In news relevant to the Halloween season, Atlas Obscura reports: “A surprisingly large number of academic studies—as in, more than one—have applied mathematical modeling to the concept of human-vampire co-existence. Using the depiction of bloodsuckers in various forms of media,… Continue Reading
In the “Saints Collect” of Liber XV, the Gnostic Mass The DEACON intones: “Lord of Life and Joy, that art the might of man, that art the essence of every true god that is upon the surface of the Earth,… Continue Reading
According to Culture24, treasured books from the lost Library of Tudor polymath John Dee will part of a special exhibition at the Royal College of Physicians Museum in January 2016. “Among the curiosities are Dee’s astrological textbooks; he was once… Continue Reading
Popmatters.com has posted a very provocative piece on Yoga – it’s both ancient and contemporary, tracking the introduction of much theory and practice considered “essential” to innovations introduced a mere 150 years ago, some by the Yoga popularizer Swami Vivekananda… Continue Reading
This Summer the Wilhelm Reich Museum presented a Summer conference on this fascinating figure whose teaching of sexual liberation disturbed the psychoanalytic community and his political associates. It was held at the Orgonon in Rangeley, ME. The overall theme was… Continue Reading
The call for papers for Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult at the Freud Museum, London is officially going out: Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson present: Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult: A Multi-disciplinary Conference 30 April – 1 May, 2016 at… Continue Reading
According to MedPage Today, the FDA Obstetrics and Gynecology Devices panel offered suggestions for best practices, stronger patient education, and increased collection of data regarding the Essure sterilization implant. Panel members recommended changing the label language to indicate that the… Continue Reading
Pink News reports, “In an effort to prove their inclusivity prowess, employers such as Netflix and social media giant Facebook say they are now offering medical procedures such as gender reassignment and hormone therapy.” Of course, it is true that… Continue Reading
To mark the U.K. Family Planning Association’s annual Sexual Health Week, Lloyd’s Pharmacy created a calculator that estimates how many sex partners your sex partners have had, up to six degrees of separation. The tool is intended to raise awareness of… Continue Reading
A pill to prevent HIV transmission appears to be effective, according to two recent studies. Of 657 test subjects in San Francisco, none were infected with HIV. In the UK, test subjects showed a lower risk of being infected. A number of… Continue Reading