Noumenal News

‘Actually, you may want to just put those down a minute,” Tim Brown is telling me, as I peer through binoculars at a cluster of buildings and antennae on a distant ridge. “The locals might get a bit nervous.” A Ford F-150 cruises by, and the two men inside regard us casually as they pass.We […]

By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Sep 7: While psychologists explained it as mass hysteria triggered by fear and tension, an alarmed Nepal town began ritual worships to propitiate a dead snake whose curse was said to be causing dozens of school students to faint, weep and scream.
The Laxmi Secondary School in Lekhnath town in Kaski district, […]

PORTAGE — Under the oaks of Woodland Park, Northwest Indiana Wiccans, Druids, shamanists and other practitioners of earth-based religions recently opened their circle to outsiders for what many of them said was their most successful Pagan Pride Day.
“We’re here to promote religious freedom by showing what we are through education with lectures, brochures and […]

Virginia Warren discovered a wide circle of toadstools in a field behind her house, she scratched her head in bewilderment.“ I’ve never seen it before, ” Warren said. “ My sister-in-law was coming in from town, and she called me yesterday morning and said, ‘ I forgot to tell you someone’s put some white rocks […]

September 7th, 2006 - A report released by the Polk County Medical Examiner says that 18-year-old Matthew Stegman died from multiple stab wounds. He also suffered blunt force trauma to the head, arms, and chest. Now police say his murder may be tied to some sort of devil worship.
Sergeant Todd Dykstra with the Des Moines Police […]

A church leader who sparked outrage after refusing to bless a controversial well dressing because it had a ‘Pagan’ symbol is standing by his decision.
Rev Andrew Montgomerie, Rector of Eyam, angered local residents when he would not perform the traditional ‘blessing’ ceremony on one of the village’s three wells during carnival celebrations.
Mr Montgomerie made the […]

Gristhorpe Man, who was found buried in a tree trunk in the 19th century, has been identified as a Bronze Age warrior chieftain by archaeologists.
Although a few examples of burial in a scooped-out oak tree have been found in Scotland and East Anglia, it was an unusual method and the example found near Scarborough, North […]