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    August 3, 2022August 8, 2022

    James Jeans and religion: A universe in the mind of God

    Science, Theology
    “I obtain incredible peace and joy from my prayer. Compared to others, I receive a thousand times more fulfilment from my prayer” James Jeans, quoted in M.W. KhanOne May evening ... Read more
    July 7, 2022July 21, 2022

    Lemaitre: The Priest and the Big Bang

    Science, Theology
    “Science is beautiful. It deserves to be loved for itself, as it is a reflection of God’s creative thought.” -Lemaitre’s address on returning to Louvain University after receiving the Francqui ... Read more
    May 17, 2022May 18, 2022

    Eddington and Religion: Eye of the Soul

    Science, Theology
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    April 4, 2021February 8, 2022

    Bitcoin private key encrypted with quantum generated random number

    Cryptocurrency, Science
    If you just want the code without the explanation, go down towards the bottom of the page.QRNG Wallet is a bitcoin wallet private key generator that derives a key from ... Read more
    March 26, 2021March 27, 2021

    Academic book and papers on spiritual psychology

    Projects
    Completing Piaget’s Project is a book on transpersonal (spiritual) psychology, its basically a history of science from a transpersonal perspective that develops lines of thought relating to complex systems biology, ... Read more
    March 26, 2021April 4, 2021

    Radio Archive UK

    Projects
    Radio Archive is a remastering project for retro music, which contains many recordings that can be found nowhere else, including the BBC archives. I have also included articles on the music ... Read more
    March 26, 2021March 26, 2021

    Series: Lives of spiritual scientists and other influential figures

    Projects
    Contrary to popular thinking, the world’s great scientists were nearly always spiritual, usually theists, and often Christians. We take a look in this short series that will become a book ... Read more
    December 20, 2020July 21, 2022

    Donald Knuth: Explorations in religion from the “Yoda of silicon valley”

    Science, Theology
    Donald Knuth gained numerous epithets, among them “the world’s greatest computer scientist”, the “father of algorithm analysis”, and “the yoda of silicon valley.” His major work, the multi-volume Art of ... Read more
    June 21, 2020June 21, 2020

    “But he will baptise with the Spirit and Fire”: How I became a Christian overnight

    Theology
    There are many examples of sudden conversions to Christianity in spiritual writings. Those of Saint Paul and CS Lewis being well known ancient and modern examples respectively, but if you ... Read more
    April 17, 2020July 21, 2022

    Schrodinger’s God

    Science, Theology
    Erwin Schrodinger was Nobel prize winning Austrian physicist who also made significant contributions to theoretical biology. His most famous work in physics was the formulation of the Schrodinger wave equation ... Read more
    April 17, 2020April 17, 2020

    The bitcoin block reward halving: Why it is central to bitcoin’s boom and bust cycles

    Cryptocurrency, Finance
    The bitcoin “halving” is the reduction of the “miners reward” which happens every four years. Bitcoin miners solve cryptographic problems in order to receive coins. When their reward halves, this ... Read more
    April 14, 2020April 17, 2020

    Jean Piaget’s spirituality

    Science, Theology
    Until I have time to write up an article on this, the great psychologist Jean Piaget’s fascinating relationship with spirituality and religion can be found in this journal article that ... Read more
    September 22, 2019April 17, 2020

    A short history of the universe

    Science
    The variety of the universe is awesome as well as its size. In this short post we will take a tour of the universe from its inception in the weirdness ... Read more
    September 5, 2019February 23, 2020

    Brief history of trance music

    Music
    According to the ticket vendor Skiddle, ticket sales for trance events are at an all-time high. The diversification into subgenres which occurred across the 90s has arguably reversed and trance ... Read more
    September 4, 2019April 17, 2020

    The medieval cosmos

    Theology
    We have taken a look at the origins of the universe, and of life on earth, according to contemporary science, elsewhere on the site. The medievals had their own take ... Read more
    August 19, 2019April 17, 2020

    History and politics of raves and free festivals

    Music
    Many people bemoan the death of genuine free parties, but the legal raves and electronic dance music festivals of the twenty first century are not only bigger and better attended ... Read more
    August 10, 2019July 21, 2022

