There's an interesting controversy brewing over FEMA's handling of the dead during their Katrina recovery efforts. Seems somewhere along the line, FEMA acquired a rule requiring a chaplain to 'bless' every body recovered, a rule that apparently extends to civilian contractors as well. Best quote: " "A prayer is not necessarily religious. Everybody prays." Say what?

Olga de Alaketu, the extraordinarily popular 80-year old High Priestess of Candomble, died today. She presided over Ile Maroia Laji, one of Brazil's oldest Tereirros.

I tried to read this to the end, but my eyes kept rolling.

A Scottish composer claims to have cracked the mysterious musical symbol-code carved into the Rosslyn Chapel ceiling.

Black magic at the pole?