years of cultural evolution. Let us examine some of the most common superstitions like spilling salt or opening an umbrella in an enclosed area. Both of these‚ like most of the superstitions in the western world‚ imply luck‚ will‚ spirits and other paranormal magical issues. This is a remnant of Europe’s old pagan‚ shaman and other occult religions. Even after 1500 years of Christianity‚ which strictly denies the existence of any kind of luck‚ the people of Europe haven’t gotten rid of their favorite
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Autumn Burrow. Damp and mellow was what my town felt like today. Autumn Burrow’s the place where everyone works day and night‚ and urban myths and rumors of weird encounters with weird creatures. Such as vagabonds‚ shadows‚ or any other type of phenomena. I never have actually seen a ghost roaming around town‚ but it would be a weird experience if I ever saw one. Today‚ I plan to make a trip to Autumn Burrow’s deep forest to find even more mysterious species‚ and to see if all the urban legends about
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Dark Earth A Compilation of Essays on Dark Plasma Theory by Jay Alfred © Copyright 2011‚ Jay Alfred All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted‚ in any form or by any means‚ electronic‚ mechanical‚ photocopying‚ recording or otherwise‚ without the written prior permission of the author. Cover photograph: This shows the visible Earth sitting inside an invisible halo of dark matter particles. The halo has been given false
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Journal of Scientific Exploration‚ Vol. 15‚ No. 3‚ pp. 331–354‚ 2001 0892-3310/01 © 2001 Society for Scientific Exploration The Speed of Thought: Investigation of a Complex Space-Time Metric to Describe Psychic Phenomena Bay Research Institute 1010 Harriet Street‚ Palo Alto‚ CA 94301 “Consciousness is a singular of which the plural is unknown. There is only one thing‚ and that which seems to be a plurality is merely a series of different aspects of this one thing‚ produced by a deception…
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time’ (Teach yourself film studies)‚ this is because genres need to become more current for example what disturbed/terrified audiences 10 years ago may not effect audiences today. Today most audiences are terrified by the paranormal and ghostly experiences‚ the trailers for ‘Paranormal Activity’‚ ‘Insidious’ and ‘Don’t be Afraid of the Dark’ are all based around this theme but use different
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English CCA essay Kylie VanDyk Paranormal is the monster of all love stories. It constantly keeps you guessing and puts you right on the edge of your seat. Paranormal genre includes elements beyond the range of scientific explanation‚ including the traditional fantasy‚ science-fiction‚ or horror. The paranormal genre is a very unique and different type of genre you do not see very often and in this novel‚ you really experience that characters are not very fair to one another.
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Psi-Favorable Conditions William Braud Institute of Transpersonal Psychology Under which circumstances is psychic functioning most and least likely to occur? The identification of psi-favorable and psi-antagonistic conditions can allow greater practical applications of psi and also increased understanding of its nature and underlying processes. An adequate account of psi-favorable conditions would be an inclusive‚ systemic one that would address an extensive range of influencing factors. These would
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it happens‚ or what causes it. There are many explanations circulating which attempt to explain déjà vu from mundane to the fantastic; these theories range from paranormal events on one end ‚ to neurological disorders on the other. The term déjà vu was applied by Emile Boirac (1851-1917)‚ who had strong interests in psychic phenomena. Boirac’s term directs our attention to the past. However‚ a little reflection reveals that what is unique about déjà vu is not something from the past but something
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Legends of untold riches and beauty are popular with people because the possibility of achieving said greatness excites the masses. The lost city of Atlantis is one of the more popular legends‚ and it originated from a few pages in Timaeus and Critias‚ two of the famous “dialogues” written by Greek philosopher Plato in the fourth century B.C. Existing 9‚000 years before his time‚ Plato described Atlantis as a great naval power and utopian island kingdom that mysteriously disappeared into the sea
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or experience; such as a mirror and seeing one’s own reflection. Spectrophobia is the intense fear of mirrors and seeing one’s own reflection as it applies to the supernatural. Perhaps those afflicted with spectrophobia are indeed suffering from paranormal experiences or perhaps this extreme fear is a learned behavior. Ivan Pavlov discovered what is now known as “classical conditioning”. “Classical conditioning deals with behaviors that are elicited automatically by some stimulus…the stimulus doesn’t
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