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Why Did So Many Victorians Try to Speak with the Dead?

By Casey Cep — 2021

Many explanations have been offered for Spiritualism, but the movement was more than a fad.

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An Introduction to Telekinesis

The concept of telekinesis—the ability to use the power of thought or focused intention without any physical intervention to induce movement in objects at rest or influence the movement of objects and physical systems already in motion—is often relegated to the realm of science fiction and...

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2022
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An Introduction to Telepathy

Telepathy has not been conclusively proven, nor has it been disproven. While there is no room for the concept of telepathy in classical Newtonian physics, quantum physics does not discount the possibility.

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2022
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‘Afterlife’ feels ‘even more real than real,’ researcher says

You’re about to go to “heaven” and live to tell about it. And your story will become the subject of scientific research.

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Ben Brumfield
2013
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The torture of the grave Islam and the afterlife

According to Islamic doctrine, between the moment of death and the burial ceremony, the spirit of a deceased Muslim takes a quick journey to Heaven and Hell, where it beholds visions of the bliss and torture awaiting humanity at the end of days.

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Leor Halevi
2027
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Mormon women fear eternal polygamy, study shows

Carol Lynn Pearson's new book argues that many, if not most, Mormon women feel pain and fear at the prospect of sharing their husbands with at least one other wife for all of eternity.

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Jana Riess
2016
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What is hell?

The recent dispute over whether Pope Francis denied the existence of hell in an interview attracted wide attention.

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Joanne M. Pierce
2021
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Friday Essay: How Can the Dead Send Us Emails? The Ethical Dilemma of Digital Souls

Tim Hart was sitting on his couch one evening in November 2011 when he got an email with the subject line: “I’m watching.” The message that followed was short and to the point …

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Patrick Stokes
2021
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Can Science ‘Prove’ There’s an Afterlife? Netflix Documentary Says Yes.

The documentary emphasizes “proof” of life after death, but it mixes the debunked, the unknown and the unprovable.

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Stephanie Pappas
2021
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Is There a Jewish Afterlife?

Judaism is famously ambiguous about what happens when we die.

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MJL
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How Believing in an Afterlife Can Ruin Your Life

Surely any support for a belief in an afterlife, no matter how tenuous, is better than none? Isn’t it bound to be a comfort? It may not work out like that.

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John Shand
2011
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