Mike Jay is perhaps my favourite writer on strange and obscure history: his excursions into rarely traveled back roads of conspiracy theory, mind control, drugs...
We Westerners believe in the power of names.
We like to live under the impression that naming a thing gives us control over it; not only that, but we also th...
Just last week RPJ wrote here on the Grail about new clinical trials on the use of psilocybin - the entheogenic chemical in 'magic mushrooms' - as a treatment f...
Last month the Parapsychological Association (PA) hosted their 61st annual conference, and I'm really pleased to see that they've already been posting some vide...
Here's another great news that shows the times, they are definitely a-changing: The FDA has granted Compass Pathways --"a life sciences company dedicated to acc...
A new scientific paper linking the effects of the psychedelic DMT with near-death experiences has been making major news headlines over the past few days, and p...
In 1972 Dr. Timothy Leary picked up a pack of Aleister Crowley-designed tarot cards and asked them the question, “Who am I and what is my destiny?” He then cut ...
In early June, the British found-footage documentary Arcadia was released. A film showing the folklorish customs of Britain with a soundtrack by Portishead’s Ad...
Becoming Dangerous: Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers, and Magical Rebels on Summoning the Power to Resist
Edited by Katie West and Jasmine Elliott
(Fiction and ...
Podcasts are a dime a dozen these days, but the really good ones are a rare find. By 'good ones' I don't just mean funny, or entertaining enough to make your da...
