Don’t cut yourself off from all that is there to know about consciousness. Three of us were standing outside the old coaching inn in this northern market town where my friend, a clairaudient medium, was giving a demonstration. Actually, it was her second visit because so many people had asked when she was coming back. This was at the beginning of a wonderful ... Continue Reading
Learning About Humanity and Our Place in It
Philosophical musings have linked faith with the love of humanity. And how do we learn about them? Every so often a poem makes such a profound impression on me I find it attaching itself to that inner template of what’s right and what’s wrong. And, I guess, all of us come with our own versions of what that is. Rumi, a poet who lived in the thirteenth century, ... Continue Reading
Can Dogs Detect More Than Just Your Mood?
Are dogs capable of detecting your mood, danger, and disease? When Doctor Claire Guest, a scientist and psychologist in animal behaviour decided to follow up a letter published in 2004, in “The Lancet” and written by a retired orthopaedic surgeon (on the ability of some dogs to detect bladder cancer) she didn’t know that her own (a Labrador named Daisy) was to save her life ... Continue Reading
Weird are the Ways of the Wonderful Things
The Gypsy folk used to come to Kent on hop-picking expeditions and, when my mother was feeling well, she would go working in the fields with them. Perhaps this is when “something” within me stirred and I thought I’d like to work on a farm? This is the mother I prefer to remember because, when she changed, I didn’t much like her. Actually, I felt more at home with the Gypsy ... Continue Reading
Animals In The Know
A couple of years ago, I was wandering around St. John Pass in Florida with a friend, seeking a restaurant offering a pot of tea. It was a very hot day and my friend was dehydrating. “Seeking” changed to “hunting,” when I suddenly “smelled a psychic,” and set off sideways, following my instincts; and forgetting about Clare. It’s the kind of things that dogs do when they ... Continue Reading