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href="http://skepdic.com/contents.html#Z">z</a></li> </ul> <webContent><h1 align="center"><font face="Arial">Suggestions for future entries in the <i>Skeptic's Dictionary</i></font></h1> <p align="left">The following topics have been recommended by readers for consideration as  future entries in the <i>Skeptic's Dictionary</i>. By listing them here I make no judgment on their merit.</font></p> <blockquote> <ul> <li> <a href="http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Abiotic_oil"> abiotic oil</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.adidam.org/">Adidam</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ce5/CE017410.html">aether (ether)</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.ufomind.com/misc/1998/aug/d02-001.shtml">Adair, David </a></li> <li><a href="http://www.victorzammit.com/afterlifearticles/bacci.html">Bacci, Marcello</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.blessedquietness.com/journal/housechu/branham.htm">Branham, William Marion </a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.energeticarts.com/john.htm">Buchanan, John </a>庐: Karuna庐, Tera-Mai庐, and Urevia庐</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0452273226/qid=1028822861/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/104-2021507-4437502">Buzon, Tony </a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/mom/calaveras.html">Calaveras skull</a></li> <li> <a HREF="http://www.chick.com/">Chick (Jack) Publications</a></li> <li> <a HREF="http://www.alexchiu.com/">Chieu's (Alex)  Eternal Life toe and finger magnets</a></li> <li><i><a href="http://www.cwg.org/">Conversations with God </a></i>Neale Walsch</li> <li> <a href="http://www.fool.com/Specials/1999/sp990422wadecook.htm">Cook, Wade </a></li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060208211038/http:/www.parascope.com/en/articles/coralCastle.htm">Coral Castle</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northeast/series11/week8_faith_healer.shtml">Cunningham, David (faith healer)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.nibiruancouncil.com/html/dna_recoding__flyer.html">NA Recoding</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.psitech.net/">Dames, Ed </a> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060527091200/www.deogenesis.com/Default.asp">Deo-Genesis</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.dianelloyd-hughes.co.uk/keeping-healthy/a-healthy-colon-is-imperative-for-keeping-the-body-healthy-and-detoxified">Diane Lloyd-Hughes</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/D/dirpans.html">directed panspermia</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.religioustolerance.org/eck.htm">Eckankar</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckhart_Tolle">Eckhart Tolle</a></li><li> <i><a href="http://www.winwenger.com/einfact.htm">Einstein Factor</a>,</i> <a href="http://www.winwenger.com/imstream.htm"> image streaming,</a> and <a href="http://www.photoreading.com/">photoreading</a></li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaru_Emoto">Emoto, Masaru </a></li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20041014225138/http:/www.holistic.ie/main/essays/colorp.htm">Esogetic Colorpuncture </a>and <a href="http://www.colorpuncture.com/mandel.html">Peter Mandel</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.epigraphy.org/">Fell, Barry and the Epigraphic Society</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.guyfinley.com/">Finley, Guy </a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.forbiddenarcheology.com/">Forbidden Archaelogy</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.windofchanges.org/">Gentle Wind Project</a> (heal the world with good spirits)</li> <li> <a href="http://www.lovewithoutend.org/">Green, Glenda  (conversations with Jesus</a>)</li> <li> <a href="http://www.habtheory.com/">HAB theory</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.grahamhancock.com/">Hancock, Graham </a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/">High Frequency Active Auroral Research Project (HAARP)</a> </li> <li> <a HREF="http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Hoffman_Quadrinity_Process">Hoffman Quadrinity Process</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.repatternit.com/">holographic repatterning (resonance repatterning)</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Grail">holy grail</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.durbinhypnosis.com/">Human Trinity Hypnotherapy</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.huna.org/">Huna</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.qrd.org/QRD/www/RRR/ident.html">Identity Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="http://infidels.org/library/modern/keith_augustine/immortality.html">immortality</a></li> <li><a HREF="http://www.ishmael.org/welcome.cfm">Ishmael