What do we really want from religion? Palliatives? Therapy? Comfort? Do we want reassuring fables or an understanding of our actual circumstances? Dismay that the Universe does not conform to our preferences seems childish. You might think that grown-ups would be ashamed to put such thoughts into print. The fashionable way of doing this is not to blame the Universe -- which … [Read more...]
Drone Flights over fantastic scenery
by TS Caladan I've weeded out hundreds of truly remarkable and breathtaking HD drone flights available on YouTube for the following reasons: Biggest annoyance to me when I discovered such natural majesty on YT were the damn commercials. What else? Of course, nowadays, we must suffer the forced ads that break in on YouTube. But I'm talking about ads by the bloggers or … [Read more...]
The Mystery of Opioid Addiction
Researchers have to understand why opioid dependence is so deadly to help in solving the epidemic they cause. According to the latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, there are two recognized addiction types. These are substance use and gambling disorders. When addictive substances are lumped together into a single category, it means they affect similar … [Read more...]
What is cannabis oil and how to use it?
As the number of legal users of marijuana and cannabis is growing, the active substances of these plants are becoming more of interest. These include cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). These are two natural ingredients found in plants from the genus Cannabis. CBD is mainly found in hemp extract. It is sold in the form of oils, extracts, gels, additives, and … [Read more...]
Beyond Barronsland
Excerpt from TS Caladan's 11th Book:"Beyond Barronsland" Act 15: 'White MEAD or Black MEAD?' The time was right. The time was right for Neo to emerge from the pod. He was in a prone position inside what appeared as an elongated, tinted-glass egg. Tubes and wires were attached to the device. His strong arms thrust upward and smashed the pod to bits! Sounds were … [Read more...]
Unravelling the Mysteries of Liability Insurance
Among the many types of insurance policies out there, liability insurance is one that tends to cause a lot of confusion among consumers and professionals alike. Ask any non-expert certain questions like who needs liability insurance, what it can protect you from, and how to get it, and you’re likely to get a whole bunch of different answers. And if you’re planning to work in … [Read more...]
The secrets of the underground catacombs of Rome
Not far from the city walls among the well-trimmed orchards, there lies a crypt buried in darksome pits. Into its secret recesses a steep path with winding stairs directs one, even though the turnings shut out the light... and when, as you advance farther, the darkness as of night seems to get more and more obscure throughout the mazes of the cavern, there occur at various … [Read more...]
The Fiction of Man-made Global Warming
by Anthony Bright-Paul There is absolutely no way that so-called Greenhouse Gas emissions can cause warming or generate heat. It is a fiction that is spread by such august bodies as the IPCC, and promulgated by news channels like the BBC and CNN and is even taught to unsuspecting children in schools. . Far from greenhouse gas emissions generating heat, precisely the opposite … [Read more...]
Outside of Everything
by TS Caladan The Captain of the Intrepid did not believe what her instruments and what her eyes told her brain. Every sensor, monitor and machine onboard the new Galaxy-Class vessel confirmed the “discovery,” a discovery that was incomprehensible. Closer. Closer. Closer. Her crew of 111 barely believed the stark truth that stood only a few short “light-days” in front … [Read more...]
Fairyland – Airy Fairy or Quite Contrary?
by Dan Green Back in 1989 I was visited at my home by university lecturer and journalist Joe Cooper from Leeds. We had exchanged a number of correspondences having been mutually introduced to one another by author Colin Wilson. Joe was a fervent believer in fairies and once shared with me an enlarged area from a convincing black and white picture he had been sent, showing … [Read more...]
The New Men and the New World
Announcing 10th Published Book by TS Caladan aka Doug Yurchey: "The New Men and the New World". I'm proud to announce my 10th published book by TWB Press. In five years as an author, I've written 2 non-fiction novels and 8 books I call “science-faction” or fantasy that have direct correlation with the real world. My “stories” are 'delivery systems' for what I sincerely … [Read more...]
