The Jumping Frenchmen

The "Jumpers" or "Jumping Frenchmen" were an example of excess nerve-force. They were mostly French Canadian lumberjacks in the Moosehead Lake and Beauce regions of Maine and Quebec. George M. Beard, M.D. (American Nervousness: Its Causes and Consequences, 1881) wrote ... "Trance, with its ... Read More

Social Contagion

According to Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty) ... "The environment is an illusion unto itself. 'Thou shalt not lie' is not one of the Ten Commandments because the entire universe is a lie. It's called Maya, or relativity." Our environment is contagious. "Monkey see, monkey do." Cesare Lombros... Read More