Incantation used to bring the Geni from the bottle
in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad:

From the land beyond, beyond
From the world past hope and fear
I bid you Geni, now appear..

--Ray Harryhausen ?
(thanks to ML)

Teller Reveals His Secrets ( Read more... )

To be able to see into other people's worlds.
To not be able to not see into other people's worlds.
Is this a gift or a curse?
( my answer )

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...there is an even stronger reason why I am not afraid that scientists will inadvertently go and explain everything--it will never happen. ...for every question answered, a dozen newer ones are generated. And they are usually far more puzzling, more challenging than the prior problems. ... We will never have our flames extinguished by knowledge ( Read more... )

Well, almost. Actually they intend to penalize a TV personality who predicted the future as part of his show.  They are going to kill him. The charge is 'sorcery'. Must have been a convincing show.

http://www.randi.org/site/
Another person offering a million bucks to anyone offering a homeopathic or other cure that will withstand scientific challenge.

( Do not think of her unless you are prepared to be driven to your limits )

I've been reading the assigned chapter (chapter 7 of Amy Lansky's book Impossible Cure; The Promise of Homeopathy) and decided to do a little web search to see if anyone else had some thoughts about the way that homeopaths like to present the science about their pet topic. I discovered that I am not the only one who thinks the presentation of the ( Read more... )

Protection spells are considered to be white magic because they are intended to keep someone healthy and happy in spite of the challenges of negativity surrounding. HARM NONE.
( a few interesting bits )