“Dreams are the language of our souls. The sights, sounds, and sensations we experience in our dreams speak directly to us, and for us, while we’re unconscious. While it is mysterious, and sometimes even frightening, this intensely personal, private, and intimate dream world ultimately provides a way for us to make sense of our conscious, waking lives.”

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Newspapers catering to Asian and Afro-Caribbean readerships contain several pages of advertisements from occult practitioners who claim to heal everything from illnesses to bringing good luck. Most of them make thousands of pounds per year by preying on the superstitious and gullible.

So Lavkesh Prashar, president of the Asian Rationalist Society of Britain (ARSB) has renewed his offer to pay 16,000 pounds to any occult practitioner who can prove they have magical powers under scientific conditions.

“If these babas and gurus have any magical or supernatural power then why not they accept our challenge? Why do they back off when we challenge them?”

Source: Indians Abroad

Taiwan’s Fear of Ghosts: While Americans are morbidly fascinated with the afterlife, the Taiwan culture avoids them at all costs. Even the Taiwanese government is afraid to anger the spirits. Follow the link to read more.

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The Beloye Lake in the Vachsky District of Russia’s Nizhni Noggorod region disappeared overnight last spring. Researchers speculated the lake’s disappearance to karst collapses. However, skeptics ruled this out because the collapse would have happened gradually.

Reactions varied with the villagers. One immediately blamed the US, stating that we have special technology to vacuum up water. Another villager blamed extraterrestrials.

Where did the water go?

According to researchers, this isn’t the first time Beloye Lake has vanished. In 1600, a church stood on the land, which appeared solid. Then, one day, the church was sucked underground. Two decades later, a lake suddenly appeared where the church used to be.

Senior research fellow with JSC Anti-karst and Coastal Guard Vladimir Tolmachev says that return of the lake is a natural phenomenon akin to a huge bathtub.

‘When we want to pour water out of the bath we take out a stopper and the water goes out. As for the lake, the water easily flew away as some hollow appeared in the karst layers. Now, a huge stopper is forming of sand and clay there. So, it is highly likely that the lake will come back.’

It’s all a matter of when and where.