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1.0 PrologThis web article examines the topic of Psychic Powers in a broad, introductory manner ...
2.0 NotesTo give you some idea of the scope of this topic of 'Psychic Powers', we can refer
to Wikipedia, the free online and user-editable encyclopedia — which
discusses six subcategories of psychic powers, plus individual-separate pages
on particular psychic power, as follows:
... Psychic Powers - Subcategories - Psychics
- Channelling
- Clairvoyants
- Psychokinesis
- Remote viewing
- Telepathy
Pages in category "Psychic powers" - Bilocation
- Clairvoyance
- Extrasensory perception
- Kything
- List of psychic abilities
- Precognition
- Psionics
- Psychic
- Psychic reading
- Psychic surgery
- Psychokinesis
- Psychometry
- Radiesthesia
- Remote viewing
- Retrocognition
- Second sight
- Telepathy
- Teleportation
- Topic outline of parapsychology
- Transvection (flying)
Wikipedia has an entry under 'Psychic' as follows ... Psychic The word psychic (... from the Greek psychikos — "of the soul, mental") refers
to the ability to perceive things hidden from the normal senses through what is
described as extra-sensory perception, or to those people said to have such
abilities. It is also used to refer to theatrical performers who use techniques
such as prestidigitation and cold reading to produce the appearance of such
abilities. It has also been used to describe the belief of the ability of the
mind to influence the world physically and telekinetic powers some claim to
demonstrate, such as Uri Geller. Belief in psychic phenomena is widespread in the United States, where a 2005
Gallup poll revealed that 41 percent of Americans believe in extra-sensory
perception. Psychics appear regularly in fiction and science fiction, such as
the The Dead Zone by Stephen King, Jean Grey from the Marvel comic book
universe or Alice Cullen from the Twilight Series written by Stephenie Meyer. A
large industry exists where psychics provide advice and counsel to clients,
though debunkers attribute such putative powers to intentional trickery or
self-delusion. Some famous contemporary psychics include Miss Cleo, Sylvia
Browne, and John Edward. The scientific community has rejected claims of psychic phenomena, and no
compelling evidence of psychic phenomena has been found. A study using
neuroimaging published in 2008 provides the strongest evidence yet obtained
that paranormal mental phenomena do not exist. In 1988 the U.S. National Academy of Sciences gave a report on the subject that
concluded there is "no scientific justification from research conducted over a
period of 130 years for the existence of parapsychological phenomena." In 1991
a survey of opinion amongst scientists in the National Academy of Sciences, 96%
described themselves as "skeptical" of ESP, although 2% believed in psi and 10%
felt that parapsychological research should be encouraged. The www.mysteriouspeople.com site has the following entry (adapted/edited slightly) ... Mind Power - An Introduction to Psychics & Mediums Most people are familiar with individuals who claim to possess special powers
of the mind, though fewer understand the distinction between a 'psychic' and a
'medium'. The rather general term 'psychic' is used to refer to those people allegedly
possessed of unusual mental powers such as telepathy and psychokinesis (also
known as 'telekinesis' - the movement of objects by the mind alone). A 'medium', on the other hand, acts basically as a human intermediary for
messages between 'spirits' and the physical world. The study of the effect of these unusual powers and abilities is nowadays
generally known by the scientifically-sounding label 'parapsychology'. Powers of the Mind and ESP One confusing point on the subject of psychics and mediums is that the mental
powers of both may overlap considerably. For example, they may claim various
abilities which come under the general heading of Extra Sensory Perception, or ESP. The term ESP was coined by noted psychical researcher J.B. Rhine (1895-1980),
who carried out ground-breaking research into unexplained human abilities such
as clairvoyance, telepathy and precognition at Duke University, North Carolina.
