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

• At the Psychedelic Salon: Terence McKenna's "The Ethnobotany of Shamanism", parts one, two, and three,
• Guy Lyon Playfair takes the knives to Richard Wiseman's Twitter experiment on psi.
• Filip Coppens investigates the 'Denderah lightbulbs' from ancient Egypt.
• Bruce Rux is the subject of a 3-part Binnall of America audio podcast. So far parts one and two have been posted.
• At Sentient Developments, George Dvorsky explores transhumanist themes in Battlestar Galactica: Caprica.
• At Public Parapsychology, Wendy E. Cousins reviews Damien Broderick's Outside the Gates of Science (Amazon US and UK).
• An interview with Jon Ronson, author of The Men Who Stare at Goats.
• The most recent Skeptic's Guide to the Universe podcast features an interview with Brian Brushwood.
• Michael Tymn remembers Frederic Myers, a giant in the history of psi/afterlife research.
• Graham Hancock's Forum section has a new article from Richard E. Ford, "The Great Pyramid: Symbols and Hieroglyphs in the King's Chamber".
• The latest Paracast interview is with Nancy Talbott discussing research into crop circles.
• Zahi Hawass tells all of his special relationship with Mark Lehner.
• In the most recent Skeptiko podcast, Alex Tsakiris chats with Mark Ireland who is seeking proof of psychic medium afterlife communication.

Enjoy!

A few odd items to keep you busy over the weekend...

• Fortean Times takes you to Italy, to visit the "Sisterhood of the Skulls" (free registration may be required to view the article).
• Nick Redfern reviews a new release from Anomalist Books: Outbreak!, by Hilary Evans and Robert E. Bartholomew (available from Amazon US and UK.
• At Paranormalia, guest columnist Matthew Colborn wonders why skeptics are more media-savvy.
• Another article from the archives at Magonia, the new addition is Mike Hallowell's "Invizikids: Imaginary Childhood Friends".
• The latest Binnall of America audio podcast features Marie Jones and Larry Flaxman discussing the esoteric nature of numbers.
• This week's eSkeptic newsletter features Darren Iammarino's article "The Emergence of God".
• The Psychedelic Salon is offering Part 1 of Terence McKenna's lecture "The Ethnobotany of Shamanism".
• Sentient Developments has a guest blog from Michael Anissimov on the transhuman goal of "Eliminating All Pain, Forever".
• The latest Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast features an interview with Richard Wiseman, as well as discussion of chiropractic controversy and quantum mechanics.
• Greg Bishop urges you to "Walk in Someone Else's Shoes" when it comes to the believability of UFO reports.
• Forgetomori investigates the case of a "Vortex UFO over King's Dominion.
• Psypioneer 5:5 is now available for download (links to PDF file).
• Richard Wiseman shares some more results from the Twitter remote viewing experiment.

Enjoy!

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

• Kevin Randle discusses "Astronomers and UFOs on his 'A Different Perspective' blog. A topic we've covered here before.
• The latest Skeptiko podcast features Yvonne Kason discussing transformative kundalini and near-death experiences.
• Philip Coppens takes you on a tour of the Hyperborean Temple that is the Callanish stone circle.
• This week's Binnall of America podcast interview is with Clas Svahn discussing Swedish ufology.
• At Fortean Times, Robin Ramsay's latest Strange Days column is titled "Nazi UFOs? The Credulity of Ufologists".
• The Psychedelic Salon's podcast series continues with Terence McKenna discoursing on "Shamanism and the Archaic Revival".
• On the blog for her book Unbelievable, Stacy Horn lets you in on Another Ghost Story That Didn't Make the Book.
• This week's Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast features an interview with Bruce Hood and discussion of crop circles and casino Feng Shui.
• UFO Casebook #363 is now online.
• In the latest eSkeptic newsletter, Daniel Gasman explores the Nazi-Social Darwinism controversy with "From Haeckel to Hitler".
• Dean Radin takes exception to big media and big science.
• This week's Paracast interview is with abduction researchers David Jacobs and Budd Hopkins.
• On SkepticBlog, Brian Dunning shows just how good a skeptic he is in retelling the second half of his Shirley Ghostman story.
• Nick Redfern talks to (Darklore contributor) Neil Arnold about some British beasties.
• The MAPS email newsletter for June is now online, bringing you up to date with the latest in research on psychedelics.
• Forgetomori gets to the truth behind the "Fake Plastic Aliens" attacking Pakistan.

Enjoy!

