William Anders: Oh my God! Look at that picture over there! There's the Earth coming up. Wow, is that pretty. Frank Borman: Hey, don't take that, it's not scheduled. (joking) Anders: (laughs) You got a color film, Jim? Hand me that roll of color quick, would you... James Lovell: … [Read more...]
The Daimon, the Witch, and the Moon-Journey – “The Dream” of Johannes Kepler (Part 2)
The story so far, of pioneer astronomer Johannes Kepler's pioneering science-fiction story "The Dream": The young hero Duracotus has gone with his witch-like mother to a crossroads, the kind of place where witches perform their rites. There she's conjured up a "daimon." Not a demon, exactly. A … [Read more...]
The Daimon, the Witch, and the Moon-Journey – “The Dream” of Johannes Kepler (Part 1)
A not-so-trivial trivia question: who was the astronomer whose mother was tried as a witch? And who blamed his own unpublished science-fiction story--regarded by some as the first science-fiction ever written--for getting her in trouble? Welcome to the wonderful world of the 16th and 17th … [Read more...]
Ghostly Apparations, Wicca, and Ronald Hutton
So it's the merry month of May, and, accordingly, I spent last Saturday afternoon at a Beltane celebration out in the country. It was a beautiful blue-sky day, not too hot. The sun was pretty intense, though, and I decided to pass up the Maypole dance and stay in the shade. I'm not much of a … [Read more...]
“Erasing Death” and the NDE Phenomenon – Softening the Grim Reaper
Dr. Sam Parnia (with Josh Young), Erasing Death: The Science That Is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death (Harper One, 2013). "Howl, howl, howl! ... She's gone for ever. I know when one is dead, and when one lives ... This feather stirs; she lives! If it be so, It is a chance which … [Read more...]
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