Youtube Episodes

E. R. Dodds: From the Greek Oracles to Modern Trance Mediumship? Introducing the Forbidden Histories Reading Group.

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I’m very excited to introduce a brand-new feature to you: The Forbidden Histories Reading Group (https://www.reddit.com/r/ScienceMagicReadings). The first reading will be E.R. Dodds’s The Greeks and the Irrational. For a schedule and further information watch this video. Reading groups are not your thing? You may still enjoy the video, which addresses a possible link between … Read more

New Video: “Francis Bacon – Scientist or Magician?”

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Legendary science popularizer Carl Sagan quoted Francis Bacon, a key figure of the Scientific Revolution, as an enemy of superstition, and suggested he was an early advocate of modern scientific naturalism. Never mind Bacon was a firm believer in occult phenomena and proposed experiments to test them – only to advise against such research in … Read more

New on Youtube: Poltergeist – the Finale!

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The third and final video in our series on poltergeist phenomena and hauntings in the history of science (and this time also medicine) has just gone live. This episode is on the longer side, as we will dwell quite a bit on twentieth-century continental Europe. Once again, you are going to encounter several figures not … Read more

New on Youtube: Poltergeist Phenomena & the History of Science, Part 2

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At long last, I just uploaded the second part of “Poltergeist Phenomena and the History of Science” to our Youtube channel. After part one was concerned with early modern responses to “things that go bump in the night” by Robert Boyle and colleagues at the Royal Society, and looked at the decline of empirical approaches … Read more

New on Youtube: “Poltergeist Phenomena and the History of Science”

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I made a new video for you! This and the following videos are based on my first Forbidden Histories article, “The Naturalization of the Poltergeist” (click here to read). Here’s part 1: For those who would like to do their own historical research, here’s an UPDATED BIBLIOGRAPHY with references for the article and both parts … Read more

New on Youtube: “The Myth of Disenchantment”

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Owing to the ongoing pandemic, we’re all grounded. So while we all have been staying at home to “flatten the curve”, I thought I’d make a new video for you. Please enjoy – and if you did, please remember to share, like and subscribe.

Forbidden Histories on Youtube: The First Episode is Online!

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When I knocked together the short movie-style teaser currently featured on the Welcome page, I had only the faintest ideas of concrete challenges involved in the production of the planned full video episodes. So with other work to deal with, it took me much longer than anticipated to shoot and edit the first full episode … Read more

We’re Back – To Make it Count.

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It’s been a while… …but worry not: I’m well and all my limbs are still attached. Since my last sign of life as a blogger, my time has been swallowed up by never-ending work on my book and various articles, along with research-intensive job applications and grant proposals. I covered as Director of Studies in … Read more