Hag Riding: The Old Hag Folklore Behind Sleep Paralysis
What hag riding means in Southern, Gullah Geechee and Newfoundland folklore, the old remedies, and what sleep science says about sleep paralysis.
NASA's October Sky Guide Goes Spooky: Algol the "Demon Star" and the Witch Head Nebula (Published September 28)
On September 28, NASA's Night Sky Network published its October 2026 Night Sky Notes, "Spooky Stargazing": Algol, the Demon Star in Perseus that dims about every three days,...
Edward Kelley: What an Alchemist Really Did
What an alchemist really did, told through Edward Kelley: the Trebon laboratory in John Dee's diary, the 1586 projection, the 1587 fire, Burghley's letters, two prisons and his...
Bezoar Stones: The Antidote Myth and the 1567 Test
The stomach stone that kings set in gold as an antidote: its Persian origin, cabinets of curiosities, Ambroise Paré's deadly 1567 test, artificial Goa stones and what science...
The Bell Witch Legend: What Really Happened in Adams, Tennessee, and What Is Only Told
The Bell Witch legend of Adams, Tennessee: what records confirm about the Bell family, what comes only from Ingram's 1894 book, the main explanations, and how to visit.
Kaula Tantra: History, the Five M's and Modern Myths
The path of energy that treats all of life as divine: what Kaula means, what the five M's really are, how Tantra became a New York scandal in...
Vijnana Bhairava Tantra: The 112 Meditations Explained
A short Sanskrit dialogue between Shiva and the Goddess with 112 ways into awareness: where it comes from, how it reached America, and three practices to try tonight.
The Good Friday Experiment: Psilocybin at Marsh Chapel
Boston, Good Friday 1962: twenty divinity students, one chapel, psilocybin or a placebo. What Walter Pahnke measured, what he left out for 29 years, and where the question...
Element 115 and Bob Lazar: What the Lab Data Show
Bob Lazar called element 115 stable and impossible to make. Dubna made it in 2003 and Darmstadt confirmed it. What the data show and what is still open.
Sri Yantra Meaning: Structure, Origin & Meditation
Nine interlocking triangles around a single point: what the Sri Yantra is, how it is built, where it comes from, and how to meditate with it respectfully.
The Golem of Prague: Where the Legend Comes From
A man of clay brought to life by a word: how the golem traveled from Psalm 139 and the Talmud through medieval mysticism to Prague, Hollywood and the...
3I/ATLAS: Comet or Alien Probe? What the Data Show
On the night of July 1, 2025, a telescope in Río Hurtado, a valley in northern Chile, photographs the sky the way it does every clear night. It...