woo

unorthodox, heretical, or hidden spiritual traditions - mysticism, magic, esoterica, the occult, etc.

just let go of needing to explain it at all, and just go with it as an experience. There is something there, but we don’t really understand it, and maybe we can’t really understand it. And that’s OK.

Michael Taft • Energy in Practice

Dismantling the Woo-Woo Taboo

karineglinton.substack.com

chakras in the west is funny because you have so many disbelievers who have no experience with it and so many professed believers who also have no investment, knowledge, or experience with it

yatharth ༺༒༻x.com

thread

The Tale of the Shaman: Science, Magic, and Super Placebo (v2)

Roger’s Bacon secretorum.life

when we tell stories about magic but coat those stories with a layer of "btw magic is impossible" we are saying that having power and helping people is impossible

QC x.com

thread

The hippie world & the science world can be reconciled, here's how to do it: 1. Take a break from arguing over mechanism/metaphysical assumptions (HIPPIE: It works because of mystical energy! RATIONALIST: There's no such thing!) 2. Empirically test whether there are... See more

Tyler Alterman x.com

supernatural phenomena

the non-material, miraculous, and paranormal

Stuart Evans • 3 cards

The Sacred Art of Alchemy — Awaken in the Dream

Paul Levy awakeninthedream.com

Life is Woo

beiner.substack.com