    Gatecrasher: The rise, fall and return of the iconic home of house and trance

    Music
    August 2016 saw the long awaited return of the Gatecrasher clubbing culture in Sheffield. The iconic brand name and accompanying strutting lion logo is inseparable from the rise of UK ... Read more
    August 8, 2019July 21, 2022

    Werner Heisenberg: science, mysticism, Christianity

    Science, Theology
    God created the world. God used mathematics to do so. Mathematics can be understood by us because we are made in God’s image. Physics is the service of God because ... Read more
    July 23, 2019April 17, 2020

    Charles Darwin rediscovered: Christianity, agnosticism, and creative design in the life of the world’s most spiritual “atheist”

    Science, Theology
    Darwin is generally hailed as one of the great champions of atheism. His work, countless people around the world will confidently affirm, disproved Biblical accounts of creation, and ever since ... Read more
    July 21, 2019August 24, 2019

    Whole food vs supplements: A quick look at green tea

    Psychology/health
    Originally published on tph.news in 2016Many people have formed the opinion that eating foods whole, in their natural form, is better than taking them in capsule form as a food ... Read more
    July 20, 2019February 19, 2020

    World of dreams

    Psychology/health
    You will probably recognise a number of these unusual, wonderful, or disturbing types of dream from your own experience. The categories given here emerge from scientific studies of dream analysis, ... Read more
    July 20, 2019April 17, 2020

    Good in the eyes of God: The philosophy of Immanuel Kant

    Theology
    According to some accounts Kant was an incredibly pure and disciplined individual, driven only by his quest for philosophical, scientific, and spiritual truth. He was so methodical, they say, that ... Read more
    July 20, 2019April 17, 2020

    The science and Christianity of James Clerk Maxwell

    Science, Theology
    Maxwell is usually regarded as the third most influential physicist in history, behind Newton and Einstein. Einstein wrote that Maxwell’s work was “the most profound and fruitful that physics has ... Read more
    July 19, 2019April 17, 2020

    Albert Einstein and the creator-God of relativity theory

    Science, Theology
    Einstein was one of the most famous physicists of the twentieth century. He developed a personal theology that was lengthy and complex, and drew considerable attention and controversy in both ... Read more
    July 19, 2019April 17, 2020

    Inventing the conflict between science and religion

    Science, Theology
    We have seen that neither Darwin himself nor the vast majority of Christian clergy at the time saw any conflict between science and religion, and that the preeminent nineteenth century ... Read more
    July 18, 2019April 17, 2020

    Quantum mechanics and quantum computing: Some philosophy and light mathematics

    Science
    The only way to really understand quantum mechanics (and quantum computing,  for which this knowledge is essential) is through mathematics, and this post is a very light introduction to the ... Read more
    July 18, 2019November 20, 2019

    Health benefits of coffee

    Psychology/health
    Coffee is one of the single healthiest things you can drink. Several studies have shown that most people who live in the West get more antioxidants from coffee than from ... Read more
    July 17, 2019April 17, 2020

    The amazing spiritual life of Isaac Newton

    Science, Theology
    In today’s world we tend to forget that a large number of the world’s leading scientific thinkers have been spiritual individuals who identify with some kind of belief in God ... Read more
    July 12, 2019July 21, 2022

    Sleep mentation: The illusion of not sleeping!

    Psychology/health
    Sleep studies have shown that individuals who claim not to have slept have actually slept, often for up to four hours of the night. But their perception is that they ... Read more
    July 12, 2019February 19, 2020

    What is the purpose of life? The hierarchy of needs is psychology’s answer

    Psychology/health
    The psychologist Abraham Maslow developed a hierarchy of human needs which each person must address, and address in order, in order for life it to be satisfactory. Maslow is one ... Read more
    July 11, 2019November 20, 2019

    Meditation and spiritual development

    Psychology/health
    Meditation is growing in popularity in Western medical settings. Twenty minutes of meditation per day leads to mental and physical health benefits which are at least on a par with ... Read more
    July 8, 2019September 4, 2019

    Brain changes from daily meditation

    Psychology/health
    Meditation is indelibly associated with spirituality, and for good reason. But the focus doesn’t have to be spiritual and a secular focus can actually be the best way to start. ... Read more
    July 7, 2019September 5, 2019

    Walking raises creativity

    Psychology/health
    It is well known that exercise is good for you. But plenty of people do not take exercise. One of the reasons for this is that exercise takes time out ... Read more
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