Collections of miscellaneous strange writings from around the web
Tuesday Roundup 04-12-2007
Posted by Greg at 09:14, 04 Dec 2007A strange assortment to get you through the week...
- Filip Coppens writes about "The Chinese Pyramids" on his website.
- Binnall of America Audio have part two of their interview with Keith Chester on the Foo Fighter phenomenon. Note that BoA also now have some merchandise on offer, to help cover their growing expenses.
- Michael Prescott has some further thoughts on his original posting "Science and the Afterlife".
- Skeptic Randi gets some serious Geller on in his latest newsletter - even explaining at the end the reason for his fixation. I'm confused - does he want Geller to come clean or not?
- The latest Alternate Perceptions magazine features a reprint of John Keel's "Pseudo-Epilepsy", and also Brad Steiger reminisces on one of his own paranormal experiences.
- Alterati has a conversation with (Darklore contributor) Adam Gorightly - Part One and Part Two.
- On his Paranormal Trickster blog, George Hansen writes about how leading lights in psi research were embarassed by parapsychology.
- Cabinet of Wonders takes a look at the modernisation of the story of "The Jumpin' Monk".
- At Reality Sandwich, Jay Weidner writes "There's Something Strange on the Moon".
- Anthony North discusses reincarnation at Beyond the Blog.
- The Winter 2007 MAPS Bulletin is now online as a PDF download.
- The Societe Perillos have part five of their essay series "666 = Satan's Song?"
- UFO Casebook #284 is now online.
- The latest podcast from the Psychedelic Salon is V.S. Ramachandran's talk "What Neurology Can Tell Us About Human Nature, Synesthesia and Art".
- Curious Expeditions takes you to see a Steampunk Galaxy.
- The latest Occult of Personality podcast is "Therioshamanism with Lupa".
- Daniel Pinchbeck reviews two books, one by Richard Hoagland and the other by Steven Greer.
Enjoy!
Weekend Roundup 02-12-2007
Posted by Greg at 02:43, 02 Dec 2007A few things to keep you busy over the weekend...
- Michael Prescott wonders whether science and the afterlife really make such a good couple.
- At Cabinet of Wonders, Emps asks "What's Under Constantine's Column?"
- This week's Skeptiko podcast sees host Alex Tsakiris looking back on what he's learned from the skeptics.
- Over at UFO Mystic, Greg Bishop has written up a fascinating piece titled "M.K. Jessup, Paranoia, and 'The Case For The UFO'".
- The latest podcast from the Psychedelic Salon is Terence McKenna's lecture "The Importance of Psychedelics".
- Loren Coleman gets acquainted with the feminine side of Bigfoot hunting.
- Whitley Strieber's latest journal entry discusses how theories of a second universe mesh up with his own strange experiences.
- Robert Lomas reports on his attendance at the premiere of The Golden Compass.
- Anthony North investigates "Conspiracy and Superstition" at Beyond the Blog.
- Filer's Files #47 has the latest ufological news from around the globe.
- Scott Creighton has created a new Flash presentation to illustrate the Giza Pyramid - Orion correlation.
- Daniel Brenton discusses why "The Ice on the Moon is Better" on his blog, The Meaning of Existence (and all that).
Enjoy!
Tuesday Roundup 27-11-2007
Posted by Greg at 11:34, 27 Nov 2007A strange assortment to get you through the week...
- Michael Prescott gets medieval with 'Skeptics' in his latest blog posting "Bored Now".
- Nick Redfern investigates the MJ-12 related mystery of "The Bowen Manuscript".
- At Cabinet of Wonders, Emperor writes about "The Day Bigfoot Went Zorbing" - which is an addendum to his piece in Darklore Volume 1, "The Unbelievable Strangeness of Bigfoot".
- This week's Psychedelic Salon podcast is a lecture from Terence McKenna and Mark Pesce, "Technopagans at the End of History".
- At Earthfiles.com, Linda Moulton Howe investigates whether there is a secret American space program with a black budget running into trillions of dollars.
- This week's Binnall of America audio podcast interview is with Keith Chester, whose book Strange Company details the often overlooked but critically important Foo Fighter era in ufology.
- Filip Coppens has updated his website with a new article, "Pyramids and the New Fire Ceremony".
- Dan Green presents videos of "The Lincoln Cathedral Code".
- Brendan Burton's latest article for American Chronicle is "Uri Geller - UFO's, metal-bending and the PSI War".
- Michael Shermer praises the merits of popular science writing in his latest 'Skeptic' column for Scientific American.
- The CFZ's Guyana Expedition has come to a close.
- UFO Casebook #283 is now available online.
- The Societe Perillos have published part four of their series "666 = Satan's Song".
- Anthony North discusses "Female Gurus" at Beyond the Blog.
- Skeptic Randi's latest newsletter disputes Amazon's classification of UFOs under 'Astronomy'.
- At Vintage UFO, Regan Lee looks into the Gulf Breeze UFO incident.
