Watching The World Change
In Japan, nearly 85% of the entire population follows one of two religions: Buddhism and Shinto. In this article, you will encounter more facts about Shinto, including an ancient creation story and certain practices. An ancient creation story related to Shinto involves a divine couple that consisted of Izanagi-no-mikoto and Izanami-no-mikoto, who are said to…
Originating from the gem mineral called chrysoberyl, cat’s eye is a gemstone that is linked to the planet Ketu , one of the nine significant components of Vedic astrology. Not only is the gemstone used to overcome issues associated with the planet, but also has a place in alternate healing. In this article, you will…
The popular green gemstone known as the emerald is found in the family of beryl gems, which includes the likes of aquamarine, morganite, and heliodor. All of the above gems possess the same chemical components except for emerald, which has chromic oxide , the feature that gives the emerald its shade of green color that…
Shinto is an ancient religion in Japan, which has a history that traces back to 500 BCE (or earlier). At the start of the belief system, Shinto represented a blend of fertility cults, the worship of nature, hero worship, and shamanism. The name of the religion came from a Chinese phrase that meant ‘The Way…
When exploring potential areas of interest that could be haunted on the West Coast, there is a small town nestled among the big cities and the valleys and desert making up one of the most haunted areas in the state. The name of the place is Antioch, and it is one of the most unsung…
Thai Ngoc is a man that medical modern science says should have died in 1976 when he was robbed of the ability to sleep. The Vietnamese man, born in 1942 in a small village called Trung Ha in the Quang Nam Province said one of his greatest aspirations in life was to one day have…
One of the most incredible shots of a ghost is a classic, but to this day is one of the most incredible sightings ever caught on film to suggest a strange ectoplasm may suddenly materialize and float around in the dead of night in Gettysburg. The strange scene is one of the most perplexing pieces…
Murders motivated by the occult are always feared most of all, not only for the grisly actions of those involved, but the motivation which is often inexplicable and entirely senseless to the rest of us. And the case of the teenage run cult of Satanists that murdered their victims and then cannibalized them is no…
NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander had a good run by most standards. The craft originally intended to have a short run in 2008 measuring weather conditions from Mars’ North pole withstanding freezing temperatures far beyond what the craft was ever intended to endure. But there was a system placed on-board with the intention of reviving it…
For the first time ever in the history of technology, a human being has been infected with a virus intended for a computer. Of course this seems impossible, as computer viruses are completely information based entities, and humans are based in biology with completely incompatible information systems. At least this used to be true. When…