Interest in Astrology Sees a Huge Surge

Astrology is a meme, and it’s spreading in that blooming way that memes do. On social media, astrologers and astrology-meme machines amass tens ...

She Cried Out to the Name Demons Fear Most

Jennifer Nizza grew up on grew up on Long Island, New York, as part of an Italian and culturally Catholic family. For her, Christmas was mainly about ...

Astrology's Rapid Rise to Acceptance

Forty years ago, First Lady Nancy Reagan was ridiculed for bringing astrology to the White House. She consulted a San Francisco astrologer who advised ...

Imitating the Rituals of the Rich and Successful

Where would the self-help and business media be without the secret habits of highly successful people? Almost every week there’s a new article outlining ...

The Community that Speaks to the Dead

This small, rural community in upstate New York looks like many others in the state. Victorian cottages cozy up to one another and large oaks dot sidewalks. ...

Houdini vs. The Spiritualists

In the early Twentieth Century, Spiritualism was very popular. Mediums and fortune tellers claimed to be able to make contact with the dead and their ...

They Lost Their Loved Ones to COVID. Then They Heard from Them Again

When Ian and Michelle Horne got married, he wore a purple tie on their wedding day because it was her favorite color. Then came the pandemic.

In fall of ...

Americans Report Quarantining with a Ghost

A recent New York Times article describes the eerie, uncomfortable feelings many people are having during long periods of quarantine due to the coronavirus ...

Astrology Rising in the Age of Uncertainty

A recent article in The New Yorker magazine notes that we’re seeing a dramatic spike in the popularity of astrology. According to a 2017 Pew Research ...

UFOs are Becoming the World’s Next Religion

A new book by D.W. Pasulka, department chair of philosophy and religion at the University of North Carolina, is titled American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, ...