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

• This week's Binnall of America podcast interview is with Tracy Twyman discussing everything from secret societies to the UFO phenomenon.
• Nick Redfern asks, what if the Air Force doesn't actually know what happened at Roswell?
• The latest Skeptiko podcast interview features Marilynn Hughes discussing an out-of-body travel experiment.
• Andy Gough asks, "Who Was Khufu?" on his Arcadia blog.
• At Cabinet of Wonders, Emps has a gallery of the crop glyphs raining down upon the English countryside.
• The good folk at Magonia continue to post archival articles at a furious rate: the latest additions include "Imaginary Reality" by Patrick Harpur, "Abduction Absurdities" by Willy Smith, and "Roswell: The Search for the 'Real' UFO" by John Harney.
• The latest Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast features an interview with Simon Singh as well as discussion of Newsweek vs Oprah, volcanoes and UFOs.
• Robert Temple asks "What is Wrong with the Sphinx?" over at Graham Hancock's website.
• Michael Prescott discusses consciousness a-rovin'.
• This week's eSkeptic newsletter features Harriet Hall's article "Vaccines and Autism: A Deadly Manufactroversy".
• The latest Paracast interview is with UFO researcher and pundit, Greg Bishop.
• Histories and Mysteries investigates "The Van Eyck Cryptogram".
• Jon Downes investigates the saga of the Peruvian Giant Anaconda at the Fortean Zoology blog.
• Philip Coppens shows you "A Sardinian Step Pyramid".
• UFO Casebook #362 is now online.
• The Psychedelic Salon features a podcast of Bruce Damer's lecture "The Boundaries of the Human Mind".
• At Paranormal Review, Roy Stemman discusses "Two Boys and Two Past Lives".

Enjoy!

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

• This week on the Skeptiko podcast: skeptic Brian Dunning criticises the Global Consciousness Project. Dean Radin and Roger Nelson respond.
• Stanton Friedman exposes the "Pseudoscience of Anti-Ufology".
• Michael Prescott dismisses 'The Magic Bullet' psi experiment at his blog.
• At Cabinet of Wonders, Emps investigates "The ETH and the Science of Fairies".
• Nick Redfern examines some new Roswell 'memory metal' research.
• Michael Tymn asks, "What is the 'Second Death'?"
• The latest Binnall of America Audio interview podcast is with Jason Offutt, discussing 'the Shadow People'.
• At Paranormalia, Robert McLuhan investigates the case of "The Geller Spanner".
• Filip Coppens sheds some light on the Illuminati in a recent article related to Dan Brown's Angels and Demons.
• At Graham Hancock's website, Gary A. David has contributed his article on "The Mothman of Pottery Mound: The Use of Sacred Datura in Ancient New Mexico".
• At Occult View you'll find "An Alien Abduction Story: Extraterrestrials, Spirit Abduction or Sleep Paralysis?"

Enjoy!

Some off-road reading to keep your weekend lively...

• Graham Hancock writes about "The War on Consciousness" (also available as a PDF download in its original formatting).
• More fascinating articles and reviews have been posted to the Magonia Archive, including Hilary Evans' article "Northern Lights: Arendel and Hessdalen", and "Not the E.T.H." by Jenny Randles.
• At SkepticBlog, Brian Dunning announces "Cryptozoology Pisses Me Off". The Blogsquatcher responds, noting that skepticism pisses him off.
• Now playing at the Paracast is a "Super Ultimate UFO Roundtable" featuring Paul Kimball, Greg Bishop and Nick Redfern.
• Philip Coppens takes you on a special tour: "Angels and Demons - Bernini's Rome".
• At Skeptiko, Alex Tsakiris talks to Michael Schmicker regarding the best evidence of psi.
• Michael Tymn explores what happens "When the Silver Cord is Severed".
• At Cosmic Spoon, Daz tells of "A 'Titanic' Example of Remote Viewing in Public".
• Forgetomori investigates an M.C. Escher creation come to life.
• Greg and Lora Little note some new discoveries from their expedition to the underwater Bimini 'ruins'.
• Weird Things talks to Phil Plait, aka the Bad Astronomer.
• At Centauri Dreams, Jon Lomberg gives his thoughts and recollections of "My Own Private Star Trek".

Enjoy!

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

• At Fortean Times, Bob Rickard profiles the late John Michell, in "The Man From Atlantis".
• "The Chinese White Pyramid Has Been Found", announces the Histories and Mysteries website (the site is currently having some problems it seems).
• This week's Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast features Seth Shostak and pseudoscience at the Huffington Post.
• The Magonia website has two new articles posted: "Indexing the Machine Elves", by David Sivier, and "Godships" by Matthew J. Graeber.
• Greg Bishop wonders "How Should 'Disclosure' Be Handled?", at UFO Mystic.
• This week's Paracast podcast is with remote viewer Daz Smith.
• Michael Prescott ponders consciousness and the cosmos in his latest blog posting, "Esse est percipi?"
• Loren Coleman ponders "The Quaintness of Qatar Creatures" at Cryptomundo.
• Michael Tymn tells part two of the story about "The Conversion of Dr Richard Hodgson". Part one is here.
• Filip Coppens writes about "The Wanderers of the Fourth World" on his website.
• The Societe Perillos website features an essay on the enigmatic French priest, Henri Boudet.
• The April 2009 Psypioneer Newsletter (PDF) is now available for download.
• At SkepticBlog, Steven Novella uses Richard Hoagland as a case study in the abuse of anomalies.
• Public Parapsychology reviews Rosemarie Pilkington's book The Spirit of Dr Bindelof.
• This week's Skeptiko podcast features Guy Harrison discussing his book 50 Reasons People Give for Believing in God.

