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Do parallel universes exist? We might live in a multiverse.
Sci-fi loves parallel universes. But could we really be in one? Parallel universes are no longer just a feature of a good sci-fi story. There are now some scientific theories that support the idea of parallel universes beyond our own. However, the multiverse theory remains one of the most controversial theories in science. Our universe […]
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Inside the CIA’s Secret Mission to Use Mind Control to Spy on the Soviet Union.
During the height of the Cold War, the CIA ran tests on people with paranormal abilities in an effort to unlock top-secret intel on foreign targets. In 1972, American artist and psychic Ingo Swann altered the magnetic field inside a thickly shielded vacuum container located underground for several seconds—by simply thinking about it. As Harold Puthoff, a physicist with […]
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Physicists probe the paranormal
“The question of whether paranormal phenomena actually exist probably divides educated members of modern Western civilization as sharply as any other single issue. If it is true that the human brain can receive messages and control things in ways that cannot be explained normally, then this undermines the belief of most scientists and runs contrary […]
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Can “possession” be explained without the concept of devils or demons taking control of people?
There has been a suggestion that there may be a psychological element involved in the “possession” explanation of human beings, including dissociative identity disorder [DID] The `Psychology Today` website provides the following definition: `DID is a rare condition in which two or more distinct identities, or personality states are present in, and alternately take control […]
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The Horrific History of Witch Trials in England
In the 16th and 17th centuries suspicion of witchcraft was at its height. In England and other nations across Europe there were trials and executions of suspected witches, including in Oxford. Hundreds died in England as a result. THE BEGINNING The first law relating to witchcraft in England was not introduced until the reign of Henry VIII, […]
