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"CIA Manual Of Trickery And Deception" Declassified, Now On Sale

Posted 11.24.2009 | Books


If you have ever wanted to learn how to slink around unnoticed and send hidden signals like a real CIA agent during the Cold War, then you are in luck...

An Introduction To Kabbalah, Part 4: Kabbalah As A Spiritual Practice

Jay Michaelson | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living


Jay Michaelson

Kabbalah enables the "receiving" of more and more of reality, with more and more depth and sensitivity. Let's see how this works, in each of its three streams.

Friday Talking Points [99] -- Misdirection

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

The real head-scratcher for serious media-watchers right now is what the "war" between the White House and Fox News was meant to distract us from this week. The "war" itself is laughable, for a number of reasons.

Cirque du Soleil and the Meditating Clown

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 09.29.2009 | Denver


Ed and Deb Shapiro

The focus and concentration of Cirque du Soleil clowns and acrobats is a kind of meditation -- one slip and it could all be over!

Reselling Things That Already Exist

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 09.27.2009 | Comedy


Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

For a hot minute, I couldn't decide if this strategy is the dumbest thing since "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" or if it's pure genius. I was stuck with an uncomfortable in-between feeling.

Surfing Storytelling in Mexico

Karin Badt | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living


Karin Badt

Julio, my smiling surfer instructor, has gorgeous tattoos on his arms. One says: "Dios es magia, y Magia es Dios!"

The God Series, Part III -- Belief & False Beliefs

Larry Beinhart | Posted 02.07.2009 | Living


Larry Beinhart

When we hear or use the words "belief" and "believe," we tend to jump to the top of the chain of complexity. However, belief, as a psychological mechanism, is much simpler.

Happy Halloween! Celebrate With Deadly Dummies

Kim Morgan | Posted 12.01.2008 | Entertainment


Kim Morgan

I love dolls, I dislike dolls, dolls can sometimes scare me. I cradled them while playing mommy and daddy, I dressed up their plastic bodies in ridic...