http://www.metafysiko.org Latest additions to the website categories about paranormal, parapsychology, philosophy etc. http://www.metafysiko.org/index.php?module=writeit&action=read&id=67 In this study, we attempt to provide a long list of such roads all over the world (more than 100 cases!). At the same time, via earlier investigations, we give possible explanations and cite a simple -albeit entirely-scientific - method which can help you unfold the mystery of any gravity road you might visit. http://www.metafysiko.org/index.php?module=writeit&action=read&id=60 The purpose of this essay is to lay down the implications of an alien abduction. We will not examine whether these stories are in fact true or the product of some very imaginative people; it is taken for granted that the accounts reported by alien abduction survivors are factual and beyond any doubt. We will especially focus on the shock, terror and stress the abductees experience, as well as our society’s effort in trying to mock and devaluate those experiences. http://www.metafysiko.org/index.php?module=writeit&action=read&id=58 Delphi, the ancient pan-Hellenic spiritual and religious centre, still remains a place with great power, a place where fantasy and reality coincide under the protective light of Apollo. http://www.metafysiko.org/index.php?module=writeit&action=read&id=68 This paper discusses evidence for a psychokinetic effect acting on chance events. Emphasis is laid on psychokinetic action on pre-recorded random processes and its interpretation in terms of two general hypotheses, the weak violation hypothesis, and the equivalence hypothesis. These hypotheses imply that psychokinesis can act on the outcome of indeterministic quantum events only, and that, basically, all such events are affected to the same degree. http://www.metafysiko.org/index.php?module=writeit&action=read&id=61 Since the pioneering 'Census of Hallucinations' many investigators have conducted surveys designed to assess the degree of belief in, and experience of, paranormal phenomena. Although such studies employ only two basic techniques (direct interviewing or use of written questionnaires) they vary widely as regards the type of population sampled and the range of phenomena investigated. Thus, there have been national and even international surveys to obtain data on a wide spectrum of paranormal events. http://www.metafysiko.org/index.php?module=writeit&action=read&id=57 The intensive study of these children has revealed several provocative findings, such as the apparent increase in death due to violence in those who reincarnate and the startling correspondence found between birth marks on the child and similar marks or distinguishing features present on the body of the reincarnated personality during their lifetime, such as wounds, injuries, and other stigmata. http://www.metafysiko.org/index.php?module=writeit&action=read&id=62 I think Christianism will fall apart in the future but endless factionalism is the essence of religiosity because it is a man-made construct. But the parasite is also endlessly adaptable. Religion draws into itself the lost, the lonely, the unfulfilled. For that reason it will always be with us. I think we will see a new Gnosticism emerge from “enlightened” Christianity (which has no need of a historical Jesus) and a militant Fundamentalism, hell-bent on realizing the apocalypse and its own “rapture”. But I remain optimistic. Let’s hope we can keep most people on the side of rationalism and science. http://www.metafysiko.org/index.php?module=writeit&action=read&id=53 The present interview, given to Minas Papageorgiou by Yannis Christianidis, lecturer of History of Mathematics at the University of Athens and member of the International Commission for the History of Mathematics, was on Archimedes’ Palimpsest Code. http://www.metafysiko.org/index.php?module=writeit&action=read&id=50 The most important Greek paleoanthropologist gave to us an interesting interview full of information into a friendly, warm and hospitable atmosphere. He talked to us about his childhood dreams, the hardships he experienced in his life, his own career, the great discoveries on the impressive Petralona cave and his future dreams. http://www.metafysiko.org/index.php?module=writeit&action=read&id=65 In the southeastern edge of the Aegean Sea, between Crete and Rhodes, is the most southern -along with small Kassos- island of the Dodecanese. This is Karpathos, also known as Anemoessa even from the Homeric years. The place is characterized by the effortless attachment of its inhabitants to the customs of the region, which are so ancient that their roots are lost in the mists of time. http://www.metafysiko.org/index.php?module=writeit&action=read&id=64 What happens when a place is sacrificed for the benefit of a whole country? When some men are forced to leave their homeland for the others to have what they need? In these cases ghost towns are created, men are left without a home in their own country and a tragic story that no one wants to tell appears… a “forbidden” story. http://www.metafysiko.org/index.php?module=writeit&action=read&id=59 A cemetery is undoubtebly a frightening place. Frightening as a sight, as well as a thought. And the most frightening of all are those big, Gothic cemeteries of Western Europe, that make the visitor stand in awe in front of their majestic monuments. It is not my purpose however to those glorious cemeteries, but to present to the reader an unkown place of his land, and very real at the same time for every art admirer, and certainly for every one who loves feeding his/her imagination by learning about strange places. http://www.metafysiko.org/index.php?module=writeit&action=read&id=66 A year is gone and a new one has already started. The first decade of the millennium is over and 2010 introduces us to the second. The Hellenic Society of Metaphysics hopefully celebrates her 8th birthday and leaves aside a year which was full of innovation, evolution and synergy! http://www.metafysiko.org/index.php?module=writeit&action=read&id=63 After a careful preliminary work that lasted for several months, the Hellenic Community of Metaphysics managed to design, organise and eventually complete an innovative internet project whose sole aim is to offer more things to the field of metaphysical research in Greece. And the name of the project is… meta-network! http://www.metafysiko.org/index.php?module=writeit&action=read&id=55 2007 was without a doubt, the most successful year for this effort. The truth is that this note tends to become a “cliché” but, it fully mirros the truth! Let’s wander together in the most sweet and beautiful path of memories, in this year’s Metaphysical Review!