July 6, 2023July 16, 2023

Alfred Wallace: Spiritualism, intelligent evolution, and natural theology

Science, Theology

Wallace is recognised alongside Darwin as the co-discover of natural selection, the mechanism that makes evolution possible. Wallace was eventually to reject his own discovery in relation to the evolution ... Read more

May 9, 2023June 25, 2023

Kurt Gödel: God, mathematics, and the paranormal

Science, Theology

At the age of twenty-four Kurt Gödel published two academic papers which overturned two thousand years of assumptions in the world of mathematical logic, ended the aspirations of a generation ... Read more

March 17, 2023August 10, 2023

Max Planck’s religion: Church elder, deist, founder of quantum theory

Science, Theology

When James Murphy asked Albert Einstein to write an introduction to a book containing Max Planck’s essays in 1932, Einstein initially refused, stating that it would not be fitting for ... Read more

November 18, 2022July 8, 2023

Francis Collins: God and the Human Genome Project

Science, Theology

For the man who went to a chapel and consulted with God before accepting the role, the Human Genome Project was more than a scientific endeavour. For Francis Collins, the ... Read more

August 3, 2022July 8, 2023

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 28, 2023

Lemaitre and Religion: 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 ... Read more

May 17, 2022August 7, 2023

Eddington and Religion: Eye of the Soul

Science, Theology

On May the 29th 1919 groups of locals gathered on the island of Principe in the Bight of Benin off the West African coast glancing towards the darkening sky, as ... Read more

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

December 20, 2020August 10, 2023

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 28, 2023

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, 2019August 31, 2023

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, 2019August 31, 2023

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 8, 2023

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, 2019January 15, 2023

Charles Darwin's religious views

Science, Theology

Darwin is usually, and quite wrongly, hailed as one of the great champions of atheism. His work, countless people around the world will confidently affirm, disproved Biblical accounts of creation, ... 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, 2019August 18, 2023

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, 2019September 6, 2023

Albert Einstein on God and religion

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, 2019November 24, 2022

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, 2019September 5, 2023

Isaac Newton’s Religion: Christianity, alchemy, and the occult

Science, Theology

Newton’s science was wrapped together with his various religious interests to such an extent that the two domains cannot really be considered separately. He saw the world as a series ... 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