Community</a></li> <li> <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_C._Hoagland">hyperdimensional physics</a></li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeung_San_Do">Jeung San Do</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.confederateyankee.net/">Keene, Jeffrey J. </a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.answering-christianity.com/ac20.htm#links">Koran: scientific miracles</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/features/leaky-gut-syndrome">Leaky Gut Syndrome</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.deletestress.com/"> Linquist, Dr Luann </a> - Dr. Delete</li> <li><a href="http://www.brucelipton.com/press-release">Bruce Lipton</a><br /> </li> <li><a href="http://matthewmanning.net/">Matthew Manning</a><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1181267788141050.xml&coll=7"><font size="3"><br /> </a></li> <li><a href="http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/DSH/msm.html">MSM (methy sulfonyl methane)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.drunvalo.net/">Melchizedek, Drunvalo</a><a HREF="http://www3.eu.spiritweb.org/Spirit/4th-dimension-melchizedek.html"></a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.meta-medicineusa.com/what-is-meta-medicine/">meta-medicine</a></li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_milk_miracle">milk drinking statues</a></li> <li> <a HREF="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15673102">Microhydrin</a></li> <li> <a href="hhttp://hoaxes.org/weblog/comments/3751/">Mills, Randy & Blacklight Power</a></li> <li><a HREF="http://www.fmbr.org/planned.php">Mind-Being Research, The Foundation for </a></li> <li><a HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNYPM8gDInc">Neurophone of Patrick Flanagan</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.near-death.com/newton.html">Newton, Michael </a> (regressive therapy to the space <i>between</i> past lives!</li> <li> <a href="http://www.criticalenquiry.org/oakisland/">Oak Island Nova Scotia (buried treasure?)</a></li> <li>O<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/netnotes/article/0,6729,1378794,00.html">pus Dei</a></li> <li> <a HREF="http://www.religioustolerance.org/rajneesh.htm">Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh)</a></li> <li><a HREF="https://skeptoid.com/blog/2013/11/19/the-photon-belt/">Photon Belt</a></li> <li> <a HREF="http://www.photoreading.com/">Photoreading</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.organicsa.co.za/About_Us/Plocher_Energy_System/plocher_energy_system.html">Plocher Energy System</a></li> <li> <a HREF="http://www.realrawfood.com/sites/default/files/book/Chronic%20Fatigue%20Unmasked.pdf">Poesnecker, Dr. G.E. </a> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennes-le-Ch%C3%A2teau">Rennes-le-Ch芒teau</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.rosicrucian.org/">Rosicrucians</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.saioe.com/bio%20-%20bob.htm"> SAIOE - Robert Heiman's "ultimate state of being"</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.scenar.com.au/technology-2/scenar-therapy/">Scenar</a></li> <li> <a href="http://educate-yourself.org/pnl/schumanfrequencies07jul06.shtml"> Schuman Frequency</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaka_Memorial">Tanaka Memorial</a> compared to <a href="http://skepdic.com/protocols.html">Protocols of the Elders of Zion</a></li> <li><a href="http://tetadakalimasada.com/power-training-methods-in-kalimasada">TETADA KALIMASADA</a></li> <li> <a HREF="http://www.theomatics.com/">theomatics</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.thiaoouba.com/index.html">Thiaoouba Prophecy</a></li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transpersonal_psychology">transpersonal psychology</a></li> <li> <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unarius_Academy_of_Science">Unarius</a></li> <li> <a HREF="http://www.chirobase.org/06DD/vaxd/vaxd.html">VAX-D Therapy</a></li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vega_machine">Vega allergy testing machine</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vri.dhamma.org/">Vipassana Research Institute</a></li> <li><a HREF="http://vivation.com/index.html">vivation</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.spiritofmaat.com/archive/apr1/epstein.htm">waking dream therapy</a></li> <li> <a href="http://eschatology-wwwalter.org/about-eschatology/">Walter, William W.  - Eschatology Foundation</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.chem1.com/CQ/clusqk.html">water cures everything</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Wilde">Wilde, Stuart </a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.fredalanwolf.com/#AK">Wolf, Fred Alan (Dr. Quantum)</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.ufowatchdog.com/robert_ghostwolf.htm">Wolf, Robert Ghost </a></li> </ul> </blockquote> </webContent>Last 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