The Questioning Center (2025)

02/11/2025

What is the reason for Daylight Saving Time?

Greetings, world. The Questioning Center is back with more information. Today is November 2nd, so it’s Daylight Saving Time! But what is the reason for this? You have probably heard about Benjamin Franklin creating Daylight Saving, yet that’s false. According to UShistory .org, “Franklin is often given credit for inventing Daylight Saving Time. He did write a satirical piece…in which he claims credit for discovering the fact that the sun begins shining from the moment it rises, something that the locals, who sleep till noon, would never have means of knowing. To save on wasteful candles, Franklin recommends taxing people who use shutters, and ringing bells every morning at sunup to force people to adjust their days according to the availability of sunlight.” So, Ben Franklin merely meant it as a joke. Yet, at this time of the year, the hours go back to “save” an hour of sunlight because of WWI. According to Spectrum News 1, “It was during World War I that daylight saving time was first practically used.

In 1916, locations within the German Empire set clocks ahead one hour to use less power for lighting and to save fuel for the war effort. Many other countries soon followed, and after the war ended, they all went back to standard time.” Now, for the United States, they also used it during a world war. “Daylight saving time was first used in 1918, when a bill introduced the idea of a seasonal time shift. It lasted seven months before the bill was repealed. During World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt reestablished the idea of daylight saving time. It was called "War Time. In 1966, the Uniform Time Act of 1966 established the idea of regulating a yearly time change. Daylight saving time would begin the last Sunday in April and end the last Sunday in October." Interesting how a concept was created out of 1 hour being removed at the year’s end and beginning of Samhain. It seems that this tradition is a double-edged sword for removing and adding an hour of sunlight changes everyone's minds, let alone clocks.

31/10/2025

What is the origin of the holiday “Halloween”?

Greetings, world. The Questioning Center is back with more paranormal content. Today, we will be discussing the history and the reason for the holiday of Halloween. The source for this article is the Library of Congress, which states, “The Halloween holiday has its roots in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (a Gaelic word pronounced 'SAH-win'), a pagan religious celebration to welcome the harvest at the end of summer, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor saints. Soon after, All Saints Day came to incorporate some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before All Saints Day was known as All Hallows Eve, and later, Halloween.” Interesting how Halloween is yet another Holiday with Celtic origins, celebrating the eve of Samhain. “The tradition of carving Jack-o’-Lanterns originated in Ireland, using turnips instead of pumpkins.” Hmm, so the USA people are practicing Irish culture unknowingly. Wearing costumes as we all cherish on Halloween day originates from scaring off unwanted ghosts. “The Celts donned disguises to confuse the spirits and be left alone.” As for the trick-or-treating practice, there are three main theories. “Celtic people would leave food out to appease the spirits traveling the Earth at night. Over time, people began to dress as these unearthly beings in exchange for similar offerings of food and drink. The second theory speculates that the candy boon stems from the Scottish practice of ‘guising’. During the Middle Ages, generally children and poor adults would collect food and money from local homes in return for prayers for the dead on All Souls’ Day. A third theory argues that modern American trick-or-treating stems from “belsnickeling,” a German-American Christmas tradition where children would dress in costume and then call on their neighbors to see if the adults could guess the identities…” With this, I hope you learned something new about this legendary day of festivity and horror.

30/10/2025

Is there paranormal or magic energy during Halloween?

Greetings, world. The Questioning Center is back with more paranormal content. Today, we will be discussing the energies of Halloween. As you should know, Halloween started as a Celtic way of acknowledging the harvest at the end of summer, and people would “wear costumes to ward off ghosts. (Library of Congress)” After Stingy Jack, the inspiration for Jack-O-Lantern tradition, died with lingering spirits escaping Hell, “Locals eventually began carving scary faces into their own turnips to frighten away evil spirits.” The Library of Congress says, “Celtic people believed that during the festival, spirits walked the Earth. Later on, Christian missionaries introduced All Souls’ Day on November 2, which perpetuated the idea of the living coming into contact with the dead around the same time of year.” Now let’s tie this back together with the tradition of costume wearing we still enjoy til this day. Why was this specific and ongoing tradition started as understood through a paranormal lens? The website continues to say, “To avoid being terrorized by all the evil spirits walking the Earth during Samhain, the Celts donned disguises to confuse the spirits and be left alone.” As we discussed before with our masks for shapeshifting content, an appearance change holds an aura variation. The magic can be disguised, however the person chooses, on this holiday of the paranormal. So, to answer the title question, yes, the history and continual practice of this Celtic holiday cast paranormal/magic/spooky energies. So, why is the paranormal curtain unveiled during the Halloween season?