Tibetan Tantric Sexism
by Dan Green Back in 2015, the most likely well known robed figure on the planet declared that he might reincarnate for the first time as a woman, and if he did so she would have to be an attractive one! This remark from HH the Dalai Lama caused quite a stir with accusations of ‘sexism’ placed his way. Knowing what I do of this figure, I felt it was more of a tongue in cheek … [Read more...]
‘Game of Thrones’ was not a story … and why we were compelled to watch
by TS Caladan [The following are conclusions based on my last 3 published books: '2099: Transia,' 'Mandela Effect' and 'The New Men and the New World.' Read a completely different review of 'Game of Thrones.' Find out what it really was. These are final thoughts in my latest book. TSC]. Let's get real. What the dealeo was 'Game of Thrones' all about? You know it … [Read more...]
An Evening with Tesla & J.P. Morgan
by TS Caladan [Excerpt from manuscript entitled: 'The New Men and the New World']. New York's famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, contained a very exclusive backroom/ballroom, which served the richest and most famous people on the planet. Two extraordinary men met for a “celebration” at the prime table. Other Intelligentsia occupied tables a … [Read more...]
An Alternative to Game of Thrones – Part 2
by TS Caladan House Mire or “North Station” in Ausland was one more great unknown in the foggy, lost past of Joga. Who built it and how was it constructed in such a brutal land? Monoliths, almost the size of the White Castle's building blocks, composed this northern fortress (more than a castle). A massive wall of the largest tree trunks imaginable surrounded … [Read more...]
An Alternative to Game of Thrones
by TS Caladan With the long-awaited 8th and final season of 'Game of Thrones' here, fans are outraged! 8 years invested in the HBO super-series and it boils down to this? Little Arya somehow gets thru armies of the dead and kills Night King only 3 episodes in? Not Jon Snow? Are you kidding me? Does the dead guy snap her neck? No. He lets her stab him thru armor and he … [Read more...]
In through the Out Door – Neurology’s Visa to Otherworld Vistas
by Dan Green There is the argument that the taking of drugs is an effort to shortcut the way to either mystical or visionary experiences, and, perhaps, spiritual. Some argue it is a cheat, sidestepping personal effort, and therefore laziness. Ironically, the word acedia (also accidie) pronounced ‘acid-ia’ as in ‘acid’ as in LSD, means a spiritual sloth, once noted as a … [Read more...]
The Origins of Christianity
by David Pratt By the middle of the 2nd century, a battle was raging between gnostic and literalist Christians. The latter attacked the gnostics as heretics who had perverted genuine Christianity, whereas the truth is that Literalism is a degenerate form of the original Jesus mysteries of the gnostics. In the face of gnostic insistence that the Jesus story was a mystical … [Read more...]
MANDELA EFFECT BOOK by TS Caladan
ANNOUNCING PUBLICATION OF NEW MANDELA EFFECT BOOK by TS Caladan (TWB Press) After months of researching the Mandela Effect, which consisted of reading about it online, talking to people, but mainly viewing THOUSANDS of YouTube videos... I've changed (excuse the pun). I've went from skeptic to non-skeptic in time, under the weight of evidence. If the masses feel … [Read more...]
Can CBD Oil Help You With Long-Term Health Conditions Like Fibromyalgia
CBD (cannabidiol) is a compound found in Cannabis plants that does not have psychoactive properties. That means it won’t get you high, but it still has many of the health benefits associated with Cannabis. Because it doesn’t get you stoned, it is able to be used by children and others who are unable to use medical marijuana. Cannabidiol oil and other products made with CBD … [Read more...]
Metonic Cycle
Depiction of the 19 years of the Metonic cycle as a wheel, with the Julian date of the Easter New Moon, from a 9th-century computistic manuscript made in St. Emmeram's Abbey (Clm 14456, fol. 71r) For astronomy and calendar studies, the Metonic cycle or Enneadecaeteris (from Ancient Greek words meaning "nineteen years") is a period of very close to 19 years … [Read more...]