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Posts tagged firewalking

Newsfront

August 1, 2004 Written by Annette Taylor

Astrology Romps into the Bedroom It had to happen, I guess. A new book, Sextrology: The Astrology of Sex and the Sexes, written by New York astrologers Stella Starsky and (wince) Quinn Cox gets a fair amount of column inches in the Dominion Post (July 8.) Seems that the creative couple, Starksky and Cox, have […]

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Firewalk Firm Escapes Court Action

May 1, 1999 Written by NZ Skeptics

A company which made staff walk barefoot over burning coals in a training exercise has escaped prosecution. Seven sales trainees suffered burns during the “motivational” session run by insurance giant Eagle Star. Two of the workers needed specialist treatment at a burns unit.

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Ah Yes! I Remember It Well

February 1, 1999 Written by Bernard Howard

Founding member Bernard Howard reminisces on the Skeptics’ history in this guest editorial.

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Fire-Walking: Fiji Revisited

May 1, 1995 Written by Jim Ring

Visitors to Fiji are still being told that village people have the hereditary ability to walk on white-hot stones. This is quite untrue (see Hot Footing it in Fiji,Skeptic 26). A tourist promotion video for airline passengers features the ceremony. It is pretty obvious to the discerning viewer that the stones are not white-hot, but […]

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Hot-footing it in Fiji

February 1, 1993 Written by Jim Ring

New Zealand Skeptics walk happily on red-hot embers, protected by the laws of physics. Fijian firewalkers, however, are said to stroll across white-hot stones. How do they do it? Fijian firewalking is an ancient tradition. It was originally confined to a few villages on the island of Beqa (pronounced Mbengga). The ceremony achieved fame with […]

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