Category: Paranormal

  • The Real Science Behind Paranormal Phenomena

    The Real Science Behind Paranormal Phenomena

    MANY PEOPLE ACCEPT AS TRUE, or at least partially true, numerous assertions that seem laughable or absurd to critics. A Harris poll a few years back reported that only 47 percent of adult Americans accepted the reality of evolution: more than half the population still denies the basic lynchpin of scientific biology.…

  • The Different Planes of Existence in the Universe

    The Different Planes of Existence in the Universe

    The Different Planes of Existence in the Universe Various configurations of energy are where we need to be to explain the difference between a physical and a nonphysical universe. The energy in the nonphysical universe is much less dense than in a physical universe. So, on a nonphysical plane, you…

  • 6 Differences Between Psychic and Medium Readers

    6 Differences Between Psychic and Medium Readers

    According to religious, the ability to get in touch with spirits and entities is something divine that can be developed through study and dedication. Science also seeks to understand the phenomenon, considered innate to all human beings. Have you ever felt like you were being watched, but when you turned…

  • What Are Zener Cards?

    What Are Zener Cards?

    Karl Zener tried for years to remove his name from the cards that would forever be associated with ESP testing. In this episode of Homespun Haints, we go into the history of these strange cards and talk in-depth about the lengthy (and oft hilarious) research that went into psychical phenomena…

  • Knowing if you are dead or not

    Knowing if you are dead or not

    There have been numerous messages and signs from the spirit world indicating that many spirits are slow in recognizing that they are “dead,” some floundering in an “earthbound” stupor for a long time, however time is measured in that realm. This phenomenon was popularized in the hit movie, The Sixth Sense,…

  • Is it possible to study ghosts & apparitions?

    Is it possible to study ghosts & apparitions?

    If we are considering studying from a scientific perspective based on hypothesis and replication, then we will certainly be facing major issues. A considerable number of anomalous experiences are subjective, deeply personal, and meaningful to the individual. Scientific observations and studies do not generally include `pseudoscientific` theories. Therefore, the study…

  • History of Ghost Stories

    History of Ghost Stories

    Since ancient times, ghost stories—tales of spirits who return from the dead to haunt the places they left behind—have figured prominently in the folklore of many cultures around the world. A rich subset of these tales involve historical figures ranging from queens and politicians to writers and gangsters, many of…

  • UFOs Go Mainstream

    UFOs Go Mainstream

    If we want another social disrupter in this “Year of Chaos,” the full public disclosure that UFOs are real would do the job. We saw UFOs go mainstream last year as Congress started openly interrogating people over their involvement with UFOs or their knowledge of people or departments involved with…

  • Brian Josephson: merging physics and the paranormal

    Brian Josephson: merging physics and the paranormal

    A newspaper photograph taken in 1973, showing a jubilant Brian Josephson after learning he had won the Nobel Prize for Physics. Credit: PA Images via Getty Images In 1962, Brian Josephson, a 22-year-old graduate student at England’s Cambridge University, born on January 4, 1940, in Cardiff, Wales, predicted that electrical…

  • Physicists probe the paranormal

    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…