Yarr, I still be speakin’ like a pirate …
- The Gnostic Mandeans of Iraq face extinction. They honour many prophets, but particularly John the Baptist – incidentally, the 24th September was the feast day for the Conception of John the Baptist.
- Dr Stephen Chang, a rebel who introduced traditional Chinese medicine to the West, now believes the Westernisation of TCM will bring about its destruction.
- Pakistani doctor Samad Musafir says that by transmitting Samda energy via cellphone, he can heal the sick long distance. Text message me some love, 0433****** …
- Father Nelson Baker, who lived from 1841 to 1936, reportedly cured the blind, healed the sick, and calmed raging waters.
- Dr Masaru Emoto reminds us that water came to Earth from outer space via ice comets.
- Hidden Messages In Water is a groundbreaking book by Dr Masaru Emoto (Amazon US or UK). He’s really a down-to-earth kind of guy.
- If water has memory, the possibilities of aquatechnology emerges from the stormy seas of science.
- DigiBio continues the work of the late Jacques Benveniste and his research of the memory of water phenomenon.
- A Skeptic’s response to the memory of water phenomenon is quite predictable, calling it voodoo. All I need is a lock of Randi‘s hair …
- Water authorities in Australia have dramatically underestimated future consumption of water because their projections for the next quarter of a century have not sufficiently factored in the rise of the single household.
- India’s political Left seek the PM’s intervention to stop the privatisation of Delhi’s water supplies.
- The melting of Himalayan glaciers signals a water crisis for 40 percent of South Asia and China’s populations.
- The world’s supply of fresh water is running out. Here’s a map highlighting trouble spots.
- Over a billion people do not have access to clean water, and things are getting worse.
- Is a new kind of volcano discovered last year heating up the Gulf of Mexico?
- Is there an Evil Genius behind the recent spate of hurricanes?
- Dolphins trained by the US Military may be swimming free in the Gulf of Mexico. The Age of Dolphins begins …
- The Loch Ness Monster has been recruited to woo tourists from China. Will China’s Lake Tianchi Monster woo tourists from Scotland? Lake Tianchi is the highest crater lake in the world.
- Dr Andrew Franknoi, member of SETI, has some interesting things to say about our search for extraterrestrial life.
- What came to light during a recent talk by New Hampshire MUFON director, Peter Geremia, about UFOs and extraterrestrials?
- What are fastwalkers, those mysterious objects that enter the Earth’s atmosphere, perform maneuvers, than return from whence they came? I like the failed public school teacher bit in Alfred’s bio.
- An interview with David Grinspoon, originator of the Living Worlds Hypothesis. Lonely Planets: The Natural Philosophy of Alien Life, by David Grinspoon (Amazon US or UK).
- Do archaeologists, their focus on the ground, have anything to teach SETI, and those looking up at the skies? As Above, So Below.
- Does the Tulli Papyrus offer proof of Ancient Astronauts? Does this papyrus even exist?
- World-renowned Los Angeles liturgical artist Isabel Piczek says the Shroud of Turin shows the future of science.
- Jim Munro gives a journalist tips on dowsing, as they explore Rosslyn, Ley Lines, and Templar Knights.
- An Italian computer programmer has used Google Earth to find previously-unknown Roman ruins. I googled a nudist beach.
- Skeptics support the controversial claims of Indonesian anthropologist (and thief) Teuku Jacob that Homo Floresiensis is not a new species of human.
- Looting in Cambodia is decimating ancient and sacred sites such as Angkor Wat.
- Pictures of a Hindu temple in Southern India that may have been destroyed by an ancient tsunami can be found here and here.
- Rare pieces of porcelain recovered from the wreck of a Qing Dynasty ship provide clues to the maritime silk road.
Quote of the Day:
I don’t believe in separating education and entertainment. Much of the best of either contains a healthy dose of the other.
David Grinspoon
