Science

We have been brought up to believe that our minds are inside our heads, that mental activity is nothing but brain activity. Instead, I suggest that our minds extend far beyond our brains; they stretch out through fields that link us to our environment and to each other. Mental fields are rooted in brains, just as magnetic fields around magnets are rooted in the magnets themselves, or just as the…

Those of us who have experienced true magic in our lives have been wondering when modern science will somehow bridge the gap between science and spirit, and wondering what will happen to the world when these forces finally unite. It’s coming. Is magic real? Sure it is, which is why there’s such a long and storied history of it in every human civilization, and why so many people practice it…

CAT scan image of the water filled skull of a French civil servant. Despite the lack of brain matter, this man is able to function in life. Left images are of a normal brain. By Steven Guth This is what we’re told: Your brain is where your mind, consciousness and personality reside. “Reductionism,” noted the English writer & philosopher Colin Wilson, is the “simple theory that tries to explain the…

A, T, G, and C are the 0s and 1s of living things. Unlike the code stored in silicon, data stored in DNA won’t degrade for thousands of years. And DNA can just hold a lot more data— one gram of DNA can store one billion terabytes of data (approximately a kajillion iPods). Now scientists at ETH Zurich have figured out how to store one of humanity’s great works in the inalterable…

A renowned Pseudo skeptic has taken a remarkable turnaround in his belief regarding the afterlife and what is understood as the so called ‘paranormal.’ Dr. Michael Persinger, the famous Neuroscientist at Ontario University who is a self proclaimed Atheist – hailed by skeptics for his “God helmet” experiments as being evidence against NDE’s being evidence for an afterlife, has turned the tables on his skeptic admirers by announcing that he…