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THE DAWKINS DELUSION   There is a problem that I personally perceive with the academic arrogance of the highly erudite Prof. Richard Dawkins. There can be no doubting the intellectual achievements of this Professor for The Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. What I do doubt is his ability to accept that there areRead more

SMOKE AND MIRRORS The Obscuration of Reality Having walked this land for nigh on three score years and ten I have noted during this time that when seriously important issues are being promulgated by those in authority the truth frequently becomes obscured. The problem, as I see it, is this; as a sentient being subscribingRead more

PSYCHOMETRIC INVESTIGATIONS   Britain’s green and pleasant land has within its 80,823 square miles many ancient castles and ruined abbeys. For the past fifteen years or so my wife Mary and I have been conducting a series of psychic investigations into these antiquated buildings and ruins. The aim of our enquiries has been to ascertainRead more

THE RICH MAN IN HIS CASTLE   The Christian Church has recently celebrated Easter, commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his resurrection. It is a basic tenet of the Christian religion that this sacrificial act absolves all followers of Christ and brings forgiveness of their sins, expressed in Latin: “Ego te absolvo” This beliefRead more

SHAKESPEARE’S GHOSTS   Since time immemorial humankind has been telling strange stories involving the supernatural and specifically ghosts.  Folklore in every country in the world abounds with tales of spirits, spectres, hauntings and mysterious mystical encounters with ghosts. In the first century A.D., the great Roman author and statesman Pliny the Younger recorded one ofRead more

GHOSTS AND THE DUNGEONS OF DESPAIR   There is a popular misconception among many producers and viewers of the almost ubiquitous TV programmes on ‘Ghost Hunting’ that old buildings such as castles and spooky looking houses are haunted. This is, I contend, a completely ridiculous idea possibly based on fabricated anecdotal accounts made by peopleRead more