gncxx said:Liked the IHTM where the possibility of messages in tummy rumbles was posited. I'll have to listen more carefully.
escargot1 said:Aha, this is called gastromancy! I've read a first-hand acount of this.
gncxx said:escargot1 said:Aha, this is called gastromancy! I've read a first-hand acount of this.
How could I have gone through life and not heard of this?! Thanks for enlightening me, especially since my stomach is wont to make incredible noises at unfortunate instances. I can just say it's the spirits talking now.
47Forteans said:Having finished the current copy, I am waiting eagerly for the next issue!
XEPER_ said:Going against the grain here, but I hated the Woodwose article. I thought it was one of the most boring pieces I've ever read in FT. Woodwose? It was just the Green Man surely? And much of the article was simply a list of places the author had found carvings etc.
Very disappointed.
I have been pleased with the quality of FT for quite a while though - there was a slump at one point a couple of years or so ago, but things have picked up again, thankfully.
Going against the grain here, but I hated the Woodwose article. I thought it was one of the most boring pieces I've ever read in FT. Woodwose? It was just the Green Man surely? And much of the article was simply a list of places the author had found carvings etc.
Very disappointed.
I have been pleased with the quality of FT for quite a while though - there was a slump at one point a couple of years or so ago, but things have picked up again, thankfully.
I'd agree, it wasn't my favourite article.
I did enjoy the Murder House article, although playing catch-up I had seen that on the cover of the next issue I have to read so was somewhat puzzled to start reading it in issue 318.
Would have to say it was one of those I was less interested in, the maze rats article I struggled to find interest in. Yes, I understand the mysteries of the brain and the question of whether knowledge and learning can be passed on generation-to-generation is an interesting and unanswered question but it felt a bit too much like I had stumbled into the pages of New Scientist. Meanwhile, the Kabbalah 'Forum' piece seemed to be basically an account of a squabble over invitation to a party. Another piece that seemed like it had wandered in from one of the other magazines usually placed in the same section as FT in the newsagent.
There are obviously people interested in these kind of topics and it is good FT caters for as wide a range of subjects, there will be months where the topics I am interested in probably bore other readers. This month was just not for me.
Still, I don't recall coming across any mention of Michell or Crowley so there is that I suppose...
You'll be glad to hear Crowley is back in the newest issue (in Phenomenomix)!
I'll not get to that until the summer, I'm still catching up on Autumn/Winter 2014 editions...!
Lol, yeah I do that too. You've probably been too busy reading about the Dave King situation eh?