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

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

At-OM's X-Phials #9 (AI: "The 'magic phial' most commonly refers to the Phial of Galadriel from The Lord of the Rings, a crystal vessel containing the light of Eärendil's star, used to illuminate darkness and repel evil.") News: "High wind warning brings risk of downed trees, power outages in L.... Read More

Pierre Janet (Psychological Healing: A Historical and Clinical Study, Vol. 1) wrote ... "At first, disorders of the mind were dealt with only through the intermediation of the disorders of movement. As I have already shown more than once, the patient whose most obvious symptoms seem to be phobias... Read More

The first two paragraphs of Franklin Rosemont's introduction to John Patrick Devaney's 1997 biography of Paschal Beverly Randolph is as close as it gets to my style of unrelenting research ... "All-out war on conventional wisdom is always a duty and a pleasure, not only for poets and hipsters but... Read More