Skeptophilia

Some years ago, as part of the research I did while writing my novel Sephirot , I purchased a copy of Richard Cavendish's book The Black...

Ever heard of a witch bottle ? Witch bottles are magical items that are a type of apotropaic magic  -- spells meant to ward off evil (the wo...

One of the coolest things about writing Skeptophilia has been the connections I've made with other skeptics.  The friendly comments, an...

Today I learned that you can buy magical spells on Etsy. When I found out about this, I thought, of course  you can.  Everything else is f...

I just found something new for the Do-It-Yourself crowd; a how-to for making your own voodoo doll . The idea of voodoo dolls has been arou...

One of the coolest things about writing Skeptophilia has been the connections I've made with other skeptics.  The friendly comments, an...

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about eBay's decision to discontinue the posting of "paranormal goods and services" on their si...

Yesterday, we had the story of a Louisiana charter school whose textbooks use the Loch Ness Monster to "disprove evolution."  Toda...

In many cases, the woo-woo view of the world seems to me to come from a sort of fantasy-land style wishful thinking.  Wouldn't it be lov...