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April 28, 2006 Accused killer in triple murder told man he was a werewolf MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — Two acquaintances of a man accused of murdering his pre-teen girl-friend's family say he professed to be a 300-year-old werewolf who liked the taste of blood.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/499990.html
Wiccan Handparting The cutting of the handfasting cord symbolizes that love has ended but friendship remains. http://www.beliefnet.com/story/75/story_7564_1.html
The Ghost of the Seven Gables A remarkable photograph captures the Hawthorne ghost. A woman was touring the historic House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts when she snapped a remarkable ghost photograph. http://paranormal.about.com/od/ghostphotos/a/aa100404.htm
April 27, 2006 Goth culture defended in wake of triple murder While a triple murder in Alberta is raising questions about the world of goths, those involved in the culture say it's not about violence. http://www.cbc.ca/calgary/story/cal-goth20060427.html
Gasp, star signs are nonsense TEAR up the page of that newspaper or magazine and stop dialling that horoscope line. European researchers say there is no evidence that astrology works. http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/gasp-star-signs-are-nonsense/2006/04/27/1145861490053.html
Hands-on healing can lift spirit, calm mind, body Kramer, who has lived in Novi for more than 20 years, owns her own business, Hands On Healing, and performs what she calls God-centered energy treatment. http://hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060427/BUSINESS/604270990/1080/NEWS13
April 26, 2006 Open to interpretation There is no clear definition for the New Age movement. It is simply a term that lumps together a wide variety of beliefs, customs and practices, from acupuncture to astrology, Gnosticism, Wicca and various indigenous belief systems that have only recently been acknowledged in the West. http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=269522&area=/insight/insight__national/
Hideous ghost won't stop flushing pub loo GHOST-hunter Darren Johnson-Smith makes no bones about it: the paranormal tale of the Low Valley apparition that scared the life out of a Barnsley pub landlord is one of the best he's ever heard. http://www.sheffieldtoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=58&ArticleID=1464106
Generation Hex Jason Louv recently edited a new compilation of writings, Generation Hex, for Disinformation, a snapshot of contemporary occultism seen through the eyes of practitioners 33 years old and younger. http://dreamflesh.com/interviews/genhex/
April 24, 2006 Ghost hunters probe The Star for paranormal activity MERIDIAN — Instead of a late night stroll through a cemetery or walking the floors of a home, members of the local ghost-hunting group Orbservations descended on a downtown business around mid-day Sunday. http://www.meridianstar.com/local/local_story_113235454.html
Haunting tales told at ghost conference HACKETTSTOWN --Describing the "true and shocking tale of a soul-eating house," Rosemary Ellen Guiley, a self-described paranormal researcher and investigator, told the story of a haunted house at a ghost conference here on Saturday. http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060423/COMMUNITIES17/604230351/1203/NEWS01
Zimbabwe outlaws practise of witchcraft ZIMBABWE has outlawed the practise of witchcraft following a raft of amendments to legislation drawn up by the former colonial regime. http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/witchcraft2.14064.html
April 21, 2006 Why ghosts are ghosts TEOH PEI SZE talks to Barbara Sun and discovers the truth about all things ghostly. Sun is an American mystic and healer who currently resides in Arizona. http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2006/4/22/lifefocus/13994383&sec=lifefocus
The staunch disbelievers It's all superstition. If you see a vampire movie at night, when you walk home on a dark road, you will tend to 'see' and 'hear' things and end up sprinting the last 100 metres home, explains Irshad, a nature guide based in Langkawi. http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2006/4/22/lifefocus/14018983&sec=lifefocus
Book lifts veil on state's witch trial past New Mexicans didn't burn witches at the stake or hang them, that just wasn't their style. http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/nw_local/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19858_4640074,00.html
April 20, 2006 Shadow of the cursed tombs VietNamNet – In Hoa Binh province lie a number of ancient tombs of the Muong minority group – tombs brought alive by mystery and legend. http://english.vietnamnet.vn/vniden/2006/04/562169/
He sees ghosts Walking through the dark third-floor storage room at Excalibur nightclub on a recent Sunday afternoon, visitors felt a sudden breeze chill the room.
Tales From Beyond In 1861, a man was taking a self-portrait when he captured something on film that had never been seen before. Next to William H. Mumler was a ghost. http://www.ecollegetimes.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/04/20/4446c24cb566f
April 19, 2006 INDIGO GIRLS, AND BOYS Mystical, gifted - or just plain spoiled? A movement that labels some kids as special also draws controversy. http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/living/14376774.htm
Sally Anne’s mum begs police to listen to medium The mother of murdered teenager Sally Anne Bowman has pleaded with police to take claims from a spiritualist seriously as the hunt for her daughter's killer continues.
