News Briefs 28-09-2011
Posted by Rick MG at 13:50, 28 Sep 2011I swear virtual monkeys are writing my life.
- One-third of sun-like stars have Earth-like planets.
- Sunspot 1302 threatens Earth with severe solar storm.
- A list of papers exploring superluminal neutrinos.
- Energy scavenger device provides electricity anytime, anyplace.
- The Dead Sea Scrolls are now online. More.
- RNAs from rice can alter gene expresssion. And mushrooms..?
- Research into psychedelics is making a
flashbackcomeback. - MAPS celebrates 25 years of psychedelic research.
- Aluna, sharing the message of Columbia's Kogi shaman.
- Shamanic song among the ancient Celts & Greeks.
- Roaming the Mind: articles on mythology to shamanism.
- Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams down under.
- Australian Aboriginal genome reveals surprising origins.
- Rock art in the Kimberleys has an African style.
- Jim Harrison on losing yourself to the otherness of nature.
- Jeb Corliss flies through a Chinese mountain with a wingsuit.
- Some take extreme risks; others prefer a cuppa & the Grail.
- Take a risk with Huxley or Rowling for Banned Book Week.
- More Red Rum! Stephen King's writing a sequel to The Shining.
- Free book Demonic Creativity by Matt Cardin.
- Apparitions of black dogs & psychological anomalies.
- Was a sea serpent encountered in 1968 just a pipefish?
- Has Dale Drinnon identified the origins of the chupacabra?
- Almost 100 beachgoers in Brazil attacked by piranhas.
- The original Indiana Jones hat. It's on my Christmas wishlist.
Thanks RPJ, Moezilla, Kat, N. Redington, & grailseeker.
Quote of the Day:
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
~ Aldous Huxley
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21 February 2009
15 weeks 5 days
It appears even Al-Qaeda are upset about it.
- Al-Qaeda warns Ahmadinejad to stop denying 9/11
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-e...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew...
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6 April 2010
11 hours 49 min
i had a dream of a black dog or grim/garm a few months back. so far no one has died. knowing me if i saw a black dog i might end up taking it home and then finding out later it was a demon in disguise trying to get my soul :P
...I forgot how I got here but everyone seems to be heading off in that direction. I hope someone brought food. I have a feeling this is going to be a long journey................
6 April 2010
11 hours 49 min
It raises an interesting question: are we born as genius or is it cultivated as we age and mature. I'd like to think that everyone has the capacity for creativity, but it is usually superseded by an ever more worrying and fearing world. Can the genius of say Einstein be comparable to the genius of Michelangelo? Are we born as genius or is there some outside force, be it almighty or supernatural, or within humanity itself, that shapes how or brains grow and if we are to become "genius?" This article made me think too much and reminded me of my philosophy classes, thanks for posting :)
...I forgot how I got here but everyone seems to be heading off in that direction. I hope someone brought food. I have a feeling this is going to be a long journey................
2 May 2004
1 hour 50 min
Have you read Daimonic Reality by Patrick Harpur, LastLoup? He expands on Jungian ideas about daimons. I highly recommend it (even though a lot of it went straight over my simple head). Like I said in my intro, my daimon is a bunch of monkeys smashing a keyboard.
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@levitatingcat
6 April 2010
11 hours 49 min
looks interesting. and don't feel bad, my daimon is a drunk that spends my REM sleep time hitting the bottle, no wonder i wake up with hangovers ;)
...I forgot how I got here but everyone seems to be heading off in that direction. I hope someone brought food. I have a feeling this is going to be a long journey................
1 May 2004
2 days 23 hours
The Elder Brothers' Warning (53:27)
2 May 2004
1 hour 50 min
Thanks Kat, the original 1990 film by Alan Ereira still holds up after 20 years. It had a huge impact after airing on BBC2, here's hoping the follow up does the same next year.
Another film I'm looking forward to is OKA!, based on a true story about an ethnomusicologist and the Bayaka pygmies. Oka means "listen" in their Akka language, and the tribe is renowned for their acute hearing (exceptional hearing that is, they don't wear cute earrings!). With deforestation and oil companies, the Bayaka face an uphill battle to keep their traditions.
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@levitatingcat