Issue #20 Articles

Sleep Paralysis, Split Personalities, and Spirit Possession
These days, the condition known as sleep paralysis is used to explain—and often unfairly dismiss—a significant number of nocturnal paranormal experiences, from alien abduction episodes to out-of-body incidents.

Michelle Belanger:
Life as a Psychic Vampire

Michelle Belanger has written several books about vampirism, is a novelist, an accomplished soprano vocalist, and has been involved in a number of TV shows and films documenting the vampire subculture. She is also a self-described vampire and the founder of House Kheperu, a magical society with a unique style of energy work.

Science and Psychism:
The Future of Artificial Intelligence

Telekinesis, thought control, mind reading, telepathy, remote sensing, precognition… all of these supposed psychic powers, despite what believers may wish to be true, have never proven themselves to be genuine under the stringent scientific investigation. But now, it seems, they may not have to—science has proven their existence for them.

From Microbes to Monoliths:
The Search for Life on Mars

For thousands of years, man has looked up at Mars and wondered what or who was up there. Now that evidence of life on Mars is emerging, the response on the part of NASA and the scientific community at large seems to range from mild curiosity or indifference, to outright denial. Even so, many researchers continue to insist that there is evidence that water once existed on the planet, as well as perhaps an advanced civilization.


Columns

Noteworthy

Unusual Creatures
  From Dwarfs to Giants: Sightings of Unusually Sized Humans

From the Skies
 News Blackouts and the Non-Reporting of UFOs

Strange Disappearances
  The Mysterious Disappearance of Agatha Christie

Treasures from the Deep

Urban Legends
  College Campus Urban Legends: Tall Tales that Students Tell

Haunted Heritage
  Moonville, OH: A Haunted Railroad Town

Mysteries of Science
  Virginia’s Twitching Illness and Other Mass Maladies

Arcane Cults
  The Children of God: Jesus Freaks and Flirty Fishing

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