Category Archives: Religions and Cults
Psychiatrists are the least religious of all physicians
A nationwide survey of the religious beliefs and practices of American physicians has found that the least religious of all medical specialties is psychiatry. – possibly because, of all medical specialties, psychiatry, with its preoccupation with intangibles, its normative tropes … more…
China Regulates Buddhist Reincarnation
China Regulates Buddhist Reincarnation In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which … more…
God is… David Shayler!
David Shayler, darling of overweight right wing conspiracy nuts everywhere, is reported to have discovered that he truly is the Son of God. Yes, another one. He apparently made this claim in a televised interview for Channel 4 (page carries … more…
links for 2007-08-06: Satanism
New Statesman – The gates of Hell are thrown open… An explanation of the rudiments of Satanism. Not especially eloquent, but noteworthy that The New Statesman should be including such an article in its Faith column… (tags: satanism, religion)
Cerne Abbas intervention, again. This time it’s Homer.
The small but perfectly formed controversy over Homer Simpson’s appearance in the field adjoining the Cerne Abbas giant has brought a little traffic this way already today, before I’d even got around to considering whether to run with it here. … more…
links for 2007-01-16: RAW essays
A Selection of Obscure Robert Anton Wilson Essays – 10 Zen Monkeys (a webzine) (tags: psychology Writing RAW essays)
Abdi-cations
Rather lovely illustrations by Andrej and Olga Dugin, from a children’s book, The Adventures of Abdi, which once details are tracked from here to there and back again, turns out to have been written by Madonna. Yeah, that Madonna. The … more…
Modern Alchemy: Tincture of Winchester
I am partial to smoky flavours — smoked cheese, smoked fish, smoked tea, all that good stuff — so the Tincture of Winchester candle, apparently named after the rifle and giving forth, according to this here online brochure, an aroma … more…
Death’s Dream Kingdom: The American Psyche Since 9-11
This is a chapter exerpt from the book by Walter A. Davis, in which religious fundamentalism gets taken apart nut by bolt, in a psychological stylee. Charles Strozier identifies four beliefs as fundamental to Christian fundamentalism. (1) Inerrancy or biblical … more…