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The Men Who Stare At Goats

A few years ago I bought my brother a book for Christmas called The Men Who Stare At Goats.  I wanted to read it but was too stingy to spend the money on myself.  So I bought it, ‘carefully perused it make sure it was ok’ and passed it on.  Now it’s out as a film with George Clooney and Ewan McGregor.  It’s about the US Army – who has a history for this sort of thing – attempting to train psychic warriors skills in the arts of remote viewing and other psychic abilities. Read more…

Jedi Knights – Myth and Reality

Once the publicity for the Jedi workshop started to skyrocket (or is it skywalk?) I got asked a particular question over and over again.  Even if it wasn’t asked explicity, I could see it in people’s smirking eyes, and feel it in draft left by their open mouths.

“You don’t think all this Jedi stuff is really real, do you?”

It’s not as silly a question as it first sounds.  After all, there are people out there who take this Jedi thing very seriously.  Some have built the beginnings of a religion around it.  Others talk earnestly of trying to live out ‘the Jedi way’ and of their temptations toward ‘the dark side’. Read more…