12 for 2008 has the latest ufological roundup.
Curious Expeditions visits "The Papier-Mache Anatomist".
Skeptic Randi pays tribute to Arthur C. Clarke in his latest newsletter.
Anthony North gets topical with his entry on "The Christ" at Beyond the Blog.
The Societe Perillos contemplates another unsolved death related to the Rennes le Chateau mystery.

Enjoy!