Near-death experiences confuse the brain The brain's tendency to occasionally blur the line between sleep and wakefulness may help explain the phenomenon of near-death experience, preliminary research suggests. http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1617998.htm
Vision quests This is a ritual common among tribes throughout North America, except for those within the southwestern part of the United States, for acquiring a guardian spirit or seeking supernatural guidance. The ritual is most important to people east of the Rocky Mountains and in some parts of the western United States. A vision quest provides the average individual, not just a medicine man, with access to spiritual realms for help. http://www.themystica.org/mystica/articles/v/vision_quests.html
April 18, 2006 New-age nitwits More often than not, modern spiritualism and its health benefits are a mixed bag - a few provable benefits and many others under debate. http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/World/2006/04/17/1537342-sun.html
Eye gets its 'Ghost' guy James Van Praagh, who has made a career out of conversing with dead people, has now found a second calling: working with studio executives. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117941619?categoryid=14&cs=1&nid=2562
He sees ghosts Walking through the dark third-floor storage room at Excalibur nightclub on a recent Sunday afternoon, visitors felt a sudden breeze chill the room.
April 17, 2006 Yesterday's witches are today's social activists in Jharkhand By Girija Shankar Ojha, Ranchi: Ostracized by society and having suffered the curse of being declared "Witches", many women in Jharkhand are promoting social awareness amongst tribal villagers by conducting street plays. http://www.newkerala.com/news2.php?action=fullnews&id=43247
The Bell Witch The tormenting spirit of America's best-known poltergeist case. ADAMS, TENNESSEE, in 1817 was the site of one of the most well-known hauntings in American history – so well known that it eventually caught the attention and then the involvement of a future president of the United States. http://paranormal.about.com/od/trueghoststories/a/aa041706.htm
An Invitation From the Sun Celebrating life, light, and love at Beltaine. The First of May sounds a clarion call announcing the beginning of summer in the northern hemisphere. http://www.beliefnet.com/story/125/story_12589_1.html
April 15, 2006 Los Angeles Times promotes “cult apologist” recommended by Scientology According to Los Angeles Times staff writer Louis Sahagun, J. Gordon Melton is 'eternally curious,' has an 'encyclopedic mind' and 'is one of the nation’s foremost authorities on religion.' Scientology, which has recommended Melton as a 'religious resource, would certainly endorse the reporter's view.
April 14, 2006 In Search of the Real Dracula Massimo Palidoro- recently had the opportunity to travel through Europe in search of the reality behind some famous ancient legends. He was part of a team of investigators for a TV show called "Legend Detectives," which subsequently aired in December 2005 by Discovery Channel Europe. http://www.livescience.com/othernews/060414_dracula.html
Thalbourne on the psychology of the paranormal: ABC Radio National's In Conversation had a recent discussion about paranormal belief and experience with psychologist Dr Michael Thalbourne. http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2006/04/thalbourne_on_the_ps.html
April 13, 2006 Ghost hunters hold class to teach curious All about fun: Two women lead students through technique but keep the mood light. http://www.sltrib.com/sugarhouse/ci_3703658
Near-Death Experience: Find Out if You're a Candidate Experiences you have in the here and now could hint at whether you'll see a light at the end of the tunnel when you're close to the hereafter.
http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060411_near_death.html
Tenth planet as bright as fresh snow The "tenth planet" is only slightly larger than Pluto, new Hubble Space Telescope images prove. It had been thought the planet, dubbed Xena, might be 25% to 30% larger. http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn8985-tenth-planet-as-bright-as-fresh-snow.html
April 12, 2006 More Witnesses report A595 Ghost Beverly Moore's appeal for more witnesses to a ghost she saw on the A595 is bearing fruit. Mrs Moore, saw the ghost of a lady near the Crofton cheese farm, near Carlisle, while driving down the road at 2am. http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=354296
Whether psychic trip or physical blip, near-death tales are eerily similar IT'S easy to scoff at people who say they have had a near-death experience during a serious illness.
