Supernatural – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:54:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Supernatural – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Reassuring Ghosts and Haunted Houses https://brewminate.com/reassuring-ghosts-and-haunted-houses/ Thu, 28 Feb 2019 18:53:20 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=76194 No evidence supports the existence of haunted houses, but in a largely secular society, an increasing number of

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]]> Belief in Supernatural Beings is Totally Natural – and False https://brewminate.com/belief-in-supernatural-beings-is-totally-natural-and-false/ Thu, 08 Nov 2018 18:36:41 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=47653 Craig Cloutier/Flickr/Creative Commons By Dr. Stephen Law / 12.15.2015 Philosopher and Author Centre for Inquiry Human beings are

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]]> The Victorian Supernatural: Spirits, Science, and Society https://brewminate.com/the-victorian-supernatural/ Fri, 03 Aug 2018 18:24:37 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=66495 Challenging the idea of the 19th century as one of secularisation, exploring the popularity of mesmerism, spiritualism and ‘true’

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]]> Oracles and Models: Ancient and Modern Ways of Telling the Future https://brewminate.com/oracles-and-models-ancient-and-modern-ways-of-telling-the-future/ Fri, 03 Aug 2018 18:24:04 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=66480 Heinrich Leutemann [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons There’s a surprising amount in common between ancient ways of thinking about the future and the techniques we use now.

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]]> Potions and Poisons: Tracing the ‘Witch’ and Practice of Magic to the Graeco-Roman World https://brewminate.com/potions-and-poisons-tracing-the-witch-and-practice-of-magic-to-the-graeco-roman-world/ Sun, 04 Feb 2018 18:35:08 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=50125 The Oracle, 1880, Camillo Miola (Biacca). Oil on canvas, 42 1/2 x 56 1/4 in. The J. Paul

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]]> The Horoscope of Iskander Sultan https://brewminate.com/the-horoscope-of-iskander-sultan/ Thu, 01 Feb 2018 18:54:15 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=49688 This 19th century Sudanese drawing of an amulet includes spells against the ‘evil eye’. Wellcome Library reference: MS Arabic

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]]> Defining the Demonic – Jacques Collin de Plancy’s ‘Dictionnaire Infernal’ https://brewminate.com/defining-the-demonic-jacques-collin-de-plancys-dictionnaire-infernal/ Tue, 31 Oct 2017 16:34:51 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=39247 Astaroth, from the 1863 edition of Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire infernal / archive.org Although Jacques Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire infernal, a

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]]> How the God You Worship Influences the Ghosts You See https://brewminate.com/how-the-god-you-worship-influences-the-ghosts-you-see/ Tue, 31 Oct 2017 16:33:36 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=39242 Gallowglass, CC BY-SA By Dr. Frank T. McAndrew / 10.25.2017 Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology Knox College If

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]]> Ghostbusters and Why We Like to Laugh at Things that Go Bump in the Night https://brewminate.com/ghostbusters-and-why-we-like-to-laugh-at-things-that-go-bump-in-the-night/ Sun, 10 Jul 2016 21:38:21 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=9330 Who you gonna call? Sony Pictures By Dr. Simone Natale / 07.07.2016 Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies

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