Enjoy!

Catching up on a few interesting articles and blog posts I missed while traveling over Easter:

• The latest issue of New Dawn magazine is out; on their website you'll find the free article "The Captain Cook Conspiracy". Note too that ND's Special Issue #7 has been released with a focus on the paranormal and supernatural.
• A bunch of updates to the Rennes-le-Chateau Research and Resource website while I was traveling: "The Holy Blood of Bruges", "The Bas Relief of Rennes-le-Chateau" and "Altar of the Church in Rennes-le-Chateau".
• At Paranormalia, Robert McLuhan has written "The Ghost in the Machine - More from 'Irreducible Mind'". Also posted at Paranormalia while I was traveling: "Religion at Easter".
• In his Sci Fi Worlds column at Binnall of America, Richard Thomas offers his top ten of "Alien Bad Guys".
• At Histories and Mysteries, Robert Hastings writes about "A UFO Almost Triggered a Nuclear Launch".
• The Blogsquatcher investigates "Skeptics and Their Skepticky Ways".
• At UFO Mystic, Greg Bishop asks "Was Bill Moore a CIA Agent?"
• This week's eSkeptic newsletter features the article " Sensed Presences in Extreme Contexts", by James Allan Cheyne.
• At Cabinet of Wonders, Emps looks back on "The Man Who Invented the Men in Black" - Gray Barker.
• Michael Tymn tells of the conversion of skeptic Dr Richard Hodgson to a belief in the afterlife.
• This week's Binnall of America Audio interview is with William K. Zabel, discussing conspiracy theories about the Columbine shooting (available as mp3/podcast download, or streaming via Flash).
• The Skeptiko podcast with Alex Tsakiris features a "Psychic Detective Smackdown".
• Filip Coppens investigates massive meteor impacts on his website. Also, from last week: "The Power of Sedona".
• The Psychedelic Salon is featuring a podcast of Terence McKenna's talk, "What Science Forgot".

Enjoy!

A strange assortment to keep you busy over the weekend...

• Filip Coppens wonders whether the Toltecs went as far as Arizona, in his new article "Wupatki: A Toltec Outpost?"
• The latest Binnall of America audio podcast is with Andrew Barnes and Paul Taitt, discussing sleep paralysis and 'supernatural assault'.
• Phil Plait takes on criticism of space funding in his Bad Astronomy post "From Distant Planets to the Deep Blue Sea".
• Joe Rogan ranges from Buddha to UFOs in his blog post "Believe Nothing" (NSFW language).
• At Sentient Developments, guest-blogger David Brin gives his "Thoughts on the Singularity". And then some.
• Michael Tymn interviews Pamela Rae Heath on being "a bridge" between psychics and parapsychologists.
• At the SkepticBlog, Brian Dunning shares "Some Starchild Feedback". Also at SkepticBlog: "Automatic Writing", by Mark Edward.
• Anthony Peake gives "The Case for the Daemon" on Graham Hancock's website.
• The Psychedelic Salon has Terence McKenna's talk "Surfing Finnegan's Wake" available for listening (Part 1 and Part 2).
• UFO Casebook #351 is now online with the latest ufological news roundup.
• Anthony North answers the woosayers at Beyond the Blog.

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

• Michael Prescott takes a closer look at a Near Death tale.
• The latest Binnall of America podcast interview is with 'crackpot historian' Adam Gorightly.
• Barbara Mervine criticizes pyramid theories at the JREF.
• Filip Coppens investigates the "White Masters in the Deserts of China".
• UFO Casebook #349 has the latest roundup of UFO-related news stories.
• Jon Downes says the "Paranormal is Just a Cop Out".
• The latest Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast (#189) features Ken Feder discussing Clovis tool discoveries.
• The MAPS March news update is now online.
• A bunch of new audio files have been added to the Psychedelic Salon, such as Terence McKenna's lecture on "Pushing the Envelope".
• Colonel John Alexander gives his thoughts on whether a crashed UFO has been reverse-engineered.
• James Randi questions the Bible in his latest JREF vodcast.
• Michael Tymn asks "Can Spirits Control Animals?.
• Histories & Mysteries goes in search of "The Lost City of Z".

Enjoy!