supernatural

Christine Skolnik

Jan 20, 20221 min read

Exploring the Paranormal

Lots of fascinating content in this issue of Watkins MIND BODY SPIRIT . . . including my interview with Terje Simonsen, which focuses on...

Sam Stoeltje

Nov 17, 20204 min read

Spivak on the Supernatural (Yes, you read that correctly)

Dualism, or dvaita, becomes through Spivak’s learned (but as she continually emphasizes, non-specialist) consideration, a way of seeing or

Christine Skolnik

Sep 24, 20202 min read

Symposium on Metaphysical Enterprises

By Nat Mengist We hope this invitation finds you safe and greets you with high spirits! Near the pandemic’s beginnings, ten friends came...

Sam Stoeltje

Aug 24, 20206 min read

Fireflies as UFOs, or, Fear of Flying Pt. 2

I meant for my writing here to focus on the paranormal and popular culture, but I find myself called to do another post about death;...

Christine Skolnik

Aug 2, 20201 min read

How Artificial Neural Networks Paved the Way For A Dramatic New Theory of Dreams

A provocative new theory out of machine learning and the neurosciences suggests dreams are a way of overcoming human "overfitting," the...

Christine Skolnik

Jul 2, 20201 min read

Frankissstein

Excerpt from Frankissstein: A Love Story by Jeanette Winterson Lake Geneva, 1816 "[ . . .] "That night we sat around the steaming fire...