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What is the connection between divination and parapsychology? Why is divination's mode of operation so alien to science, and rejected by mainstream religion? The MA programme in the cultural study of cosmology and divination at the University of Kent, Canterbury (UK) seeks to bridge the gulf between theory and practice in the study of divination. (more)

My supernatural weapons were in storage. A wind preceded the philosopher's stone, whose energy had been hidden behind the two hands of a clock. My teachers were concerned about my psychological health. I did not dare to obey. A more frightening voice had also issued ultimatums. (more)

Everywhere I go, I meet people who express an irrational desire to grow some of their own food, to build their own houses, to get their hands back in the dirt. Now it is time to fall in love with the world. (more)

Society has mechanisms for the handling of objects which it deems helpful but dangerous. In order to drive a car, for example, you need a license. What if there was a license for exploring your mind? (more)

The more romantic among us are used to thinking that there may be one true soul mate for each person. It is less common to imagine that friends or teachers may also play their parts in this apparent drama of predestination. Each student of a good teacher might well view the meeting as a one of a kind event. (more)