Aleister Crowley: The Beast 666
His admirers saw him as the prophet of a new age. His detractors denounced him as ‘The Wickedest Man in the World’. Either way The Great Beast, as he called himself, continues to be an influence on the spiritual world today.
Bugs, Bones, and Botany
With the help of Dr. Jennifer Gardy, of British Columbia’s Centre for Disease Control (CDC) we sift through the mayhem, murder and science that make up the world of forensic investigation.
Conjuring Philip
A group of researchers who experiment in communication with the spirit world contact Phillip, was Philip a ghost, was he created by the energy of the group, or is it all a trick we play on ourselves?
The Houdini Code
After his death, Houdini’s wife, Bess revealed that she received a message from her late husband through a medium, then just as quickly recanted. If it was a hoax was Bess Houdini an innocent victim or was she in on it?
Hypnotized!: The Trance State
Intense debate surrounds the topic of hypnosis; is it real, is it safe? We explore the history, beliefs and latest research on hypnosis to see if it can tell us about our limitations and our possibilities.
Jack Parsons: Jet Propelled Antichrist
A father of modern rocketry he was also an occultist who called himself “The Antichrist”. His death remains a mystery.
Jeff McBride: A Magickal Life
A Magician and one of the contemporary masters of the arts of deception; he is also the follower of a spiritual path based on a form of magic that he says, far from being a deceit, is a path to sacred reality.
Madame Blavatsky: Spiritual Traveller
At a time when women were expected to be seen and not heard her remarkable synthesis of western occultism and eastern traditions became a foundation for the New Age. But was she a spiritual genius, or a fraud?
Max Maven: A Fabulous Monster
Max Maven is a man who seems to know what you are thinking, Can he actually read minds or is he creating illusions based on his mastery of certain psychological insights?
My Nuclear Neighbour
Imagine that one morning you wake up to find out your nearest neighbour may be a nuclear power plant. After decades of fading into the background the nuclear power industry is again hot news.
Silo: Sage of the Andes
In May of 1969 a young man, descended from a stone hut in the mountains, with a message. In that distant corner of the Earth an unholy alliance of church and military dictatorship did their best to silence him. They failed.
Soferet: A Special Scribe
Soferet: A Special Scribe is a documentary about Aviel Barclay, a Vancouver artist and calligrapher who is the first woman to scribe a Torah scroll. A tradition, thousands of years old that began half a world away, is being challenged by this young woman.
Spiritualism: The Fox Sisters
In 1848 two little girls and their horrified parents seemed to communicate with the dead. This became the starting point for a movement that influenced tens of thousands of people and continues to attract believers to this day.
Tarot
Some say Tarot originated as just a game, but recent research shows that Tarot may have a mysterious origin and may well have been intended as more than a simple game.
Zombies: When the Dead Walk
To find real zombies we will have to go quite a ways from Hollywood. Outlawed by the government, zombification is said to be performed secretly in Haitis countryside.
