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New Age
Marilyn Ferguson, RIP
Where would WEIRD UNIVERSE be without the New Age Movement, a belief system that has supplied us with so many great wacky incidents? Let us then pause a moment to honor the passing of Marilyn Ferguson, the woman credited with catalyzing that nascent trend toward gullible goofiness.Here she is below in a 1992 interview, with a fellow who has a serious priest-wannabe look going on.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 04, 2008 -
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Category: New Age, Obituaries
The Academy of Mystic Arts
[From Amazing Science Fiction magazine for August 1973.]
The "Academy for Mystic Arts" which sponsored this ad seems no longer to exist, although there are other, newer organizations with that name. The original Academy has left very few traces behind on the internet, although one lead seems to point to a connection with the famed astrologer named Zolar.
I love the testimony at the end about how relations with the boyfriend have improved. Well, of course they have--you put a zombie spell on him!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 27, 2008 -
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Category: New Age, Paranormal, Advertising, 1970s
The Mulabhanda Cushion
But if you're not an accomplished yogi yet, you might want one of these comfy little pillows shaped just right to help you.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 09, 2008 -
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Category: Body, Business, Products, Human Marvels, New Age, Foreign Customs
Dion Fortune
I haven't read it yet, but I'm much looking forward to learning how to protect myself against various types of intrusive mind assaults. Sample a few pages yourselves below.
And thanks to Google Books, you can read the whole thing online here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 26, 2008 -
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Category: New Age, Paranormal, Self-help Schemes, Psychology, Books, 1930s
World D
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 11, 2008 -
Comments (11) Category: Aliens, Eccentrics, Government, Inventions, Literature, Books, Science Fiction, Writers, Nature, New Age, Paranormal, Pop Culture, Science, Psychology, Self-help Schemes, Foreign Customs, 1930s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
The Happy Hour of Aquarius
Are you having trouble getting drunk? Are your mixed drinks not having the proper effect, fast enough, or perhaps engendering too large a hangover? Does your choice of drink preclude picking up the partner you truly desire and deserve at your local bar?That's because you are not taking astrology into account! Your zodiacal sign is all-important in determining your proper beverage!
Or so we learn from this magazine pamphlet (source unknown, but probably Playboy of a certain vintage).
Read on, after the jump, and you'll learn what cocktail you should be imbibing!
I'm off to have a Stinger!
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 19, 2008 -
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Category: Inebriation and Intoxicants, Magazines, New Age, Sexuality, Advertising
Pyramid Power
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 18, 2008 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Fads, Frauds, Cons and Scams, New Age, Paranormal, Unsolved Mysteries, Foreign Customs, Russia
Pelmanism
The Pelman Institutes of England and America apparently once claimed over half a million followers. But now they're long gone. Yet that has not stopped at least two folks from trying to resurrect the copyright-abandoned mind-strengthening course and claim and market it as their own. You can see their pages here and here.
Oddly enough, the last vestige of Pelmanism most people know, without realizing its true origin, is the card game we call Concentration or Memory or Pairs.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 04, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Eccentrics, Fads, Frauds, Cons and Scams, Games, History, Historical Figure, New Age, Self-help Schemes
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