What do Anagrams, Tea Leaves and Pebbles Have in Common?

alphabetMP asks: “Okay, this may be nothing.  A friend sent me an email that showed anagrams.  I looked it up on the internet since I’ve never seen anything like them, maybe wordsmiths have.  The page I found showed uses for anagrams.  One of them was divination.  Most of the other uses were informal encryption, wordplay, generating passwords, etc. Do you see any harm in using them for innocent  games [like word jumbles]?”

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Study: Altered States More Common Than You Think

A new study has found that a surprising number of people experience altered states of consciousness while practicing yoga, mindfulness, meditation and breathwork, and some of these experiences are very negative.

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New Bill Protects Women and Girls from DeepFake Revenge Porn

One morning in October, 2023, 14-year-old Elliston Berry woke up to find her cell phone flooded with text messages from friends telling her that nude images of her were all over the internet. Knowing she had never posed nude for anyone, where did these images come from and how could this be stopped?

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Netflix Docuseries Shines Light on Abusive Cult

A new Netflix docuseries entitled, Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult” which debuted last month, is shining a bright light on the alleged abuses suffered by followers of a man who runs both a church and a talent management company in Los Angeles.

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More States Block Enactment of New Gender Identity Rule in Schools

An attempt by the Biden Administration to rewrite Title IX rules to include gender identity protections, thereby forcing biological women to share private spaces with gender-confused biological males in schools and colleges receiving federal dollars, has now been blocked by three federal judges across 11 states.

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The Blessed Ulma Family: Ever Together, Here and Hereafter

The Ulma Family

by Theresa Cavicchio, OFS

March 24, 2024, marked the 80th anniversary of a tragic World War II event brought to the forefront of global attention only fairly recently: the execution of seventeen human beings, ranging in age from adult to barely born.

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Women Spend Thousands on Rage Rituals

Instead of learning how to overcome the inevitable hurts and sorrows of life in a healthy way, women are being encouraged to indulge their inner rage by attending screaming ceremonies where they beat the ground with sticks and shriek at the top of their lungs.

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