August 07, 2007

Dawkins' "The Enemies of Reason"


The woman in this photograph is (choose one):
  1. Out of her mind
  2. A faith-healer
  3. Thinking about something very naughty
  4. Shortly to become the next victim of spontaneous head explosion
  5. Both a & b
If you answered b, you are correct. If you answered e, you are even more correct. Here's a little snippet about her:
Prof Dawkins visits Elisis Livingstone, a £140-a-day faith healer who treats patients - including some with terminal cancer - with meditation, spiritual healing and recorded chants at her Shambala Retreat in Glastonbury, Somerset.

He appears bemused as she intones: "Smile your very best smile, swallow the smile with some saliva into the heart and let the heart smile back at you… and the golden glow that comes from the heart, comes from a golden flower and use the gold light from the centre of the flower like a sunbeam and beam it on to those petals and wake them up…"

— (Source)

Dawkins interviews the felonious Ms. Livingstone as part of his upcoming two-part television series, The Enemies of Reason, which is to air on British television later this month.

I am in the US. I'd like to watch over the Internet, but Channel 4 has seen fit to block access for those outside the UK. If anyone knows a way around this, please let me know! I'd very much like to see Dawkins' show, but it doesn't look like I'll be able to do so.

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