Faster than the speed of light
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There are a lot of myths about science, not least that it proceeds in an orderly manner, cool, detached and unemotional. In the 1960s, philo...
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Terence McKenna and me
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In 1993, when I was still a whippersnapper in my twenties, I managed to get myself invited to the Secret McKenna Workshop , organised by the...
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Taking the Piss: Reindeer and Fly Agaric
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One of the more persistent myths about the fly-agaric mushroom , Amanita muscaria , the familiar red and white-spotted mushrooms of fairy-ta...
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The Lie of the Land

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I'm delighted to have been asked to write a seasonal column for the ever more wonderful Spiral Earth , increasingly the hub for all thin...
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St Giles Fair
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Not long after the August Bank Holiday, when the last lingering sunshine slinks away and the chilly morning air smells of back to school, my...
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More on Peter Aziz
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On the matter of Peter Aziz , had a letter published in the Guardian today, alongside one by Dr Ben Sessa (one of the organisers of Breakin...
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Up yon spiritual mountain
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One of my favourite textbooks, that I refer to again and again, is New Religions: A Guide edited by Christopher Partridge. Apart from an, a...
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Good things, bad things
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The news that our nominal spiritual leader, the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, is not only a big fan of the Incredible String B...
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Spirit of the Beehive
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This programme, Spirit of the Beehive by Nina Perry who made the excellent radio documentary about Oxford's Catweazle Club, looks like ...
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