I STARTED out in the mid-’70s as a complete skeptic about psychic or paranormal phenomenon. Having studied and taught philosophy and logic, I tended to question everything that did not have any logical explanation. But I also had an insatiable search for knowledge, especially outside conventional...
THE DEVASTATING earthquake that shook Japan to its very foundations earlier this month cannot leave anybody unmoved—or unscarred. For what happened in this country can happen in any other country on earth. The spontaneous outpouring of support and aid from almost all countries of the world is...
HERE’S AN intriguing letter from a Cagayan de Oro reader. Apparently, extraordinary events are common occurrences to her. “I’ve heard a lot about you from TV shows,” began Matet. “I actually bought your book ‘When the Impossible Happens: Confessions of a Reluctant Psychic.’ I believe in elementals,...
ABOUT TWO years ago, I received this e-mail message from a certain Steve Knight requesting details of my experience with Uri Geller, wherein he duplicated a drawing I had done which he had not seen before. “I run a website about Uri Geller,” said Steve, “and one of the pages deals with Uri’s feat...
Part 2 A MOST frequently asked question is: “Why are our faith healers and psychic surgeons concentrated in Pangasinan, the Ilocos region and Central Luzon?”
WHERE DID the idea of soulmates originate? More than 10 years ago, a well-known former TV host and newspaper columnist asked on her TV program, “Where did this concept of soulmates come from anyway? Who started it?”
A READER who signed himself or herself “Der Schagohod” said he or she saw on the Internet an article I wrote about reincarnation, and wondered if he or she has had a previous existence because of something strange that happened two years ago, and “since then I have not found any peace.” The reader...
THE HEADLINE of a front-page news item in the Inquirer on Dec. 8, 2010, caught my interest: “Doctors, bishops agree: Life begins at fertilization.” This conclusion was made during a consultative meeting between the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and the Philippine Medical...
