Noumenal News

She was born after her mother’s difficult labor in the village of Jiquilisco, El Salvador, in the years before the troubles. The doctor told the family she probably would not live, but she did, and it was seen as a miracle.
As a child, the girl named Milagro, which means “miracle,” had visions. She saw the […]

STAUNTON, Va. — The six inmates gathered around a makeshift altar to pay homage to the Norse gods they worshipped as part of their dedication to Asatru, a pagan religion.
But tension was brewing among the Ironwood Kindred, as the men were known in the Augusta Correctional Center. Inmate Michael Lenz thought Brent Parker had committed […]

This has been a good year for evolutionists. First, at the end of 2005, a judge in Pennsylvania - a conservative appointed by President George W. Bush - decreed that so-called Intelligent Design Theory is not genuine science and hence cannot be taught in publicly funded science classrooms.
Intelligent Design Theory - Creationism Lite - is […]

The fundamental message of Buddhism is the truth of suffering and release from suffering here and hereafter.There are said to be 84,000 teachings or paths to communicate its message. This numerical symbol suggests that there is, in effect, a way for everyone to gain spiritual liberation, despite their limited capacities or defilements.
Hence, we see a […]

Most home inspectors deal with concrete stuff.
Faith Ranoli does that — and a little more. For her, “energy” isn’t about how many electrical sockets are in a room. It’s the psychic vibe a house gives off — electromagnetic currents, subatomic particles and the thought waves from previous owners. It’s all about whether the home is […]

The very survival of the Basque language confirms the deep roots uniting this people to its origins, a connection that has in turn made it possible to hand down a wealth of myths kept alive thanks to the strong Basque tradition of transmission by word of mouth. Scarce Romanization and late Christianization, together with the […]

Bishop Museum chairman of anthropology Tianlong Jiao has returned from China with solid evidence that the first voyages of the ancestors of Polynesians were made between the South China Coast across open ocean to the Penghu Islands, 100 miles away in the Strait of Taiwan.
It is the first direct archaeological link established for the beginning […]

If you fancy pepping up your love life this summerm take a tip from historical lovers such as Cleopatra, who it is said was an expert when it came to mixing love potions, or Casanova, who was not above resorting to a little herbal encouragement.
Here are six of the best herbal aphrodisiacs. […]

Lest we forget, our first national motto (adopted by the Founders in 1782) was E pluribus unum — out of many, one. But look around America these days and you’ll see plenty of “pluribus” but very little “unum.”
Divided and angry, many Americans are spoiling for a fight. Even something as innocuous as the 50th anniversary […]

ISTANBUL, Turkey — It seems a typical scene of urban decay: abandoned buildings, crumbling walls, trash and broken wine bottles.Yet it’s more than 1,500 years old. Engineers uncovered these ruins of an ancient Byzantine port during drilling for a huge underground rail tunnel.
Like Romans, Athenians and residents of other great historic cities, the people of […]