Astrology, Psychic Stuff, and Skepticism

Astrology, biorhythms, fortune-telling, and tarot Forteana (and miscellaneous weird phenomena} Psychic phenomena Science on the fringe Skepticism

I am not a believer in astrology. I am interested in the history of astrology because of its importance to astronomy and religion. Objects and events in the sky have long been important to humans. I am fascinated by the possibility that catastrophic events with an astronomical origin have played a crucial role over the last few millenia in the development of human culture.

I like to read about the unusual phenomena often called "Forteana" in honor of Charles Fort because these sometimes indicate gaps in our understanding of nature.

You may also want to visit my pages on Myth and Legend which includes sections on UFOs and cryptozoology.

Astrology, biorhythms, fortune-telling, and tarot

• 1.HOROSCOPE onLine offers horoscopes, biorhythms, etc.
• AdZe MiXXe, Astrologer Extraordinaire Home Page
• Ancient Astrology and Divination on the Web. by Tim Spaulding offers annotated links to web sites about ancient astrology.
• Archetypal Astrology
• Astrological Association of Great Britain Journal Page
• Astrology.net
• Astrology by Moonlight
• Astrology Now - Your Concise Guide to Astrology offers a discussion forum about astrology, detailed information on astrological signs, a compatibility guide, and more.
• Astrology on the Net offers a large number of links to sites about astrology.
• Astrology the ultimate original science by Jim D'Amato offers his reflections on the importance of astrological concerns on the history of science and culture. Also see Official Beginning: Age of Aquarius festival to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada starting January 29, 1998.
• AwareNET seeks to "decode the hidden information in life all around us as Revealed through Ancient Oracular Systems like Astrology and Numerology."
• Ben McNenly's Astrology Pages
• Cyber Astro offers personalised Vedic Astrology horoscopes.
• Elemental Astrology by Bob Saunders comments on the study of human interaction by comparison to the dominant elements in the horoscope.
• Jonathan Cainer's Daily and Weekly Zodiac Forecasts in association with the U.K. Daily Mail offers a typical example of the type of astrology advice published in newspapers and periodicals.
• Lester Ness offers information on the history of astrology, including a resource guide, his dissertation on Astrology and Judaism in Late Antiquity, and his translation of portions of Bouché-Leclercq's classic work on Greek Astrology.
• Metalog by Dermod Moore offers links to many web sites about astrology.
• New Age Voices includes AstroTalk, an online astrology magazine; interactive horoscope readings; and other new age resources.
• Starstuff by Rowena Wall offers a brief look at the history of astrology.
• Vedic Astrology

Forteana (and miscellaneous weird phenomena}

• alt.misc.forteana (USENET news group)
• Anomalies by Garth Haslam offers a database of paranormal events, objects, and people.
• The Enigma Project investigates and documents paranormal claims Maryland and contiguous states. Topics explored include UFOs, cryptozoology, parapsychological phenomena, and fortean events.
• Fortean Times on line
• The International Fortean Organization is a not-for-profit society established in 1965 to continue and expand the work of the original Fortean Society.
• Strange Magazine is the online version of the printed magazine of the same name. Strange covers all kinds of Fortean phenomena.
• The Anomalist investigates anomalies of nature, science, religion, and history. A print version is published twice a year.

Psychic phenomena

• Astral Projection Home Page
• Geo Group (Dowsing, geopathy, ley-lines)
• Hillhouse Investigations-Paranormal Detective Agency offers a humorous look at "ghost hunting".
• Scientific Study of Psychic Phenomena offers links to parapsychology research sites.
• Shadowlands discusses Bigfoot, mysteries, ghosts, UFOs, sea serpents, and more.
• Taos Hum: Bill Beaty's Homepage
• Tarjeh's Domain discusses reincarnation, religions of the world, monsters, Atlantis and Mu, philosophy, inner force, and more.

Science on the fringe

• Elektromagnum Index Page, created July 1994 is devoted to speculative electromagnetics.
• Journal of Scientific Exploration

Skepticism

• Australian Skeptics investigates "pseudo-science and the paranormal from a responsible scientific viewpoint." Includes a very useful topic-oriented list of skeptical links.
• Characterization of Quack Theories by Russell Turpin.
• Crackpot Index by Mike Kohary offers "a simple means for rating potentially revolutionary contributions to physics as typed on Usenet." Quite amusing and, unfortunately, all too true.
• crank dot net offers annotated links to web sites espousing a variety of unorthodox positions as well as sites about skepticism and debunkery. They rate my catastrophism page as cranky,
• CSICOP/Skeptical Inquirer
• Debunker's Domain by Robert Sheaffer offers information on UFOs, feminism, right-wing falsehoods, and many other topics, as well as pointers to other skeptical resources.
• Donald Simanek's Home Page. contains annotated links to scores of resources for skepticism.
• Firewalking myth vs Physics discusses the physics of firewalking and shows how to put on a safe firewalk.
• Great Quotes from Great Skeptics (some quite amusing!)
• International Network of Skeptical Organizations (CSICOP)
• James Randi Hotline
• Jim Lippard's Skeptical Information Links offers over 400 links to resources for subjects from alternative medicine to UFOlogy.
• Left Hemisphere
• Prometheus Books (United Kingdom)
• Rational Examination Association of Lincoln Land (REALL) is a non-profit educational and scientific organization. It is dedicated to the development of rational thinking and the application of the scientific method toward claims of the paranormal and fringe-science phenomena.
• Sci.skeptic newsgroup
• Secular Web
• SKEPTIC Annotated Bibliography by Taner Edis and Patrick Fitzgerald offers a searchable annotated listing of books and other resouces about paranormal and fringe science phenomena.
• Skeptic Magazine
• Skeptical Archive (Sweden)
• Skeptics Society
• Stephen's Guide to the Logical Fallacies by Stephen Downes offers an excellent introduction to this topic. For each fallacy, Downes presents the generally accepted name, a definition, examples, and steps to prove the fallacy has been committed.
• The Skeptic magazine (UK) is a print magazine which takes a skeptical look at pseudoscience and claims of the paranormal.
• The Skeptic's Dictionary by Robert T. Carroll offers over "400 skeptical definitions and essays on occult, paranormal, supernatural, and pseudoscientific ideas and practices with references to the best skeptical literature."
• Society for Scientific Exploration
• Talk.origins Archive Home Page
• Victor J. Stenger of the Physics department at the University of Hawaii offers a number of essays from a skeptical point of view. Topics include particle physics, astrophysics, neutrinos, and underwater detectors; physics and metaphysics; cosmology and cosmythology; physics and psychics, the paranormal; and science and religion.

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