The year I was born, in 1981, the US Government decided magick was real. Well, the “US Government” is of course an abstraction—specifically, Congressional Research Service was commissioned to do a report on psychic phenomena and offered the following conclusion:
“Recent experiments in remote viewing and other studies in parapsychology suggest that there exists an ‘interconnectiveness’ of the human mind with other minds and with matter.
This interconnectiveness would appear to be functional in nature and amplified by intent and emotion.” That sounds like a pretty accurate description of magick to me. Score one for the weirdos, right?
Full article at Brainsturbator
Absolutely – proud to be a wierdo!!
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Well .. interaction between minds is there all the time .. we can actually hear and see it … we learned to alter energy in such a way that it comes out via the mouth as a sound .. we learned how to interpret this energy … even without the words .. and just emotional outbursts it is not that difficult to interpret. That is one.
Two .. why should the same energy not be able to get out but then not via the mouth .. after all .. our bodies are quite able to let through energy .of all kind ..
Being in control and being aware of it .. that’s probably the real issue. Instead of medical sciences and neurology and such it’s probably also physics we def. need to include in the research of this energy. Techniques might not be advanced enough yet. But Physics of all knows more about energy
Wow! What a great piece. MORE to read up on. I was going to go for a run before the food shopping arrives, but bollocks to that – I’m reading up on Sheldrake. Jeez, I wish I could keep all this stuff in my head – it’s only in there for short periods of time and then it whisps away – until a game of Trivial Pursuit or some cheating pub quizzer texts a question in a panic and it half comes back to me.
And what’s with the half-picture of Derren shoved in there?
the year ‘you’ wereborn phillis? or is that an article
It seems there comes a point where people stop thinking. An age, a situation, a degree of difficulty, a level of responsibility… it seems we all stop at different points on different scales. And there are people out there willing to manipulate us while we’re not thinking. I doubt this phenomena could ever really be stopped.
I once went on a blind date with a woman who was an IT manager from San Francisco. During our date she told me that she had been “part of a psychic army engaged in a secret war with the most evil man on earth”, and eluded to remote viewing as the technique, and searching for Electromagnetic pulse weapons as being the target of their group.
We never had a second date
Hmmm…utterly interesting
@ammonyte – look up more on the weapons and on Tesla. She’s not a very good spy if she coughs up on a first date though, is she?
Mirror neurons! I know about those! Very interesting article and JayKay, I know exactly what you mean about reading something fascinating and then forgetting all about it the next day…
@ Fosca – I blame it on my mobile. Or age.
D’you think it would be deemed sexist if a straight female were to bring up the great set of lungs on the girl in the photo? Or is it just inapproriate? Or maybe it’s just observant?
Excellent! MORE bizare psychic experiments coming out of America! Score one for the weirdos, indeed!
P.s. Referring to the pic…..Ah yes, that was a great party! We all shoved Phillis in to the pool, and she grabbed the silver party balloons on her way in.
@Fosca – have you seen the wee monkey on Wikipedia re mirror neurons – aw…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Makak_neonatal_imitation.png
Hmmm,
Yet another interesting article. I wonder how many people will tend to just ignore and dismiss it all though. Their loss I guess.
I hope everyone’s well here
Peace People
This may be of interest?
Magick is usually written with an upper case “M”.
The “K” was added by Aleister Crowley to mark the difference between real Magick and stage magic.
I may be wrong; however, so don’t take it as gospel, please.
i think you are so brilliant to be able to expand control and interact in such a way as uw do…….u are the truest articulated mind iv ever saww. you express such feelings of energy all round. u have true respect of how and the way you Tell ur way. my words i just couldnt speak of h0w greatly u show such carisma knowledge and truth you put forth///// stay tuned an trance me more on friday nite – love and respect. mags
The year you were born Philis… this has been confusing me for some while.
In this article you say it’s 1981 which would make you 28.
On facebook your profile says 1903 making you 106. And your profile photo, well that’s something else.
I’m thinking either you’re some kind of timelord or you have an enchanted portrait in your attic which makes you look your real age of 106 while your actual physical appearance is beautifully preserved age 28 for eternity.
If that’s the case, don’t stab the wretched thing in a hissy fit like Dorian Grey did or you’ll wind up looking like a diseased walnut
@JayKaye
Ah, but I was such a good counter-spy
I have read all of John le Carre’s books 
@flapjack
Thank you for that…. the punchline gave me a much needed chuckle
Isn’t the 1981 reference of Birthdate in relation to the actual author of the article?
It’s the same on the site.
Pax, amor et concordia!
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(Yes, I got a new one… kind of
Uhuh…
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Hmmm.
I dunno,
I’m away for a couple of days and you guys lumber me with a loooong page of interesting reading.
I did say I “…apply myself well to things that gain my interest”!
Trust me eh?… Damn mind!
You know what they say about curiousity… well I’m bloody glad I’m a Woolf, hahaha.
(No seriously… I’m quite concerned
@ Joe Pendragon:
Err… yes, thanks for that useful insight!
You’ll no doubt know where to see the spelling correction made, thank you my friend.
@ mags:
Gee thanks!
@ D:
I see where the pornographic poetry remark came from now.
I meant what I said before though:
If you’re the (or even ‘an’) Evil/mad/possessed one…
The monkeys wont be the only ones flinging poo (and I’m deadly accurate)!
*Sigh* Why me…lol
Pax, amor et concordia!
x
You ever wonder why the air gets thick when Deja vu happens. Or perhaps what we look like with out bodies when all that can bee seen is the”midst” of those around you. Like thousands of stars floating in space with all of there thoughts cascadeing across translucent spheres. You ever wonder why people have nightmares, and why some times glowing figures show up in your dreams and destroy the things that haunt your sleep. Or perhaps you don’t care. Either way the government still has programs in psychic warfare operational today. I know, I am project uriel. don’t try to find me.