Enjoy!
Weekend Roundup 24-11-2007
Posted by Greg at 05:55, 24 Nov 2007A few things to keep you busy over the weekend...
- Brad Steiger discusses "Worlds Before Our Own" at UFO Digest. You can get the complete book from Amazon US and UK.
- Michael Prescott looks at an intriguing reincarnation case on his blog.
- Nick Redfern gets on the trail of the "Saucer Spooks".
- Jeff Wells says "America Ate My Brain" (Part One) at Rigorous Intuition.
- Anthony North investigates "Vampires and Sickness" at Beyond the Blog.
- Filer's Files #47 has the latest ufological news roundup.
- Regan Lee calls sexism in the Zorgy Awards Hall of Shame list.
Enjoy!
Tuesday Roundup 20-11-2007
Posted by Greg at 03:19, 20 Nov 2007A strange assortment to get you through the week...
- This week's Binnall of America audio podcast is the Mass UFO / Monster Mash Conference special, featuring interviews with everyone from Loren Coleman to Don Ledger.
- Oddee presents "7 Incredible Natural Phenomena You've Never Seen" (with images and video).
- At UFO Digest, Richelle Hawks offers "Yabba Dabble Doo: How Aleister Crowley Introduced the Iconic Gray Alien". At Cabinet of Wonders, Graylien responds with "The LAM Hypothesis" - discussion between the two writers continues in CoW comments. Adam Gorightly writes on this topic in Darklore Volume 1.
- Also at Cabinet of Wonders, Emps investigates cases of horned people.
- About.com reviews Brad Steiger's World's Before Our Own, recently reissued by Anomalist Books.
- Over at Cryptomundo, Loren Coleman writes about "The Curious Case of Mr. Holmes and the Mystery Ape".
- At Reality Sandwich, Sharron Rose writes about "2012: A Time Odyssey".
- Daniel Brenton's latest essay is titled "Outer Space as the Abode of Angels".
- The Societe Perillos has part three of their series "666 = Satan's Song".
- Frank Warren critiques Anderson Cooper's coverage of last week's UFO press conference.
- Skeptic Randi's latest newsletter mentions the G-man yet again.
- Michael Tymn offers more afterlife observations on his blog, with the latest entry being "The True Mission of Christ, according to the Spirit of Bacon".
- UFO Casebook #282 is now online.
- Forgetomori discusses our zombie nature.
- The latest Occult of Personality podcast is on "Magickal Experimentation with Taylor Ellwood".
- Anthony North looks into "UFO Conspiracies" at Beyond the Blog.
Enjoy!
Weekend Roundup 16-11-2007
Posted by Greg at 11:08, 16 Nov 2007A few things to keep you busy over the weekend...
- Frank Warren has the full witness transcripts from Monday's National Press Club UFO presentation.
- Gary A. David investigates "Votan: The Diffusionist Deity".
- Andrew Gough's Arcadia website features a new '17 Questions' interview, with former drummer of The Damned, Rat Scabies, about his search for the Grail. Worth checking out, just to see Berenger Sauniere playing with Sonic Youth...
- Curious Expeditions takes you into the Blue Caves (video).
- Forgetomori investigates military flares and their misidentification as UFOs. Worth noting, in regards to the report, that Bruce Maccabee also says there was an earlier UFO, more than 2 hours before the flares.
- The latest Skeptiko podcast is an interview with animal communication expert Dr Jill Morstad, who is skeptical of canine telepathy claims.
- Greg Bishop compares "Movie Spies vs Real Spies" at UFO Mystic. While there, check out Nick Redfern's review of the recent Las Vegas Crash Conference.
- Michael Prescott wonders why he is interested in the 'praying for rain' story, in his new blog entry "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose".
- The most recent eSkeptic newsletter features senior NASA scientist David Morrison arguing against UFOs.
- The latest podcast from the Psychedelic Salon is Mark Pesce's talk on "Bios and Logos".
- Filer's Files #46 for 2007 has the latest ufological roundup.
- Anthony North discusses "Science and the Paranormal" at Beyond the Blog.
- Ed Komarek investigates the 1954 'ET and Eisenhower' meeting for The Book of Thoth.
- ABC Radio offers a podcast and text transcript of their recent show on "Science and the Meditation Boom".
Enjoy!
Tuesday Roundup 13-11-2007
Posted by Greg at 02:26, 13 Nov 2007A strange assortment to get you through the week...
- This week's Binnall of America podcast interview is with Greg Reece, author of UFO Religion (available as mp3/podcast and also streaming via Flash).
- Nick Redfern goes in search of the British Mothman.
- Emps says "Transhumanism is Now!" at Cabinet of Wonders.
- Michael Prescott fills you in on the worst skeptical argument he's ever heard.
- The latest MAPS news update fills you in on the latest happenings in psychedelic research.
- Daniel Brenton looks back on the strange history of Russian space exploration in "Cosmonauts Lost".
