David MetcalfeUFO Economics — A quick look at the dollars and cents of Anomalistic ScienceLet’s take a brief moment to step outside of any speculations of motive and untoward manipulation or even the reality of the phenomenon…Jun 18, 2018Jun 18, 2018
David MetcalfeBlood Sacrifices: Violent Non-State Actors & Dark Magico-Religious Activities (Review)This is an updated version of an article/review originally published by Eris Magazine in 2016 using reformatted text taken from a Facebook…May 25, 20181May 25, 20181
David Metcalfesomething as old as the ground she is rooted inMy good friend from Sulphur Springs, Texas — Hank Vine is in Ecatepec — sub-metro Mexico DF — he writes:May 11, 2018May 11, 2018
David MetcalfePhantom Histories: Exploring the Work of Medievalist Claude LecouteuxIn those days it was common to bury people at night and by torchlight: and it was noticed that whenever a funeral was toward, John Poole…Apr 24, 2018Apr 24, 2018
David MetcalfeTaking the UFO Phenomenon Seriously — Religion, Narrative, Media and the Flying SaucerIt’s been a strange opening to the Spring season spent thinking about questions that Diana Pasulka (UNC Wilmington) and Jeffrey Kripal…Apr 5, 2018Apr 5, 2018
David MetcalfeUFOs, Religion, Technology — A (very short) introduction to American Cosmic“From a solid base of scholarship Dr. Pasulka introduces us to the players at the frontier of biological and physical research to pose some…Mar 27, 20181Mar 27, 20181
David MetcalfeOur Minds Come Alive in a Visual Way — Shannon Taggart and the photography of invisible thingsIt is an egregious, unavoidable fact that much of the material evidence for unexplained experience is the result of easily explained…Mar 9, 2018Mar 9, 2018
David MetcalfeCraigslist Conjurations — An exploration into the interstices of Spiritual Services, Folk Magic and…“…What I desire to dwell upon is the fact that adeptship in the real esoteric science of India does not presuppose great learning or…Mar 5, 20182Mar 5, 20182
David MetcalfeAnomalous Americana — 3 Stories from the Aetheric Margins of the Southern United StatesThe following is a selection of items gathered from the outer edges of contemporary culture. These curated flowers of human experience…Mar 5, 2018Mar 5, 2018
David MetcalfeIt Was the Devil Who Sent Me: Leonarda Ferreira Paixão and the Skulls of Sao Paulo“Foi o diabo quem mandou”, roughly translated this means something to the effect of “It was the devil who sent me” or more accurately, “It…Mar 2, 2018Mar 2, 2018