Noumenal News

More than 60 experts on witchcraft from across the world are gathering in a tiny Arctic town in northern Norway.
For three days in Vardo they will have discussions, lectures and the odd film show on ancient and modern sorcery.
The International Midnight Sun Witchcraft Conference is organised by Scandinavian and US universities.
Organisers say persecution is a […]

A YOUNG producer hopes to make a real-life horror film at a supposedly haunted hotel.
Seventeen-year-old James Pembridge has enlisted the sixth sense of a local medium to entice any ghosts out of the woodwork.
The Cirencester College student, from Freshbrook,was due to conduct the ghost hunt at the Bull Hotel, in Fairford, where spirits are rumoured […]

Two Santeria priests — including one who fought for the religious right to sacrifice animals — say police used excessive force earlier this month when they stormed, guns drawn, into a Coral Gables home where the homeowner was conducting a ritual involving the sacrifice of 11 goats and 44 fowl.
‘’They came inside this house where […]

In 1950, in a letter to bishops, Pope Pius XII took up the issue of evolution. The Roman Catholic Church does not necessarily object to the study of evolution as far as it relates to physical traits, he wrote in the encyclical, Humani Generis. But he added, “Catholic faith obliges us to hold that souls […]

Whoever stole flowers recently from the grave of a young Halifax Explosion victim should know the nine-year-old girl’s ghost will be looking to settle the score.
An artificial bouquet that Halifax Explosion researcher Jim Simpson placed on Annie Perry Campbell’s final resting spot at Fairview Lawn Cemetery last week has disappeared.
“It’s just terrible but I’ll tell […]

Taking the herbal product echinacea could reduce the chances of catching a cold by 58%, conclude authors of a Review published Online and in the July edition of The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
The Review also states echinacea could reduce the duration of colds by an average of 1�4 days. It was authored by Dr Craig Coleman, […]

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — The mummy of an obese woman, who likely suffered from diabetes and liver cancer, has been identified as that of Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt’s most powerful female pharoah, Egyptian archaeologists said Wednesday.
Hatshepsut, who ruled Egypt in the 15th century B.C., was known for dressing like a man and wearing a false beard. […]

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egyptian authorities said Wednesday that a mummy found a century ago has been identified as the remains of pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut, who ruled over Egypt during the 15th century B.C.
Hatshepsut was known for dressing like a man and wearing a false beard. But when her rule ended, all traces of her […]

Durango’s ghost guy says he now makes a living from spooks. He sells his paranormal pictures to collectors and, with his wife, Susan, has self-published a short memoir They Call Me “The Ghost Guy.”
As for the division of labor, Mr. Richards is the paranormal photographer. Mrs. Richards takes backup rolls of photos to check results […]

We’ve been trying to make contact with aliens for years. Now the day is fast approaching when we might finally succeed. But will our extraterrestrial friends come in peace? Or will they want to eat us? Astronomer David Whitehouse explores the perils of a close encounter
We are making dangerous discoveries in space. In April, astronomers […]