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Jun 24
4 min

Communion & UFO Epistemology

Communion has haunted me over 30 years. In 1987, Whitley Strieber published his now (in)famous account of alien abduction in which he was...

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Paradigms and Perils of Synchronicity, Part 1

Christine Skolnik

May 31
5 min

Paradigms and Perils of Synchronicity, Part 1

Examples and explanations of synchronicity abound. There are many published theories and countless personal interpretations. When I first...

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The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge

Christine Skolnik

Apr 18
1 min

The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge

Review by Stephen Dawson Reposted from Reading Religion, February 25, 2019 Jeffrey J. Kripal’s The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Futur...

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Altered States of Consciousness: not to be missed

Christine Skolnik

Apr 5
1 min

Altered States of Consciousness: not to be missed

Marc Wittmann’s *Altered States of Consciousness* is an update of sorts on what’s happening along the trail William James blazed.

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