Two recent much-publicised studies of the efficacy of prayer concluded that it didn’t work. But David R. Hodge, an assistant professor of social work in the College of Human Services at Arizona State University's West campus (right), has come to the opposite conclusion. The results of his exhaustive meta-analysis on the effects of intercessory prayer among people with psychological or medical problems have just been published. Hodge, a leading expert on spirituality and religion, says the evidence confirms that prayer can produce positive results...
Mick Jagger “visited by aliens”
Sir Mick Jagger has been visited by aliens. Michael C. Luckman - author of ‘Alien Rock: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Extraterrestrial Connection’ - says The Rolling Stones rocker developed an interest in extraterrestrial phenomena after a close encounter of the third kind in the 60s...
Ghost ship relatives say crew are alive
Relatives of the skipper of a catamaran that was found drifting empty off the Great Barrier Reef said today that they had been in "spiritual" touch with him and believe that he is fighting for his life "somewhere dark"...
Scientists unearth Superman's "kryptonite"
Kryptonite, which robbed Superman of his powers, is no longer the stuff of comic books and films. A mineral found by geologists in Serbia shares virtually the same chemical composition as the fictional kryptonite from outer space, used by the superhero's nemesis Lex Luther to weaken him in the film "Superman Returns"...
(Also read: "The Truth About the Superman Curse")
Something they're not telling us
I have made comments before on the logistics of making contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence, and this subject is a very important one. Just how would we react? How would your life change if suddenly you were told that contact had been made with ET? Has that contact already been made? Possibly. At least now the nations of the world are considering the possibilities...
Guatemala awaits the "Antichrist"
He calls himself the Antichrist, wears the number 666 tattooed on his arm and claims a following of 2 million people. And Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda is coming to Guatemala whether it wants him or not...
The A-Team reunites to contact George Peppard
The former stars of 1980s action series The A-Team will reunite for a reality TV program, in which they will attempt to contact their deceased co-star George Peppard. Actors Dirk Benedict, Mr. T. and Dwight Schultz will appear on a special edition of British paranormal show Most Haunted later this year, when they will try to communicate with their old friend, who passed away from pneumonia in 1994...
(Also read: "How To Conduct A Séance")
Patterson’s old woman Bigfoot
One of the subjects that often is debated is whether Roger Patterson based a supposed and alleged staging of a filmed hoax of a female Bigfoot on his idea of what a female Sasquatch might look like. And did he show his hand in his only book?..
(Watch the "Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film")
Second "ghost ship" found off Queensland coast
Another unmanned vessel has been discovered floating off the coast of Queensland. The 6m barnacle-encrusted fibreglass boat, which was yesterday spotted in waters off the Sunshine Coast, is the second mystery vessel to be found in Queensland waters in less than a week...
