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Near-Death Experiences Are Being Studied in Hospital ICUs. The Results Aren't What Skeptics Expected.
The standard explanation for near-death experiences is that they are a product of the dying brain — oxygen deprivation, neurotransmitter floods, the mind's last-ditch attempt to make sense of its own shutdown. It's a clean, materialist explanation, and for decades it was enough to stop
The Researchers Who Proved Plants Scream
The Future Is Already Here — and It Says It Understands
A Third of Americans Consult Tarot or Astrology. This Is Not a Trend. It's a Shift.
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, How Do I Blame Them All?
The Universe Is Recording Everything
Dark Matter Doesn't Exist (and That's the Problem)
The Inner Rebel
The Difference Between Spirituality and Spiritual Bypassing
Here is a thing that happens in spiritual communities, and also in therapy offices, and also in conversations with people who have done a significant amount of personal work: a painful topic comes up, and instead of sitting with it, someone reaches for an idea that makes it go away.
WitchTok Has More Daily Viewers Than Most Cable News. They Called It 'Unhealthy.'
Tarot Stopped Promising Your Future and Started Explaining Your Present. That's the Upgrade.
We Used to Call It Snake Oil. Now It Has 4 Million Subscribers and a Supplement Line.
Reading for Skeptics: What 10,000 Readings Taught Me About People Who Don't Believe
Mysticism: True, False, or Are We Asking the Wrong Question?