For the moment, we have only Knapp’s word for it, but what he reports is startlingly similar to what Nick Redfern reported in his discussion of the so-called Collins Elite, and it is similar, too, to what Jacques Vallée describes in his Forbidden Science, namely that some members of the military and the intelligence community, having absorbed a great deal of fringe literature—Vallée was aghast to discover that officials were using his Passport to Magonia as a research source, since he knew exactly how little he actually knew about the subject!—have used their positions to push for government-funded research into the paranormal. According to Knapp, they are opposed by Christian fundamentalists in the Evangelical-dominated military hierarchy: “they’re basically high-level people in different intelligence agencies who are fundamentalist Christians; who think that anything involving UFOs and the paranormal is satanic, that by studying it we invite Satan into this world, and they wanted it killed for those reasons.” Knapp claims that the Evangelicals convinced the Pentagon to end funding for occult studies.

After more than 10,000 people expressed interest in the ritual to hex Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Facebook, creators of the event are giving witches everywhere another opportunity. The first ritual to hex Kavanaugh, as well as those who support him and the Trump administration took place yesterday (Saturday, October 20), and sold out less than a week before any major publicity. More than 10,000 people immediately signed up to participate in the dark event and now organizers “are expanding the hex into multiple rituals and events… The second ritual to hex Kavanaugh will take place on Saturday, November 3…”

A woman named Astrea writes a blog called “Starlight Witch.” Describing herself as a “polytheistic pagan,” she offers her followers detailed instructions about how to cast spells on President Donald Trump. She makes her incantations at the stroke of midnight, Eastern Standard Time, when the moon is just a tiny crescent. First she calls on several of her favorite “warrior goddesses,” and then lights a candle. Then she declares: “I beseech thee in my name and in the name of all who walk, crawl, swim, or fly; in the name of all the trees, the forests, streams, deserts, rivers and seas; in the name of Justice and Liberty and Love and Equality and Peace! Bind them in chains. Bind their tongues! Bind their works! Bind their wickedness!” Astrea claims that more than 30,000 witches and pagans engage in this ritual monthly. It may seem far-fetched, but witchcraft has become a political movement in this country, fueled by fear and—in some cases—feminist anger…

This has just come to our attention: a journal launched last year on trans and post-humanism. The Journal of Posthuman Studies is based at the Ewha Institute for the Humanities, a Korean “research institute to overcome the crisis of humanities” and published by the Penn State University Press. Its editor-in-chief is Stefan Lorenz Sorgner, a German philosopher at John Cabot University in Rome…

Evangelical Christians are some of Israel’s biggest supporters in the United States. However, there is a movement to turn evangelicals against Israel and it’s coming from other Christians. For the first time in its history, Christ at the Checkpoint (CATC) hosted its bi-annual conference in the United States. The event was created by Palestinian Christian activists in Bethlehem in 2010. This year, Christian leaders from around the world gathered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to condemn Christian Zionists and fight Israel’s “occupation” of Palestinian land. “From the beginning the target of CATC has been Christian Zionists. This remains the primary target,” Luke Moon, Deputy Director of the Philos Project, told CBN News…

Scoffers beware: the Biblical tale of David and Goliath just got more real than ever, thanks to an archaeological discovery that fits the Biblical description of Goliath’s armor. In the Biblical tale, roughly 3,000 years ago, David, when he was still a young shepherd and not yet the immortal king, engaged in single combat on behalf of the Jews against Goliath, the huge champion of the Jews’ arch-enemies: the Philistines.