A person with ESP, a power of the mind often referred to as a 'sixth sense',
can allegedly acquire or transmit information by means other than the five
ordinary senses. Controversial (and probably fraudulent) Russian psychic Nina
Kulagina displayed a range of apparently psychic abilities, while the English
'medium' Stella C claimed to possess both psychic and mediumistic powers,
including precognition (prior knowledge of an event or situation before it
occurs), psychokinesis and telepathy. It must be stated that Kulagina and many
other 'psychics' remain controversial and have been accused of trickery on more
than one occasion. Another curious 'psychic ability' is automatic writing, where material is
recorded that does not originate in the conscious mind of the writer. Both
Pearl Curran (Patience Worth) and Matthew Manning made extensive use of
automatic writing, ostensibly as a communication device between themselves and
apparently discarnate entities, though an origin in the subconscious of the
writer is the most favoured explanation for this phenomenon. Some researchers, including Colin Wilson, have remarked on the similarities
between the mental abilities displayed by many psychics and mediums and the
effects of a poltergeist. Indeed, Wilson went as far as to theorize that many
phenomena witnessed in the presence of psychics and mediums - objects moving
around the room of their own accord, knocks, raps, changes in room temperature,
were in effect controlled poltergeist phenomena, that is, consciously
controlled by the medium or psychic rather than occurring randomly, as in
poltergeist cases.
3.0 YouTube Videos
3.1 Video ClipsThe popular video hosting site, YouTube, carries several videos about Psychic Powers ...
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Tags: James Randi Psychic Hokum Trickery Spoon Key Bend Uri Geller
embarrassing James Randi Sylvia Browne physic magic CNN Larry King
news money talks consumer finance personal million dollar challenge
psychic faith healer fortune james randi James Randi Carlos Hoax
Fool joke trick Uri Gellar caught out James Randi Aura
James Randi Crystal Applied Kinesiology
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james randi jref uri geller psychics spoon bender magic
psychic randi rosemary altea larry king cnn
james randi challenge psychic paranormal the unseen powers
of animals documentary extraordinary paranormal
creatures interesting organisms
paranormal psychic KGB Russia weapons 3.1.1 Video SummariesHere are the YouTube video summaries:
Title: James Randi demonstrates how to fake psychic powers From: HaulMorgan Added: June 12, 2007 Info-Description: James (The Amazing) Randi speaks on spoon/key bending and hidden picture
reproduction.
Title: James Randi's Million Dollar Challenge
From: MoneyTalksNews
Added: March 28, 2008
Info-Description: If you're a fortune teller, faith healer, psychic then you really need to
know this guy right here. Because he's got a million dollars with your name
written on it. Ready to put up or shut up?
Title: James Randi - On Geller's Reversal
From: TheFriendlySkeptic
Added: January 15, 2008
Info-Description: Randi discusses Uri Geller's Reversal as a "Psychic"
Title: James Randi and the Carlos Hoax - Interview
From: riedsa
Added: October 05, 2007
Info-Description: James Randi talks about the Carlos Hoax of 1988 - Randi 2UE in Sydney,
1988
Title: James Randi and Thought Transference
From: UncleFeedle
Added: August 21, 2007
Info-Description: A 'psychic researcher' demonstrates a device which he claims can detect
thought waves and fails to show that it has any effect whatsoever.
From episode 6 of 'James Randi - Psychic Investigator' (1991)
Title: James Randi Test an Aura Reader
From: riedsa
Added: March 23, 2007
Info-Description: James Randi Test an Aura Reader
Title: James Randi Tests Crystal Power and Applied Kinesiology
From: riedsa
Added: March 23, 2007
Info-Description: Many people still buy this claptrap.
Title: KGB Psychic Weapons
From: ParanormalTV
Added: July 15, 2008
Info-Description: The KGB develops frightening psychic weapons, that could be used by any
agent. Part 1 and Part 2.
3.2 Additional Video ClipsHere are another four sets of video clips about Psychic Powers and related
stuff ...
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Tags:James Randi Larry King psychics
james randi psychic paranormal investigator dowsing dowser
james randi psychic paranormal investigator art artist
james randi psychic paranormal investigator astrology jonathan cainer
james randi psychic paranormal investigator graphology graphologist 3.2.1 Video SummariesHere are the YouTube video summaries for the above additonal video clips:
Title: The Unseen Powers of Animals - Documentary - docu-log.com
From: doculog
Added: November 09, 2008
Info-Description: Complete video: www.documentary-log.com/?id=89
This groundbreaking series unravels the extrasensory feats
and near-paranormal powers of animals. It journeys to the outer limits of
scientific knowledge to find a parallel universe where life exists in other
realities and has powers that almost defy belief. Here sharks perceive human
electric auras and dolphins use ultrasound to "see" a human foetus in the womb.
