The Arts
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2013 » March
Archive for March, 2013 Inside the mind of the octopus. A friend recently explained to me that octopi are intelligent – very, very intelligent. I decided to look into this bizarre claim. Read on and be flabbergasted – Deep Intellect Inside the mind of the octopus BY SY MONTGOMERY Published in the November/December 2011 issue of Orion magazine Photograph: Brandon Cole “ON AN UNSEASONABLY WARM day in the middle of March, I traveled from New Hampshire to the moist, dim sanctuary of the New England Aquarium, hoping to touch an alternate reality. I came to meet Athena, the aquarium’s forty-pound, five-foot-long, two-and-a-half-year-old giant Pacific octopus. For me, it was a…
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Lost Fragrances Continued: M.J. Guest Blogs About GUERLAIN…
Lost Fragrances Continued: M.J. Guest Blogs About GUERLAIN… Curious about what lost perfumes were like? Author M.J. Rose spent a few months touring the blogosphere last year, and she left behind a gorgeous trail of guest posts about lost fragrances… Now that the paperback of THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES is out, we are publishing her guest posts here at The Museum of Mysteries. Enjoy! (Tune in often as we post more links to her numerous delicious posts. Your senses will thank you!) …And so, here’s a peek at M.J.’s lush on GUERLAIN… “Researching The Book of Lost Fragrances was a labor of love. One of the most wonderful parts…
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Lost Fragrances Continued: M.J. Guest Blogs About WEIL – CASSANDRA…
Lost Fragrances Continued: M.J. Guest Blogs About WEIL – CASSANDRA… M.J. was on a blog tour last year for THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES (now in paperback) and she guest blogged about lost fragrances as she went! (Tune in often as we post more links to her numerous delicious posts. Your senses will thank you!) …And so, here’s a peek at M.J.’s Guest Post at Mrs. Q Book Addict on the unforgettable Weil – Cassandra… “M.J. Rose: I’ve been fascinated with lost fragrances since long before I started writing The Book of Lost Fragrances… since I found a bottle of perfume on my great grandmother’s dresser that had belonged to…
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Lost Fragrances Continued: M.J. Guest Blogs About GUERLAIN…
Lost Fragrances Continued: M.J. Guest Blogs About GUERLAIN… Curious about what lost perfumes were like? Author M.J. Rose spent a few months touring the blogosphere last year, and she left behind a gorgeous trail of guest posts about lost fragrances… Now that the paperback of THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES is out, we are publishing her guest posts here at The Museum of Mysteries. Enjoy! (Tune in often as we post more links to her numerous delicious posts. Your senses will thank you!) …And so, here’s a peek at M.J.’s lush on GUERLAIN… “Researching The Book of Lost Fragrances was a labor of love. One of the most wonderful parts…
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Lost Fragrances Found. Again…
Lost Fragrances Found. Again… Here’s some exciting news: M.J.’s novel, THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES, is coming out in today. THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES was the Indie Next Pick for March of last year, Best of 2012 – Suspense Magazine, and Best of Spring Mystery/Suspense PW and Amazon - with a starred and boxed PW review. In case you have not read the book yet, here is the story straight from M.J.: “Cleopatra, the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, was fascinated with and some say obsessed by scent. Marc Anthony built her a fragrance factory and the famous queen was said to have kept a recipe book for her…
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2013 » February
Archive for February, 2013 Telekinesis and Telepathy Go Electric Paranormal is just about to be simply “normal” – Did you think our ability to master telekinesis and telepathy would look like this? Temporary tattoos could make electronic telepathy and telekinesis possible by Charles Q. Choi – Txchnologist “Temporary electronic tattoos could soon help people fly drones with only thought and talk seemingly telepathically without speech over smartphones, researchers say. Electrical engineer Todd Coleman at the University of California at San Diego is devising noninvasive means of controlling machines via the mind, techniques virtually everyone might be able to use. Commanding machines using the brain is no longer the stuff of…
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A Scholarly Account of Necromancy
A Scholarly Account of Necromancy From our friend Nancy over at the blog comes a wonderful post about necromancy and more… By Nancy Bilyeau Vampire. Witch. Zombie. Werewolf. Yes, they have us surrounded. In films, books and TV series, it seems as if the supernatural run the show as never before. I admit to having my favorites. When it comes to the fanged ones, I like to get down with Dracula, whether it’s in the hands of the one-and-only Bram Stoker, the gifted Elizabeth Kostova (The Historian) or the audacious Francis Ford Coppola in his adaptation (fantastic soundtrack). Anne Rice, Charlaine Harris and Justin Cronin have taken the vampire myth…
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The Statues That Rocked
The Statues That Rocked Now here is a theory that makes sense!… Photograph by Randy Olson Easter Island Mystery Solved? New Theory Says Giant Statues Rocked National Geographic News “For centuries, scientists have tried to solve the mystery of how the colossal stone statues of Easter Island moved. Now there’s a new theory—and it rocks. The multiton behemoths traveled up to 11 miles (18 kilometers) from the quarry where most of them were carved, without the benefit of wheels, cranes, or even large animals. Scientists have tested many ideas in the past, figuring that the islanders must have used a combination of log rollers, ropes, and wooden sledges. Now a…
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2013 » January
Archive for January, 2013 A Scholarly Account of Necromancy From our friend Nancy over at the blog comes a wonderful post about necromancy and more… By Nancy Bilyeau Vampire. Witch. Zombie. Werewolf. Yes, they have us surrounded. In films, books and TV series, it seems as if the supernatural run the show as never before. I admit to having my favorites. When it comes to the fanged ones, I like to get down with Dracula, whether it’s in the hands of the one-and-only Bram Stoker, the gifted Elizabeth Kostova (The Historian) or the audacious Francis Ford Coppola in his adaptation (fantastic soundtrack). Anne Rice, Charlaine Harris and Justin Cronin have…
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The Atlantean Roots of Ancient Egypt
The Atlantean Roots of Ancient Egypt Are we a species with Amnesia? What is the real history of ancient Egypt and the world? So much evidence points to the idea that a very advanced civilization existed in antiquity, and was destroyed at the end of the last ice age when massive floods overtook the globe. The worldwide flood myths alone support this idea, and as it turns out the Egyptians also have a flood myth – all signs point to their civilization blooming out of the ashes of the survivors of a lost land that was overcome by water – could it be Atlantis? Author and lecturer Graham Hancock has…