Conference to be a haunting event For anyone who has ever heard something that went bump in the night or came face to face with the ghost of a dead relative, the Country Springs Hotel will be the place to be later this month. http://www.stevenspointjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060411/SPJ0101/604110463/1656/SPJ01
Medium builds a bridge to the afterlife It was during late August and early September 2001, as her mother was dying, that Lee began to experience a keener sense of discernment and knowledge of events and people in the lives of strangers she would encounter. http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060412/LIFE07/604120412/1088/LIFE
April 11, 2006 Pagan 'Da Vinci' Many critiques of "The Da Vinci Code" have focused on the book's self-serving historical revisionism, its scurrilous attacks on the Christian church, the "creative" use of Mary Magdalene and such, but we have not seen the full extent of "Da Vinci's" paganism explored. http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49643
Sedona relaxing and appealing, with all its New Age fripperies A few years ago, USA Today called Sedona, Ariz., the most beautiful place in America. At sundown, that doesn't begin to cover it. And it's not just the views. http://www.ajc.com/travel/content/travel/otherdestinations/us_stories/041006sedona.html
Witchcraft alert in Jaintia hills After a brief lull, fear of witchcraft has returned to haunt the Jaintia hills in Meghalaya. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060412/asp/northeast/story_6087806.asp
April 10, 2006 Nature's cure: how safe is it? AN AMERICAN study which suggests that one in four medications may not work properly if taken in conjunction with the homoeopathic treatments, St John's wort or echinacea, has caused alarm this week - and not simply because of the revelation that they cause the drugs to be moved out of the body too quickly. http://living.scotsman.com/health.cfm?id=525922006
Spirituality can Soothe Body and Soul "There have been a lot of studies, and more are coming out all of the time, that show how patients with strong spirituality can improve their health from a variety of chronic conditions, like hypertension, heart disease, recovery from surgery and more," said Dr. Michael Torosian, a surgical oncologist at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, and co-author of the book, Spirit to Heal. http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/health/feeds/hscout/2006/04/07/hscout531879.html
Strange encounters with spheres of light are indeed on the increase Strange encounters with spheres of light are indeed on the increase, says Alan Foster, of Meare, near Glastonbury, who is an author, lecturer and researcher on UFOs, crop formations and paranormal and environmental issues. Various theories say they are balls of plasma energy, intelligently controlled artificial spheres, remote-viewers, ghosts, spirit guides or guardians, interdimensional entities or extraterrestrials - or even all of these!
April 6, 2006 Judge with spirit "pals" dismissed The Supreme Court has dismissed a judge in Malabon who claims to have dwarfs as his "spirit guides." http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/apr/07/yehey/top_stories/20060407top4.html
The interest to the werewolf phenomenon will never fade away A werewolf is one of the central figures of the oldest superstitions. This monster featured in numerous Hollywood blockbusters has been terrifying children and adults worldwide for thousands of years as well as vampires, witches, mermaids, ghosts and sorcerers. Werewolf is also known by the name 'lycanthrope' meaning "a wolf human" and originating from the Greek word Likantropia. Some dictionaries define the word as "turning a witch into a wolf".
http://english.pravda.ru/society/anomal/04-04-2006/78313-werewolf-0
The sixth sense -- your place in space In addition to the familiar five senses—touch, sight, smell, hearing, and taste—scientists know of a sixth sense called proprioception. It 's the sense of where your body is in space that allows you to touch your nose even with your eyes closed. Proprioception (PRO-pree-oh-ception) also informs balance and how to put one foot in front of the other to walk without looking at your feet.
http://www.physorg.com/news63301402.html
April 5, 2006 Linthwaite mum: 'I can talk to the dead' FROM her earliest years Nicole Sheldon says she has been visited by people from the spirit world.
Some scientists say humans can read minds Empathy allows us to feel the emotions of others, to identify and understand their feelings and motives and see things from their perspective. How we generate empathy remains a subject of intense debate in cognitive science. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7656021/
April 4, 2006 Your Own "Supernatural" Experiences ONE REASON why we believe in the reality of certain things, such as life after death, hunches, prophecies, fortune-telling, is that we want to believe in them; but it is not the only reason. There can be very few people who have not had some kind of "odd" experience. http://www.survivalafterdeath.org/articles/dingwall-davies/experiences.htm
The Timing Coach -the 27 Nakshatras of the Moon The Nakshatras are constellations in the more distant background of each sign. Nakshatras usually represent an animal or symbol. They have natures and inclinations giving a more in depth look at the meaning of a planet in a sign. http://www.healthywealthynwise.com/article.asp?Article=4086
Healing land is her business A businesswoman worried her company wouldn't flourish amid the negative energy she felt. Then Prust hired Pam Hale Trachta, a shamanic energy healer who runs a business called On Solid Ground, to help her "heal" the land.
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/122916
April 3, 2006 Encore For Enceladus! Saturn Moon Ripe For Astrobiology Exploration BOULDER, Colorado—The discovery of apparent liquid water reservoirs erupting in Yellowstone-like geysers on Saturn’s moon Enceladus has produced a gusher of questions. http://space.com/scienceastronomy/060403_mystery_monday.html
WITCH: I DON'T WANNA LOCH DJ A WITCH has threatened to put a curse on Fatboy Slim's Loch Ness concert.
Mental Mediums and Survival THERE IS no doubt that most people who take an interest in paranormal phenomena are seeking assurances for their belief in survival after death. True, there are a few people who say, one assumes quite genuinely, that nothing interests them less than what happens to them when they die. Some, indeed, are passionately anxious, like Mr. Corliss Lamont, to prove that death is the end of all things; but most of us have some curiosity and even hope that Mr. Lamont is wrong. http://www.survivalafterdeath.org/articles/dingwall-davies/mental.htm
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