There are frogs that have mastered cryogenics, monkey
herbalists and lizards that walk n water or cry blood.
NOTE: The streaming server might be a little slow for some
countries. If so, let the video buffer for 5 to 10 minutes (the little red bar
will grow in length) before you continue watching.
Title: James Randi on Larry King Live 1/26/07 Pt 1 to Pt 3
From: idiotdoggir
Added: January 26, 2007
Info-Description: James Randi debates Rosemary Altea on Larry King Live
Title: James Randi and a Dowser
From: UncleFeedle
Added: August 12, 2007
Info-Description: A dowser gives a demonstration of his professed powers and fails.
Dowsing (also known as 'divining' and 'water-witching') is
the claimed ability to locate water, oil, minerals, objects, locations, missing
persons etc. using such objects as a metal rod, a pair of bent wires, a forked
stick, a pendulum or the open hands.
In controlled tests, dowsing fails every time. Dowsing is
actually nothing more than an example of the 'ideomotor effect' - a known
psychological phenomenon in which the dowser moves/tips the dowsing apparatus
entirely unconsciously, giving the powerful illusion that the device moves of
its own accord.
This is also the explanation behind the ouija board and automatic writing.
The effect is clearly visible in this video. At 1.48 you can
actually see his hand shaking the rod from side to side. Since this is
happening unconsciously, he isn't aware he is doing it and so firmly believes
that the rod is moving on its own.
From episode 4 of 'James Randi - Psychic Investigator' (1991)
Title: James Randi and a Psychic Artist
From: UncleFeedle
Added: August 17, 2007
Info-Description: A medium contacts the spirits (apparently), while a 'psychic artist'
draws the face of the spirit being contacted.
This is a good example of bad cold-reading. Cold-reading is
the main technique used by self-proclaimed psychics such as Sylvia Browne and
John Edward. It consists of throwing out random snippets of vague, highly
generalised information (often names and numbers) until one connects, then
attempting to fit further information to it using logical guesswork and
probability.
To the recipient of the psychic reading, this gives a strong
illusion of specific information coming from some outside source. The recipient
usually leaves convinced that the psychic was highly accurate, that they knew
things they could never possibly have known, etc.
It is sometimes combined with 'hot reading', whereby the
perfomer already has information about the person being given the reading,
found out beforehand through a number of ways. The big-name TV psychics and
faith healers use this technique heavily.
The effect is even more impressive if the psychic is
performing on TV and has editorial control over the proceedings. Then, almost
anything can be made to seem true.
From episode 1 of 'James Randi - Psychic Investigator' (1991)
Title: James Randi and an Astrologer
From: UncleFeedle
Added: August 12, 2007
Info-Description: A prominent astrologer attempts an astrological reading of actor Hugh
Laurie and fails.
From episode 2 of 'James Randi - Psychic Investigator' (1991)
Note: the soundtrack is a little rough near the start due to
problems in the original broadcast
Title: James Randi and a Graphologist
From: UncleFeedle
Added: August 13, 2007
Info-Description: Graphology is the claimed ability to identify personality traits by
analysis of one's handwriting.
Here, a graphologist give a demonstration of this supposed
ability and fails.
From episode 6 of 'James Randi - Psychic Investigator' (1991)
4.0 EpilogThis web article comprises some introductory notes and YouTube video clips, on
the Fringe topic of Psychic Powers ... Nuff said!
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Sciences ... Four Categories of Science By Stanton T. Friedman (Former Nuclear Physicist)Some people have insisted that if I can't provide a piece of a [flying] saucer
or an alien body, there is nothing to support my claims. I was quite surprised
during my last visit with Carl Sagan in December 1992, when he claimed that the
essence of the scientific method was reproducibility. In actuality, as I wrote
Sagan later on, there are at least four different kinds of science: - [Category-1 Science] Yes, there is a lot of excellent science done by people who set up
an experiment in which they can control all the variables and equipment. They
make measurements and then publish their results, after peer review, and
describe their equipment, instruments, and activity in detail so that others
can duplicate the work and, presumably, come to the same conclusions. Such
science can be very satisfying, and certainly can contribute to the advancement
of knowledge. However, it is not the only kind of science.
