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For Easter we present a double Dreamland. First, a mysterious shroud-like image that seems connected to the Book of Revelation appears on a cloth. Second, a brilliant word-magician reveals to us the mystery of words.

First, Athalyn Rose is an artist who has experienced a miracle, at once awesome, beautiful and unsettling. A complex image appeared on a piece of muslin she had in her possession, that is in many ways as mysteriously formed as the Shroud of Turin. She tells us about this image, how it came to be, and what it means to her, and may mean to us. (The image is pictured here.)
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Reduced production of myelin, a type of protective nerve fiber that is lost in diseases like multiple sclerosis, may also play a role in the development of mental illness. Myelin is an insulating material that wraps around the axon, the threadlike part of a nerve cell through which the cell sends impulses to other nerve cells. Depriving mice of social contact reduced their myelin production. Does this make MS a "lonely" disease?
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The National Geographic website reports that when a researcher put 84 dogs in separate rooms with food on the floor and told each dog to leave the food alone, their response varied according to whether or not the light was on. The dogs were four times as likely to steal the food–and steal it quickly–when the room was dark.

They quote researcher Juliane Kaminski as saying, "It implies dogs understand (that) the human can’t see them, meaning they might understand the human perspective."
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