My Visit to Alcatraz On a recent tour of Alcatraz Island, I started reacting very strongly to something. I’d felt uneasy on the ferry across San Francisco Bay to the perpetually mist-shrouded Rock. Suddenly, while viewing an old cell in a prison block, my stomach knotted. My pulse raced like a bad anxiety attack. I …
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Have you ever held a seance? Or used a Ouija board? Have you tried to contact the eternal souls of the deceased for some relationship help? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you’re familiar with practices of Spiritualism. What is Spiritualism? Spiritualism is best known as an occultic craze that swept …
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How many psychic foods have you eaten today? It’s easy to overlook the spiritual side of a 12-ounce coffee to go, or a fruit salad in a plastic cup. But the staples of the modern diet offer more than just sustenance. In a single day, you might encounter dozens of foods that belong to a …
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Psychics, mediums, and spirit guides hold a special place in the iconography of modern culture. The media is rife with hyped-up images that run the gamut from emotionally haunted “ghost whisperers” and crime-busting clairvoyant detectives to famously funny fortune tellers like Johnny Carson’s immortal Carnac the Magnificent. In reality, though, being a psychic involves having …
“children guessed (but only a few, and down they forgot as up they grew…)” — From “anyone lived in a pretty how town” by e.e. cummings As anyone who has ever seen “The Sixth Sense” can tell you (much to the dismay of Bruce Willis’s character), the little boy played by Haley …
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At their simplest level, the Nordic rune stones we most commonly think of as tools of divination, similar to the I Ching or the Tarot, are actually an alphabet that dates back to the second century CE. Early examples of runic writings have been found on artifacts such as jewelry, hair combs, tools, weapons, and …
We’ve been exploring several of the more famous destinations that dot the American landscape, which boast well-earned reputations as hubs of psychic activity. Each year, these places attract both believers and skeptics yearning to discover their own truths and draw their own conclusions when confronted with the people and spiritual energies that inhabit these teeming …
We hear, all the time, about cleansing our body. There are a lot of different methods. Some people have fruit juices, some people spend a week drinking a mix of pure lemon juice, water, and cayenne powder, some drink tea. Before doing any of these, of course, you should consult with a professional to make …
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” — Emma Lazarus The famous words inscribed at the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor that greets newcomers to …
One of the most enduringly tragic characters from the annals of Greek Mythology is the prophet Cassandra, daughter to King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Gifted with the power to foresee future events unfold, Cassandra was also burdened with a curse—no-one believed any of her predictions. So, while she accurately prophesied a series of …
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