Mar 17th, 2010 · Turkish novelist Elif Shafak's new novel, The Forty Rules of Love, takes us into the life of a middle-aged Jewish woman from central Massachusetts, who as a reader for a literary agent, has just picked up a copy of a novel by a modern Sufi mystic.
Dec 21st, 2009 · A biologist reflects on an awe-inspiring experience in Africa, when a group of baboons united in some kind of amazing "mystical" moment.
Oct 2nd, 2009 · In a new biography, Graham Farmelo digs deep into the archives and personal papers of a little-known Nobel-winning physicist. Farmelo discusses The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom and his theory that Dirac may have been autistic.
May 19th, 2009 · Scientists suspect Moses and other religious figures were epileptic. But that doesn't mean they didn't really hear God. One researcher has created the "God helmet," which uses sensors to reproduce mystical experience by manipulating brain chemistry.
May 18th, 2009 · In a study at Johns Hopkins, a majority of test subjects given a psychedelic drug reported having full-blown mystical experiences. Such research is shedding light on the chemical reactions that take place in the brain when people feel they're encountering God.
May 15th, 2009 · On Two Suns, the British songstress Natasha Khan explores an alter ego named Pearl, a blonde femme-fatale who acts as Khan's yin to her desert-born yang. Bat for Lashes performs its lush, beat-heavy tribute to the lead character of The Karate Kid and more, from WXPN.
Feb 27th, 2009 · The music of East Forest is hard to classify. With such diverse sound effects and samples as frogs croaking, children playing, side walk preachers preaching, and a New York subway door closing, The Education of the Individual Soulis tied to both nature and to everyday urban life, giving it the qualities of a sort of ethereal and mystical modern-day fairy tale.
Jan 13th, 2009 · The ABC series Lost may focus on a mystical island, but it's also about larger themes like religious faith and the importance of community — the stuff of memorable novels.