The Pythia offered practical counsel that could shape future actions, just as political risk analysts do today – though we’d use modern jargon and call it ‘policy’ in the public sphere, and ‘corporate strategy’ in the business world. By John C. Hulsman.

How spiritualists of the 19th century forged a lasting association between higher dimensions and the occult world. By Paul Halpern.

At the end of the 19th century, inspired by radical advances in technology, physicists asserted the reality of invisible worlds — an idea through which they sought to address not only psychic phenomena such as telepathy, but also spiritual questions around the soul and immortality. Philip Ball explores this fascinating history, and how in this turn to the unseen in the face of mystery there exists a parallel to quantum physics today.

Detractors and admirers alike embrace the same misunderstandings. By H.A. Hellyer.

Not one to try at home. By Laila Tyack.

It’s Impossible to Separate Strangeness from American History — And That’s a Good Thing to Remember on Occult Day. By Mitch Horowitz.

The Rosicrucians began as a myth, or maybe a hoax, but they changed the way that people thought. By Peter Bebergal.

In February of 1974, Philip K. Dick had a profound, life-changing vision. Was it a psychotic break or a religious experience?

Mystical experiences reported after taking clinically-controlled doses of the psychedelic substance psilocybin are similar across individuals, according to a report in the Journal of Psychopharmacology... By David Hayward.

Cultural Commodification and Tibetan Singing Bowls. By Ben Joffe.