Conference hydra::dejavu

I suppose that whomever wrote this would rather pick a belief system that makes 
him/her feel bad??

Any belief system can be taken to its most comfortable extent, or to its worst 
extent, and those who would not have you have your own belief system, will try 
and find ways to pick at it.  But, with what do they want to substitute it?

Think about it!

    Well, okay, let's try some definitions:
    
    Channeling -- what one's forced to do when the VCR breaks down.
    
    Spell -- Few people can do this well; check any English teacher
    
    Rite -- opposite of Rong.
    
    Crystal -- Notorious character on an "evening soap."
    
    Crystal ball -- Formal dance organized by Crystal.
    
    Witch -- Part of a question, such as "Witch way is downtown?"
    
    Karma -- the mother of an automobile.
    
    Cast horoscope -- a stellar prognostication for an actors' troupe.
    
    Ritual --  An expression from the southern United states, involving
               communication: "I ritual, why no answer?"
    
    Incense -- Concerning native intelligence, as "He is lacking incense,"
               meaning he's rather stupid.
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

    
    George,
    
    Have you been reading fundamentalist anti-New Age literature?
         
    Cindy

    Re .3 (Cindy):
    
    Looks as if he's been writing some. ;-D
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

    re: .0 
    
    I read that as very tounge-in-cheek, not as bashing...did I
    misinterpret?
    
    re: .2
    
    Steve, I love it!
    
    -Amy.
    

>    I read that as very tounge-in-cheek, not as bashing...did I
>    misinterpret?

I think it was tongue-in-cheek, too, but this morning (before my real hour of 
waking up, which is noon) my humor mode was set=low.  Somebody, somewhere, 
probably really does think that way.

on the lighter side, here's something George Carlin said...

"The guy we think is God...is just the Western Marketing Manager!  God? He's 
too busy throwing fireballs around the firmament!" {assume attitude of God 
talking} "Earth?  Oh yeah, Earth.  What day is it; Sunday? My one day off, and 
they're all gathering in church...(mumblemumblemumble)...Day off, my a**!!"

    re: .6
    
    Gotta admit, George Carlin does have a way with words... ;-)
    
    -Amy.

    Well, by George!  It's nice to see there is still one or two of
    those skeptics out there....  As I read the note I felt the same way 
    I do when I hold my giggle-rock...  Curious...

    Terry

    RE: .0
    
    I read it as bashing.  Well done, George!
    
    I can't stand George Carlin.
    
    
    John M. (OTR)

>    I can't stand George Carlin.

He doesn't like you, either.

    Okay, a few more:
    
    Wiccan -- A cry of encouragement, as "Wiccan do it!"
    
    Hoodoo -- A query as to the ability of performing a task, or knowledge,
              as ," I can't do it; do you know hodoo?"
    
    Jinx -- Openings, such as "Jinx in one's armor."
    
    Sprite -- A diet soft drink.
    
    Rapping -- Obsolete term for having a bull session.
    
    Conjunction -- a part of speech, such as "and" or "but."
    
    Charm -- A bangle for a bracelet.
    
    Conjure -- Antithesis of projure.
    
    Seance -- An instruction to a child learning to speak.  Often uttered
              just before or after, "Say uncles."
    
    Trance -- Meaning "spanning," as in "trance-continental railroad."
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr. 

    (It is not anchovies but and incredible simulation)

 >reply .2,.11 Steve I loved your replies,they really made
               me laugh.

 >reply .3  Do not worry Cindy ;^)

 I must admit I was a little angry when I started writing the
base note,but I was laughing by the end of it.I do not want to
disappoint the skeptics,but I know from personal experience that
at least some types of psychic phenomena are real.
 Many of the people I have known who have psychic ability,
some of whom are the most beautiful people,have a good deal of
flexibility of mind,if someone says I found that wearing a
hat to bed increases prophetic dreams,they give it a try.I
think of them and some of the noters here as explorers.Instead
of sailing on ships to new lands they are exploring other new
frontiers and coming back with incredible stories.Many have
little concern with proving anything.The real benefit from
the explorers is that they find things that the factual,test it
people do not find,because they would never look where they are
certain nothing exists.
 After the explorers find something that does not fit into the
model that the factual, test it people have made,of how everything
works.The factual ,test it people get upset.They worked hard on
their model and their is a group of people that sleep with hats
on trying to tell them it is wrong.Eventually the factual types
check it out,figure it out,and update their model of how everything
works.They then tell the explorers how it really is.But by this time 
the explorers are off exploring some place else.
 Now regarding the base note.I am blesses or cursed as the case
may be with having a good portion of both explorer and factual,
test it tendencies.I at times get frustrated with those exploring
for what appears to my factual,test it side as a disregard for 
evidence and proof.Hence the base note.At other times I become
very frustrated by the factual test it people and what appears
to my explorer side as an unwillingness to really check into
what the explorers are saying because the model they have worked
so hard on says it can not be so.I hope this helps clarify things.  
                        
           Sincerely ~~/~~ George D. he he he

    Re .12 (George):
    
    Well, as long as you feel that way ...
    
    Reincarnation -- Beginning of a memorandum concerning a discovery
                     of something in a flower.
    
    Spirit possession -- Having control of a bottle of the hard stuff.
    
    Qaballah -- Italian for "How pretty!"
    
    Rune -- Bring to catastrophy, as id, "Watch out!  You'll rune it!"
    
    Psychic -- A maneuver done repetitively in aerobics classes.
    
    Aura -- Mediterranean-dialect conjunction meaning alternatives,
            such as "Choose this aura that."
    
    Cult -- Down-East word for "designated" as in, "This is cult a bean
            hole."
    
    Medium -- The way a lot of people order their meat done.
    
    Spirit rapping -- Philosophizing between ghosts.
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

   re: .12

   Why didn't you say that in the first place???  :-)...

   We all need a bit of test-it attitude or else nobody would be
   able to understand us.  It's grounds us enough to help figure
   out the why's of what seems to be going on in our 'world'.

   The orignal note (no matter the intent) was funny ;-).

   Terry

                          [ Another Definition ]
    
    Spirit rapping -- Rapping a bottle of the hard stuff,such as a gift.  

    Curse -- A direction, as "Lay on a curse to Altair IV, Mr. Sulu."
    
    Hex -- Short for "hexidecimal."  Used excessively in programming.
     
    Dowse -- Colloqualism for a bunch of things, generally somewhat
             distant from the speaker, as in "Whose shoes are dowse?"
    
    Ghost -- That boundary on a continent between land and ocean, such
             as the East Ghost of the United States.
    
    Sorcerer -- A person who specializes in manufacturing what a teacup
                sits on.
    
    Invoke -- Current fashion, as "That style is invoke."
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.