- [Category-2 Science] A second kind of science involves situations in which one cannot
control all the variables, but can predict some. For example, I cannot prove
that on occasion the moon comes directly between the sun and the Earth and
casts a shadow of darkness on the Earth, because I cannot control the positions
of the Earth, moon, or sun. What can be done is predicting the times when such
eclipses will happen and being ready to make observations when they occur.
Hopefully the weather where I have my instruments will allow me to make lots of
measurements.
- [Category-3 Science] A third kind of science involves events that can neither be
predicted nor controlled, but one can be ready to make measurements if
something does happen. For example, an array of seismographs can be established
to allow measurements to be made at several locations in the event of an
earthquake. When I was at the University of Chicago, a block of nuclear
emulsion was attached to a large balloon that would be released when a
radiation detector indicated that a solar storm had occurred (something we
could neither produce nor predict). Somebody would rush to Stagg Field and
release the balloon. When the balloon was
retrieved, the emulsion would be carefully examined to measure the number,
direction, velocity, and mass characteristics of particles unleashed by the sun.
- [Category-4 Science] Finally, there is a fourth kind of science, still using the rules
to attack difficult problems. These are the events that involve intelligence,
such as airplane crashes, murders, rapes, and automobile accidents. We do not
know when or where they will occur, but we do know they will. In a typical year
more than 40,000 Americans will be killed in automobile accidents. We don't
know where or when, so rarely are TV cameras whirling when these events take
place. But we can, after the fact, collect and evaluate evidence. We can
determine if the driver had high levels of alcohol in his or her blood, whether
the brakes failed, whether the visibility was poor, where a skid started, and
so on. Observations of strange phenomena in the sky come under this last
category.
In all the category-4 events, we must obtain as much testimony from witnesses
as possible. Some testimony is worth more than other testimony, perhaps because
of the duration of observation, the nearness of the witnesses to the event, the
specialized training of the observer, the availability of corroborative
evidence such as videos and still photos, or the consistency of evidence when
there is testimony from more than one witness. Our entire legal system is based
on testimony — rarely is there conclusive proof such as DNA
matching. Judges and juries must decide, with appropriate cross-examination,
who is telling the truth. In some states, testimony from one witness can lead
to the death penalty
for the accused. We should take note of the fact that even instrument data is dependent on
testimony from the observer of the instruments, and on appropriate calibration
and validation under standardized circumstances. Also, our courts place limits
on requirements for testimony, such as that against one spouse by the other.
Furthermore, there are rules about hearsay testimony, and rules regarding legal
evidence are complex and detailed. When it comes to flying saucers, we must remember that the reason most
sightings can be determined to be relatively conventional phenomena, often seen
under unusual circumstances, is that most people are relatively good observers.
The problem comes with the interpretation of what was observed. People watching
the sky late at night may get excited about a very bright light that moved very
slowly. Checking on the position of the planets at that time may reveal that
that light was Venus, because we have good information as to the angle of
observation, the direction of the light from the observer, the relatively slow
rate of motion, the location of Venus at that time, and so on. On three
occasions, when living in Southern California, I was called by people who
described an unusual object moving rapidly. I tried to make sure that I
analyzed their observations, such as, what time was it? In what direction were
you looking? In what direction did it seem to be moving? Was there any sound?
