Avatar is a self-actualization “technique” created by an ex-Scientologist named Harry Palmer, who defected from the “church” in 1986 to found a lookalike multi-level-marketing version where he serves as a commission-earning “upline” from practitioners who teach his high-priced “courses” — his Scientology-alike borrows heavily from the original cult and even used some of itsRead More
Claude Mellan’s copper engraving “Face of Christ” (1649) consists of a single line starting at the tip of the nose and spiraling out with varying thickness to create the image. The copper plate is approximately 17″ x 12.5″. From ArtGallery.nsw:
Starting with the tip of his burin in the centre ofRead More
The term “values voter” is taken to mean someone who votes for politicians on the basis of their personal integrity and values; in reality, polls and studies show that evangelicals who identify as “values voters” support candidates they know to be repugnant or even monstrous, if they believe that those politicians will promise toRead More
Psychologists at Johns Hopkins University are currently giving two dozen religious leaders psilocybin, the psychedelic drug in magic mushrooms, to, y’know, see what happens. From The Guardian: Despite most organised religions frowning on the use of illicit substances, Catholic, Orthodox and Presbyterian priests, a Zen Buddhist and several rabbis were recruited. The team has yetRead More
Holy cow! A calf in Uttar Pradesh, India was born with a human face, leading some people to worship it as an incarnation of the god Vishnu. Unfortunately, the animal died an hour after birth. From India.com:
Unfortunately, the deformed calf could not survive and died in an hour, but that did not stopRead More
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