A human likes to consider himself the only being endowed with reason. Although representatives of the animal world are not inferior to us in intelligence, but looking at the amazing abilities of some of

The events of the Trojan War set out in the Iliad are known to the whole world, but are they related to world history? In the XIX century, Gennrich Schliemann decided to prove that the war really was.

The dervishes spinning in the whirlwind of ritual dance symbolize a mystical religious service and an ecstatic union with God. Despite the prohibition of the ritual "sama", which has been in effect for

Is it possible to cross the threshold of death and return back? Many, including doctors, are skeptical of such reports. Perhaps, in this way the body protects itself from a trauma that poses a threat to

The heavy burden of responsibility rests with those who are elected to become a prophet and preach the word of God. In many religions these charismatic personalities have always acted as interpreters of

More than a quarter of our lives we are asleep, which means that we have been dreaming for several years. Although much is already known about the mechanisms of visions, scientists have not yet come to

Hypnosis has come a long way since the days of Dr. Mesmer and "animal magnetism." Nowadays, therapists successfully apply hypnosis for anesthesia, treatment of tobacco and the consequences of psychological

Obsession with the devil is an almost tangible evidence of the struggle between good and evil, in which the man believed from the earliest times. However, the exorcism of demons can not be attributed solely

Versions of the legend of the Flood are known in different parts of the world. Is not the myth of the ark and the saved righteous people based on some real large-scale catastrophe, deeply imprinted in

Is the ghostly image on the Turin Shroud the posthumous image of Christ? Although the church didn’t give a positive answer to this question, it considers the shroud as an object of worship. Scientists