Myths & mysteries
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Myths & mysteries
Attempting to walk through solid barriers
Some practitioners claim that matching your body’s frequency to a wall lets you pass through it, but the attempt mostly leaves you with a bruised forehead and…
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Believing all physical diseases are simply mental errors
Because adherents regard the material world as unreal, some treat serious illness or injury as a mental error and rely on prayer instead of medical care.
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Mercury dictates the success of your short travels
Astrology associates Mercury with short trips, so missed buses and wrong turns may be blamed on the planet.
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Spanish pilgrimage routes rely on luxury luggage transport
On some Spanish pilgrimage routes, vans carry pilgrims’ suitcases from hotel to hotel, leaving them to walk with little more than a water bottle.
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Low vibrations are associated with guilt and deep shame
Some mystics place remorse near the bottom of an emotional frequency scale, alongside apathy and despair.
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Cardinal modalities are aggressive middle managers
Astrology portrays cardinal signs as eager initiators who push projects forward, then may move on before they're finished.
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Washing the car only during a growing phase
Some car enthusiasts wait for the moon's waxing phase, believing mud will wash off more easily then.
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Sagittarius individuals retreat from genuine commitment
In astrology, Sagittarius is often portrayed as freedom-loving and wary of commitment, preferring room to move over permanent ties.
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Placing tourmaline by electronics eats bad vibes
Some mystics place black tourmaline beside Wi-Fi routers to absorb what they call chaotic electronic frequencies—a kind of spiritual antivirus.
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Thirty-three signifies the master teacher
In numerology, 33 is called the “master teacher” and associated with compassion and a duty to help humanity.
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Eighth house manages shared cosmic debts and taxes
In astrology, the eighth house is associated with shared money and emotional ties, as well as upheaval that forces people to let go of what they cling to.
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Platinum is mostly used in car exhausts
Astrology links platinum with Aquarius; outside that symbolism, the metal is chiefly used in catalytic converters to help clean car exhaust.
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Neoplatonists argued that physical beauty was a moral virtue
Neoplatonist thinkers saw physical beauty as an outward expression of spiritual goodness, not merely a surface quality.
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Grand cross is a rare and highly intense planetary configuration formed when four planets in a birth chart simultaneously form four squares and two oppositions, creating a literal giant cross pattern in the sky.
Grand cross is a rare and highly intense planetary configuration formed when four planets in a birth chart simultaneously form four squares and two…
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Chiron is a comet with a unique and erratic orbit located between Saturn and Uranus, known in astrological circles as the wounded healer archetype.
Chiron is a comet with a unique and erratic orbit located between Saturn and Uranus, known in astrological circles as the wounded healer archetype.…
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Rumpology is an actual mystical pseudoscience heavily promoted by Sylvester Stallone's mother, Jackie, which involves predicting a person's future by examining the crevices, dimples, and shape of their buttocks.
Rumpology is an actual mystical pseudoscience heavily promoted by Sylvester Stallone's mother, Jackie, which involves predicting a person's future by…
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Agartha is a legendary kingdom that esoteric occultists and New Age mystics believe is located entirely inside the Earth, accessible only through secret hidden entrances at the North and South Poles.
Agartha is a legendary kingdom that esoteric occultists and New Age mystics believe is located entirely inside the Earth, accessible only through secret…
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Secondary progressions are an advanced astrological technique where your natal birth chart is mathematically moved forward by equating one day after your birth to exactly one year of your current life.
Secondary progressions are an advanced astrological technique where your natal birth chart is mathematically moved forward by equating one day after your…
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Charles Berlitz popularized the mystical lore of the Bermuda Triangle in the nineteen seventies with a bestselling book claiming that rogue magnetic fields, UFOs, or the sunken…
Charles Berlitz popularized the mystical lore of the Bermuda Triangle in the nineteen seventies with a bestselling book claiming that rogue magnetic fields,…
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Mystics and conspiracy theorists have spent decades arguing that the Egyptian pyramids could not possibly have been built by humans, claiming they must be the result of advanced…
Mystics and conspiracy theorists have spent decades arguing that the Egyptian pyramids could not possibly have been built by humans, claiming they must be the…
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John George Hohman published a book in the early nineteenth century that became the ultimate guidebook for a weird folk magic tradition practiced by Pennsylvania Dutch farmers known as powwowing.
John George Hohman published a book in the early nineteenth century that became the ultimate guidebook for a weird folk magic tradition practiced by…
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Ouroboros, the iconic mystical symbol of a snake aggressively eating its own tail, originated in ancient Egyptian funerary texts as a profound representation of the infinite cycle of life, death, and cosmic rebirth.
Ouroboros, the iconic mystical symbol of a snake aggressively eating its own tail, originated in ancient Egyptian funerary texts as a profound representation…
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Evangeline Adams was arrested in New York City in 1914 for fortune-telling, but she ended up winning her court case by allegedly predicting the judge's exact character using only his birth date.
Evangeline Adams was arrested in New York City in 1914 for fortune-telling, but she ended up winning her court case by allegedly predicting the judge's exact…
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Matrix Software became the very first company to successfully program a microcomputer to calculate astrological birth charts back in 1977, completely revolutionizing the industry.
Matrix Software became the very first company to successfully program a microcomputer to calculate astrological birth charts back in 1977, completely…
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