tag > Magic
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Charles Fort (1874 - 1932) - writer and researcher who specialized in anomalous phenomena
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Shigeru Mizuki (水木 しげる) (1922 - 2015) was a true giant in his field and made enormously important contribution to the (none) human story.
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Kunio Yanagita (柳田 國男) (1875 - 1962) was a Japanese scholar and considered the father of Japanese native folkloristics, or minzokugaku.
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Kui is a polysemous figure in ancient Chinese mythology. Classic texts use this name for the legendary musician Kui who invented music and dancing; for the one-legged mountain demon or rain-god Kui variously said to resemble a Chinese dragon, a drum, or a monkey with a human face; and for the Kuiniu wild yak or buffalo.
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The Ancient Indian Fable of the Blind Men and the Elephant.
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The SCP Foundation is a fictional organization documented by the web-based collaborative-fiction project of the same name. Within the website's fictional setting, the SCP Foundation is responsible for locating and containing individuals, entities, locations, and objects that violate natural law (referred to as SCPs).
On the SCP Foundation wiki, the majority of works consist of "special containment procedures": structured documentation that describes an SCP object and the means of keeping it contained.
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H is an abbreviation for Hexen, witches. Created by Heinrich Himmler, the researchers of this special and secret part of the SS studied source material in more than 260 archives and libraries throughout German territory and systematically detailed cases of people prosecuted and punished for witchcraft.
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The study of the interaction between psychological processes and the nervous and immune systems of the human body. The main interests of PNI are the interactions between the nervous and immune systems and the relationships between mental processes and health.
Psychoneuroimmunology: laugh and be well
The idea that a positive outlook on life and a cheery disposition help to stave off illness is as old as the hills. Perhaps surprisingly, this adage is much more than an old wives’ tale.