What was its apparent size, say, as compared to the moon (just covered by an
aspirin held at arm's length)? Two of the people wanted to tell me that the object was just over the next
hill. I stressed that this was an interpretation, because even huge objects far
away can seem to be small objects nearby. In all three cases, I felt that what
was being described sounded similar to a rocket launched down the California
Coast when the sun had gone down, but while the object was high enough to still
be in sunlight. I had seen such a spectacular case once myself. I checked, in
all three cases, with Vandenberg Air Force Base, which launches many rockets
down the U.S. West Coast. Indeed, there had been a launch at the right time in
each case. One case was especially intriguing, because several witnesses were
looking out across the ocean from a beach area and described the thing they saw
as similar to a string of popcorn. It turned out to be the launch of a special
weather satellite with extra solid boosters being dropped off multiple times. The people were good observers. To say the least, it would be irrational to say
that people are good observers when their input allows us to identify the
object being observed, and yet poor observers if we can't identify the UFO as
something conventional. — Stanton T. Friedman (Nuclear Physicist)
Flying Saucers and Science
Subtitle — A Scientist Investigates the Mysteries of UFOs: Interstellar Travel, Crashes,
and Government Cover-Ups
(Chapter 1 - "The Case for the ET Origin of Flying Saucers")
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same applies with 'business intelligence' in the business world, of course. Our aim, as usual, is to find out what others (including our friends, enemies,
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speak — we have to remove our humongous
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are lots of stuff presented in this website that I do not believe in ... which
had even led some to label me as "Fundamentalist"! ... Whatever! Matthew 7 1Judge not, that ye be not judged.2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye
mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest
not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye;
and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt
thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. — Jesus the Christ
(Yahoshua ha Mashiach;
Yeshua/Yesua; Ieosus; Joshua),
"Sermon on the Mount"
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In short, in this website, I present many things that, I am hopeful, would be
of interest to a student, explorer and investigator of the Mysteries of the World ... but this doesn't mean that I believe in any of the stuff presented. ... Got it? ... Right! - Here is a purpose that I am wholeheartedly in agreement with ...
[Mysteries, Monsters, Mutants, Myths, Miracles & Much More ...]Our purpose ... is to describe the rich variety of anomalous, unexplained,
sometimes totally bizarre phenomena that people have experienced in all times
and places and that are still occurring today. ... the nature of the world and
of our existence are quite different from that which we were taught at school.
The reality is far more interesting, humorous and expansive than any religious
or rational, scientific world-view can possibly accommodate. It is not our intention here to dispute anyone's beliefs or
theories — but we should like to point out their limitations.
There are things that happen in this world - and have occurred throughout the
whole of human experience - for which there has never been a lasting
explanation. Explanations are temporary products, coming and going in response
to fashions. Meanwhile, the happenings they are supposed to explain carry on as
mysteriously as ever. — John Michell and Bob Rickard
The Rough Guide to Unexplained Phenomena (Rough Guide Reference)
(New York, NY: Rough Guides Ltd, 2007) - Here is a sentiment that I am wholeheartedly in agreement with ...
As I sit down to redo this book for an American audience, what rises before me
is last night's dream: I'm in a broad and beautiful land among many trees. It's
night. I look up at a huge old tree that's dark against the starry sky in its
detail of twig and branch. There is room enough here for all of us, I realize,
here in this big, intricately textured park. But I see that some want to cut
down the trees and level it out, so huge throngs of people can gather to gaze
up at the sun's glare. I watch dark twigs fingering the remote, untouchable
stars. A voice speaks: "Don't turn this into a Copernican Garden." Waking up, I remember that I went to sleep wondering how to put this book
together. And I take "Copernican Garden" to mean a parking lot vista where
masses gather to honor the bright sun of traditional science with its old rules
as the center of the universe. So I will not cut down the trees and level this book out. It is between you and
me [or you and I], a conversation as we stroll along in a moonlit fractal
garden past webby connections of thought that merge to patterned insight. Here
hidden delights nestle in scaling patterns of self-similar but never quite
repeating beauty. Here the tree of life hold stars in its branches. No matter
how huge, this garden stays human-sized because we have a place in it, you and
I. No need to cut down the connective forest and level things out for that
bright Sol [sun] of left-brain logic whose daytime dazzle — so
close and glaring — can blind us to the myriad constellations
beyond. [...] — Katya Walter, Tao of Chaos
Sub-title: Merging East and West
(1994, 1996) - Here is an observation (adapted) made in the Acknowledgement page of a book ...
It takes many minds to produce a book [including an e-book, of course].
