Happy 4th of July!

To celebrate the founding of our One Nation Under God, we celebrate some of it's Folk Heroes and share their stories. We all know about the stories of Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed and John Henry, but there are far more individuals who helped shape our great country through history and tall tales. Join us as we talk about some of our personal favorites.

What is a curse?

One could surmise that a curse can be catalogued in multiple boxes of phenomenon. Whether it be physical, psychological, emotional, generational, or spiritual in nature. In this episode we delve into the constructs of these categorical associations and try to break down what box they truly belong in.

Curses have been around for centuries or even millennia, but we still don't quite understand their true power or nature. Join us as we embark on this wild journey and try to put reason behind the subject through our own perspectives.

On this week’s episode of Chumming With The Spirits we talk about the Tulpa phenomenon. Is it possible to create an entity out of thin air just by the power of thought? For centuries people have been trying do just such a thing. From scientific investigations to creating imaginary friends in search of a cure for loneliness, tulpas have been a subject of both ridicule and speculation.

The concept of tulpas has origins in the Buddhist nirmāṇakāya. The earthly bodies that a buddha manifests in order to teach those who have not attained nirvana. The western understanding of tulpas was developed by 20th-century European mystical explorers, who interpreted the idea independently of buddhahood.

There was even a prominent scientific research study done in 1972 by renowned parapsychologist Dr. A. R. George Owen that delved into trying to create a physical entity just by thinking about their persona. Thus the Philip experiment was born.

Do humans truly possess the capability to create something out of nothing?