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Philosophers Stoned
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on Saturday, December 6, 2025 9:20 AM
Image by Midjourney.com The fact is surprising, when you think about it. Why have philosophers not had more to say about the phenomenology and social, political, legal, economic, and medical aspects of cannabis? Plato wrote his dialogue Symposium about an after-theatre drinking party in ancient Athens, where Socrates and his friends discourse about the nature Read More…
The Christmas Tree Is A Tradition Older Than Christmas
Submitted by Pranky the Elf on Saturday, December 6, 2025 8:31 AM
http://giphy.com Why, every Christmas, do so many people endure the mess of dried pine needles, the risk of a fire hazard and impossibly tangled strings of lights? Strapping a fir tree to the hood of my car and worrying about the strength of the twine, I sometimes wonder if I should just buy an artificial Read More…
Grýla The Growler
Submitted by Storyteller on Friday, December 5, 2025 1:57 PM
Imgur.com While Krampus may be king of holiday scares, his fans may be overlooking an equally nasty, much more formidable queen—a Christmas monster who lives further north, in the frigid climes of Iceland who goes by the name Grýla, the Christmas witch. This tough ogress lives in a cave in Iceland’s hinterlands, the matriarch of Read More…
The Actual Origin Of Xmas As A Christmas Abbreviation
Submitted by SHABDA – Preceptor on Friday, December 5, 2025 1:55 PM
Image by Midjourney.com HAPPY XMAS – X is the abbreviation of the name Christ and has been in use since early Christian times. Many people nowadays are mistakenly of the opinion that the use of “Xmas” is a recent invention or a secular attempt to remove the religious tradition from Christmas by taking the “Christ” Read More…
HO HO HO
Submitted by Holmes on Friday, December 5, 2025 1:40 PM
AI generated from http://Pixabay.com When I was a kid, I was a typical older brother who enjoyed teasing and scaring the bejesus out of my two younger brothers. It was the springboard for the development of my adult powers of persuasion. By age six I knew there was no Santa Claus which of course justified Read More…
Before You Do Magic
Submitted by Summoner on Thursday, December 4, 2025 10:14 AM
Image by Midjourney.com So you’ve decided you want to do magic? Great, join the multitude. Human beings have been making magic for at least fifty thousand years, and probably much longer. The oldest cave paintings in which the ritual dances of shamans are depicted only date back around fifty millennia, so that’s as far into Read More…
The Mystery of Iniquity – Does Evil Exist or do Bad Things Just Happen?
Submitted by Veritas on Thursday, December 4, 2025 10:06 AM
Image by Midjourney.com On June 10, 1991, a cover story appeared in Time magazine on the topic of evil. The author, Lance Morrow, did not argue for a particular thesis and did not reach any conclusions. What he did, however, was in a sense more important. He began by stating three propositions: God is all-powerful. Read More…
Fortune’s Folly
Submitted by Kotodama on Thursday, December 4, 2025 9:58 AM
Image by Midjourney.com A fortune teller can be called a diviner, soothsayer, clairvoyant, seer, or oracle. Other specific terms include psychic, astrologer, palm reader, or tarot reader, depending on the method they use. The word ‘fortune’ is derived from ‘Fortuna’. Fortuna was the Roman goddess of prosperity and luck, and she represented fertility, both of Read More…
Why is a Lucid Dream Safer than Astral Projection?
Submitted by Dr. Nomoco on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 2:30 PM
Image by Midjourney.com From what I understand, the difference comes down to the proximity to the physical body and physical realm. Physicality is a bit like a turtle shell, and going out of shell creates certain vulnerabilities. In lucid dreaming, a portion of the subtle body naturally detaches as it always does during sleep and Read More…
Duped
Submitted by Rev. Samuel Anatto on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 2:13 PM
Image by Midjourney.com The Query: I have been quite duped. My own desires and the aliens” promise of the fulfillment of those desires has enticed me to continue much like the carrot and the donkey. The beginning was quite dramatic and beautiful, and then turned into something other. In truth, they simply used me, drew Read More…
