Although most authors [especially of non-fiction books and articles] would
prefer not to admit this fact, fundamentally they are merely 'synthesisers' of
accumulated knowledge. The process of synthesising may unveil a new reality map, or paradigm, which,
in due course, will be used by future pioneers to unveil further paradigms. This principle was summed up by Sir Isaac Newton when he remarked: "If I have
seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants". [...] — Christian von Nidda, Our Secret Planet
(2005) - Here is an observation about UFO-Aliens cover-up or conspiracy that may be of
general interest, although some readers would not agree with the observation
(e.g., they may say that some whistleblowers, such as Bob Lazar on the
Roswell-type flying saucers in secret Area-51 labs, have already come forward)
...
If any long-term coherent cover up of UFO information does exist, however, then
it must operate at all levels of government and the media. It must encompass
all the relevant written materials, from the briefest handwritten note in
government files to entries in squadron log books to letters in the personal
papers of members of the Establishment. Hundreds of politicians, service
personnel, police officers, clerks and officials, over half a century, would be
required to excise any reference to the reality of UFOs from official documents
and the media. The number of people who would have taken part in this cover up
would be vast, yet not one person has broken ranks to 'blow the whistle' on the
greatest story ever told. Meantime, millions of dollars are being spent every
day on space probes and radio telescopes that are searching for evidence of
alien life. Would there be any reason for a conspiracy of silence if that
evidence already existed? — Dr David Clarke and Andy Roberts, Out of the Shadows
(2002) - Even though I am a "Charismatic Christian", the views presented herewith, in
this Mysteries of the World Website, will NOT be colored by this fact of being a Charismatic Christian. Rather, where and
when I find it necessary (and usually, I would NOT find it necessary, since I find it tiresome to repeat myself, again and again
and again ..., ad infinitum ..., but if I should find it necessary to repeat myself), I will then state
what my Charismatic Christian beliefs lead me to believe
in — even though I am aware that my own Charismatic Christian
beliefs may or may not be the same as, or in accord with, those beliefs of
others who also may want to regard themselves as Charismatic Christians
(nb/note well: there appears to be so many varieties of Charismatic Christian
beliefs, including from those who are simultaneously of the
traditional-historical denominations — such as the Roman
Catholics, with their purgatories, mortal and venial sins, and their Mother
this and Mother that. Shudder! Shudder! Shudder!).
Thus, for example, I do not necessarily "believe" in "ghosts", even as I (will
later) examine the entire gamut of so-called "paranormal events or phenomena",
especially of those with a psychic bent (truly, these are bent!, as in
less-than-straight, aka "crooked", thinking variety). Many so-called "ghosts"
are probably some form of "fallen angels" or "demons" of the Biblical kind,
masquerading as either gods, demons, spirits, ghosts, or even "angels of light"
(when they are obviously "fallen" and are "angels of darkness", or "sons of
darkness" as used in one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, i.e. The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness). Anyway, the author of 1 John, gave us a simple test against any "spirit" to see
whether that spirit is of light (God; Christ/Son of God; Holy Spirit of
God/Comforter/Advocate/Paraclete/The One; Jehovah/Yahveh/Yahweh/God the Father)
or of darkness (Satan, Lucifer, the Devil; the Anti-Christ; the False Prophet;
the Beast): 2This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges
that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the
spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is
already in the world. — First Epistle of John
(1 John 4:2-3; New
International Version/NIV)
(Note: many Catholics like NIV
and dislike KJV! Tough!) Whatever the case may be about "ghosts" and other "apparitions", in this
website, I have stated that we will be truth-based and science-based. Despite
this, definitely, I will not be ashamed of being a Charismatic Christian or of
God's Word:If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him
when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy
angels. (Spoken by Jesus and recorded in Luke 9:26; NIV)If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful
generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father's
glory with the holy angels. (Spoken by Jesus and recorded in Mark 8:38; NIV) I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the
salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. (Apostle Paul, in his Epistle to the Romans; Romans 1:16; NIV)
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As stated in our Mysteries Blog, the ' Mysteries of the World' Website does NOT aim to sensationalize any particular 'Mystery', although we
will examine and explore all possible viewpoints pertaining to each
'Mystery' — including the fringe AND the mainstream. We will, of course, come to a conclusion ( eventually!) about each 'Mystery' ... even if that conclusion may eventually turn out to
be 'as yet unresolved' or 'unexplained to our satisfaction'.
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