- Skeptic Randi's latest newsletter keeps it short and sour. Also: latest JREF challenger takes the p*ss (or not, as the case may be).
- UFO Casebook #281 is now online.
- Regan Lee tells of her strange anniversary conversation on 'alien abduction'.
- Anthony North investigates the "Influence of the Occult" for Beyond the Blog.
- Frank Warren reviews last Friday's Larry King UFO special.
Enjoy!
Weekend Roundup 09-11-2007
Posted by Greg at 06:55, 09 Nov 2007A few things to keep you busy over the weekend...
- Whitley Strieber's latest journal entry is titled "The Italian Lesson", and covers everything from Dennis Kucinich to the 'paranormal' fires in Italy.
- At Cryptomundo, Loren Coleman offers "The Flatwoods Monster Decoded".
- Michael Tymn offers "Still More Wisdom from Swedenborg and Bacon", from beyond the grave.
- Filip Coppens looks back on the visionary life of William Blake.
- Daniel Pinchbeck writes on "'2012' and the Poet's Dilemma", for Reality Sandwich.
- Rudy Rucker's novel Postsingular is now available freely online.
- At KurzweilAI.net, you'll find Jamais Cascio's Singularity Summit lecture on "Openness and the Metaverse Singularity (it's more interesting than it sounds...at least I thought so).
- Forgetomori discusses "The South Atlantic Anomaly".
- UFO Digest has "Chemtrails and Black Triangles: Commonalities", by Regan Lee.
- The latest Occult of Personality podcast is "On the Spiritual Path with Christopher Moors".
- Anthony North looks into "Native American Mysticism" at Beyond the Blog.
- The Societe Perillos have part two of their series "Satan's Song". Part one is here.
- Filer's Files #45 for 2007 has the latest ufological news roundup.
Enjoy!
Tuesday Roundup 06-11-2007
Posted by Greg at 07:04, 06 Nov 2007A strange assortment to get you through the week...
- Brad Steiger writes on his encounter with Philip K. Dick.
- The Societe Perillos investigates whether the CIA looked for Jesus, in their post "666 = Satan's Song?"
- This week's Binnall of America audio podcast features Danny Hennigar discussing Oak Island (podcast/mp3 download/streaming via Flash). Mr BoA also gives us a heck of a nice mention at the end of the interview - cheers Tim!
- Terence McKenna talks about "Psychedelic Society" in the latest podcast from the Psychedelic Salon.
- At Rigorous Intuition, Jeff Wells considers "The Unnameable".
- Filip Coppens tells the story of "Archaeological Trench Warfare at Glozel", in France.
- At Cabinet of Wonders (#1), Graylien asks "Are You a Believer?". Careful of the impending wrist slap...
- You can taste the Geller flavouring in skeptic Randi's latest home-cooked newsletter. Also: "Tell Me What's in the Envelope", and "The Second Phenomenon Episode".
- Inexplicata presents a guest article from Brazilian UFO investigator Pablo Villarrubia Mauso, who is reopening the famous Villas Boas abduction case.
- Loren Coleman investigates the history of the "First Sea Serpent Sighting" at Cryptomundo.
- Cabinet of Wonders (#2) has a feature on Dia de los Muertos - the Day of the Dead.
- Diana Slattery chats with Tom Roberts about "Rising Researchers on the Psychedelic Horizon".
- At UFO Mystic, Nick Redfern pulls another fascinating case from his archives for you to peruse. While there, check out Greg Bishop's post "Insidious Creatures of the Imaginal Realm".
- Anthony North surveys "Ancient Technology" at Beyond the Blog.
- UFO Casebook #280 is now online.
- Stuart Miller gets bored of the whole Project Serpo melodrama at Alien Worlds Magazine.
Enjoy!
Weekend Roundup 03-11-2007
Posted by Greg at 02:07, 03 Nov 2007A few things to keep you busy over the weekend...
- Michael Prescott investigates an out-of-print memoir about automatic writing, The Open Door.
- Public Parapsychology takes you on "A Tour of the Institute of Noetic Sciences", with Dean Radin, Annalisa Ventola, Marcel Cairo, and Kevin Kovelant.
- The latest eSkeptic newsletter takes a skeptical look (what else?) at the evidence for nonhuman primate language.
- Filer's Files #44 has the latest ufological round-up.
- The latest Skeptico podcast features animal communication researcher Dr. Kim Odgen-Avrutik.
- At UFO Mystic, Greg Bishop asks "Where Might Aliens Come From", while Nick Redfern looks at "Ufology's Changing Face".
- Mike Jay tells us about Bonfire Night, its riotous origins and survival against the odds.
- At Reality Sandwich, Antonio Lopez investigates "Reality 2.0".
- Paul Kimball calls Bullsh*t on the Hoagland and Bara carnival. Kudos to Paul.
- Anthony North looks at "Cult Suicides" at Beyond the Blog.
Enjoy!

