Asian Horror Movie: Train of the Dead (Thai) 2007

AKA: Chum thaang rot fai phii
Directed: Sukhum Mathawanit
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Year: 2007
Runtime: 01:21
Country: Thailand
Language: Thai
Subtitles: English
Cast: Kett Thantup, Savika Chaiyadej, Sura Theerakon, Chaleumpol Tikumpornteerawong, Yarichada Wattanawongsri, Phoomjai Tangsanga Read more …

Atlantis: An Atlantis Theory - Plato’s Atlantis From the Timaeus

Was Atlantis real? We’ll probably never be able to prove such a rich and powerful land that suddenly went belly up in the Atlantic Ocean never existed. The story of Atlantis is usually referred to as a parable and as such is not intended to be taken literally, but there is nothing in the story that proves it’s made up. Even serious geologists can’t entirely debunk it. In 2005, according to About.com’s Geology Guide, there was a conference to discuss possible locations for Atlantis.

The story of Atlantis comes to us from Timaeus, a Socratic dialogue, written in about 360 B.C. by Plato. There are four people at this meeting who had met the previous day to hear Socrates describes the ideal state. Socrates wants Timaeus of Locri, Hermocrates, and Critias to tell him stories about Athens interacting with other states. The first is Critias, who talks about his grandfather’s meeting with Solon, one of the 7 sages, an Athenian poet and famous lawgiver. Solon had been to Egypt where priests had compared Egypt and Athens and talked about the gods and legends of both lands. One such Egyptian story is about Atlantis.

Before quoting it, I want to stress that this is part of a Socratic dialogue, not an historical treatise. The story is preceded by an account of the sun god’s son Phaethon yoking horses to his father’s chariot and then driving them through the sky and scorching the earth. Thus, what we recognize as fiction is mingled with fact.

And now for Plato’s account of Atlantis as translated by Benjamin Jowett: Read more …

Two New Mega-Dinosaurs Discovered in Morocco

More giant monsters from Earth’s distant past have been discovered. Deep in Saharan Morocco, researchers uncovered a meter-long bone that’s part of a massive dinosaur who munched on greenery.

National Geographic says:
The team unearthed a three-foot-high (one-meter-high) bone from the sauropod, which means the long-necked herbivore was almost 65 feet (20 meters) in length.

They also found a massive chunk of beak from a pterosaur, an immense birdlike creature from the same era as the sauropod - about 100 million years ago.

[via National Geographic]

Illustration by Dr Mark Witton/Mike Taylor, Photograph courtesy University of Portsmouth

Halloween Event: Workshops By Witch School At The Annual Pasychic Fair And Witchcraft Expo Throughout October

Throughout October, 2009, at the Psychic Fair in The Museum Place Mall
Located at 176 Essex Street in historic downtown salem!
Join the Salem Witches for enchanting lessons in the magical arts, featured from 7pm – 9:30pm on specially chosen days throughout the month of October at the Annual Psychic Fair and Witchcraft Expo at the Museum Place Mall! These workshops are for adults and teens who want to further their skills in magic! All workshops are $30 and are taught by practicing Salem Witches.

Friday, October 2, 2009
Strega: Italian Witchcraft and Magic
Taught by Salem Witch and Strega Lori Bruno
7pm – 9:30pm at the Museum Place Mall, 176 Essex Street
The wisdom of the strega—ancient Italian sorcery—is infused into the lives of those bold families who dared to practice the magical arts in the face of religious authorities who challenged them. Magic is woven through the lives of every Italian Witch: from the food they cook to the love they make to the spells they whisper into the night winds. Robust and zesty, this workshop is designed not only to give you the facts of the Strega but also to give you a taste of the exotic flavor brewing in this unique form of hereditary witchcraft.

Tickets for this event are $30 Read more …

Real Exorcism of Anneliese Michel (Horror Video)

Video realised by Phil R.XP of REQUIEM ETERNAM about the real exorcism of Annelise Michel who inspired the movie Exorcism of Emily Rose. Read more …

Not all is Mystery ( “Mysterium Fidei” )

NOW that the dust of commerce whipped up for Christmas has settled, let’s try to recover what’s left of “the reason for the season.” Actually the Christmas season in the liturgical calendar lasts until the second Sunday of January marking the Baptism of Jesus. In the Philippines, there is one more week of tawad—up to the third Sunday for the Feast of Sto. Niño.

Swamped by sense overload, the Christmas season (and later, Easter) is deep down a hushed season wrapped in mystery, profound, ineffable and holy.

That a baby could be born in abject poverty, that the man would suffer and be “crucified”; such is possible for mortals, such has happened down the lanes of history and such is happening right now in the most wretched ways. Read more …

Video: Revelations of Christ - “Does Satan exist?”

Revelations of  Christ

Proclaimed by Paramhansa Yogananda presented by his disciple, Swami Kriyananda

An Interview with Swami Kriyananda about the book and Christ’s teachings.

For years, our faith has been severely shaken by a growing series of attacks, including: the breakdown of church authority, the repeated discovery of ancient texts that supposedly contradict long-held beliefs, and the sometimes outlandish historical analyses of Scripture by academics. Read more …