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We have a saying in our coven, Pagan-prophet, to the effect that the only magical tool you will ever need is yourself. Sharp-pointies are fun, but I can cast a circle with my finger, or simply in my mind. I see ALL the accoutrements--athames, wands, robes (or skin), altar, candles, ALL of it as...

Ah, yes. I used to be a Glassfordian, but I feel they are in grave error regarding the Doctrine of Sublime Indifference, so 15 seconds ago I branched off with the Reformed and Reorganized Glassfordian Tradition. Seriously, I suspect that many Wiccans are a bit nervous about the fact that...

Cool! I've worked with runes some. I have a favorite set from a Native American craftsman--interesting blend of culture, that--with the runes burned into thin slices of deer antler. As I see it, runes, like other divinatory tools, use symbols to tap into the human subconscious. In other words...

Things get nastily complex when one brings in the abortion issue. In cloning, per se, neither abortion nor using dead bodies is an issue. You take a single living cell from your body--eventually, ANY cell would do, though we can't do that yet--and work your technomagic on it. Nine months later...

I'm with bgruagach completely on this one. There is an ASTONISHING amount of stuff out there about the spirit world, guides, heavenly heirarchies, and so on. Much of it is crap. Much of it reflects the cultural, religious, occult, and personal beliefs of the person presenting it, and, hence, is...

Adamante—if you’re interested in information about recent scientific validation of such “paranormal” phenomenon as PK (psychokinesis), telepathy, and remote viewing, I highly recommend the following books: “The Field,” by Lynne McTaggart. “The Conscious Universe,” by Dean Radin. “The Dreaming...

Hi, Adamante! Good discussion question. Speaking from a Wiccan perspective, now . . . I'd have to say that such phenomenon are not proof of life after death, but they're certainly highly suggestive. In my experience, there are several possible causes, and the answer may involve all--or...

Looks pretty good with a couple of caveats and elaborations. 1. I'd treat the line about existing outside of time and space with care. The reports I've read indicated that the subjects certainly experienced at least a subjective passage of time and an existence in a "place" that certainly had...

littlemissattitude . . . ponder this, if you will! Yes, I believe in a multiverse with an infinity of universes, with more universes spawned each time a quantum choice must be made. Yes,I believe we create universes, simply by thinking of them . . . another way of saying we create reality...

I’ve heard it said that time is just what keeps everything from happening at once. Quahom1, with respect, I’d like to see a cite on that statement about nuclear chain reactions exceeding the speed of light. I’ve heard of no such observation. When you say that “inside the explosion it takes...

My deep and sincere apologies, if I have offended anyone. I've been under some rather severe emotinal stress recently, and I exhibited poor judgement in my choice of words. I've been extremely bitter of late, and it seeps unexpectedly into other areas of my life. Bananabrain, the clearest of...

Waterville is up toward the center of the state, northeast of Augusta, the capital, and southwest of Bangor. I live west of Portland, about 150 to 200 kilometers southwest of Waterville. Don't know the Waterville area all that well, Vaj. I've only lived in this state for a year. It is...

LOL! Agreed, friend Vaj, agreed. I was simply, and for simplicity's sake, refering to the idea of matter coming out of nothing. Agreed on your other points. Hawking Radiation is a posited demonstration of the quantum zero-point field. As particles and antiparticles spontaneously come into...

In my fundamentalist Christian days, I frequently argued that ALL such New Age concepts as proof of reincarnation, channeling, spirit guides, psychic phenomenon, and the like were clearly deceptions by Satan and his minions. The argument was that there were two and ONLY two possible sources of...

Sigh. . . . To my continued shame and mortification, I, once--in my hyper-Christian-fundamentalist youth--avidly pursued the idea of "scientific creationism," so-called. That phase lasted for, I believe, about six weeks. At the end of that time, I realized that I was giving myself the...

There's been considerable speculation that black holes might be linked through hyperdimensional connections called wormholes to things called "white holes," which would be objects spewing matter/energy out into space. The idea was floated briefly as an explanation for quasars--distant objects...

This is fascinating, Brian. Thank you. I've seen this dilemma before, but never saw it presented as a psychological test. I find the idea of approaching morality from a scientific researcher point-of-view and assigning it stages intriguing. I don't know which stage they'd put me in. When I...

Yes, Nobody. Didn't you have a run-in once with a fellow named Polyphemous? Okay, everyone! Got it! Finally! The idea of creation going on from moment to moment appears to have originated with Thomas Aquinas. I'm still looking for a specific cite, but the answer was good ol' St. Tom...

Ah! A small world-- or galaxy--indeed. When shaking hands with those people, Vajradhara, count your fingers afterward. Yes, Grayson Carlyle and the Gray Death Legion were my babies. I wrote five BT novels in all.

Within the community in which I circulate, I know personally of several who think of themselves as dragons, fey, cats, and other critters not human. One guy, I know, folks think of as a dragon incarnate in human form only for this one lifetime; it's true, he does have trouble socializing well...