Joe's Blog

Have you ever thought about how the world's religions map to the population, that is, how many people are this religion or that, what religions are the most popular on the planet, and the like?  Adherents.com has a number of interesting statistics about religions. For example, there are 116,00...

The Winchester house is famous for having been built due to spirit influence.  The owner of the house worked on the house non-stop for many years to appease herself and the spirits regarding the invention of the Winchester rifle.  This article discusses some of the details, which you may...

Thanksgiving is a great holiday to kick off the winter season, especially if you're a big-time shopper.  Tomorrow morning, there will be all kinds of people awake and moving about at ungodly hours to get the best deal on whatever they're looking for. More importantly, Thanksgiving is a time to ...

While browsing an article about ghost hunting, I found something interesting: "Before you scoff, know this: About 3 in 4 Americans profess at least one paranormal belief, according to a 2005 Gallup survey. About 37 percent of Americans believe in haunted houses, and 32 percent believe spirits ...

I used to think that a Spiritualist was a person who believed in Spiritualism as described by the National Spiritualist Association of Churches (NSAC) in the US or possibly the Spiritualists National Union (SNU) in the UK.  Nothing more. But I now see the term cropping up in areas I wouldn't ex...