30/10/2025

Why Jack-o’-Lanterns and Black Cats on Halloween?

Greetings, world. The Questioning Center is back with more paranormal content. Today, we will be discussing the history and the reason for the holiday of Halloween. The source for this article is the Library of Congress. If you read our last post, it was about the origins of Halloween as a Celtic holiday. To further elaborate upon this season of terror, we must discuss the “magic” or paranormal energy of our favourite spooky day. LOC states that, “The tradition of carving Jack-o’-Lanterns originated in Ireland, using turnips instead of pumpkins. It is allegedly based on a legend about a man named Stingy Jack who repeatedly trapped the Devil and only let him go on the condition that Jack would never go to Hell.” The theme of the “Devil” and Halloween are tied together according to our source, the Library of Congress, because of its superstitious historical beliefs. So perhaps the carved-out pumpkins are Stingy Jack trapping the “Devil” inside of it using its facial features. As for the Black Cats and Halloween, LOC says, “The idea of being spooked by black cats dates back to the Middle Ages, when these dark felines were considered a symbol of the Devil. It didn’t help that centuries later, accused witches were often found to have cats, particularly black ones. People began to believe that the cats were a witch’s “familiar”–supernatural entities that would assist in their practice of dark magic–and black cats and spookiness have been linked ever since.” So there you have it, black cats are mistaken as bad luck depending on what culture says so. Also, the taboo of witches being evil in nature is concluded because of heightened superstitious beliefs surrounding Halloween.

30/10/2025

What is the Chinese Unicorn, the “Chi-Lin” (Qi-Lin)?

Greetings, world. The Questioning Center is back with more paranormal content. Today, we will be diving back into D.J Conway’s book called “Magickal Mythical Mystical Beasts: How to Invite Them into Your Life. (1996). Today's mythical cryptid will be the Chi-Lin. This is a Chinese mythical Unicorn. It looks like it has “the head of a Dragon, the tail of an ox, and a stag’s body. Its skin was red, yellow, blue, white, and black. These colors symbolized the Ch’i’lin's magickal connection with the five elements; fire, water, wood, metal, and earth. They said this creature was no larger than a goat but was fierce and had great strength. When it made a noise, it sounded like bells. (D.J. Conway, 1996)” What a strange cryptid to equate to what westerns have come to known as a unicorn, contracting with the Eastern Chi-Lin description. The description varies between one to two horns, having lion legs, no hooves or hooves, flame-like feathers. “It was known as the most perfect of all the land animals.: The Chi-Lin is meant to be one of the four special animals to help the first man “P’an Ku” create order in the universe. According to Conway, “There are only two reasons for the Ch’i’lin to reveal itself. As a prophetic creature, it will appear in the forest to an observer when times are peaceful and prosperous under the rule of a good leader. It will also appear when a great leader is about to die.” This book claims that the mother of Confucius saw the creature 2,000 years ago! Magickal attributes may be good fortune, fortune telling or prophecy, and connection with the five elements.

30/10/2025

The "Sin-you", another Japanese Unicorn?

Greetings, world. The Questioning Center is back with more paranormal content. Today, we will be diving back into D.J Conway’s book called “Magickal Mythical Mystical Beasts: How to Invite Them into Your Life. (1996). Today's mythical cryptid will be the Sin-you. As you may know, the last unicorn discussed here was the Japanese unicorn known as the “Ki-rin”, a golden, feathered unicorn. This other unicorn looks to be “like a lion with a thick, tawny mane and a single horn. It can distinguish between those who are guilty and those who are innocent. This creature would stand still and stare with its sun-flecked eyes at the guilty party. Then suddenly it would pierce the guilty person through the heart with its horn. (D.J. Conway). So, the magical abilities are truth-telling and justice-proving, achieved through the impalement of its horn. Wow! Oh, this lore is interesting. If you have never heard of this type of Eastern unicorn, Like, Share, and Follow The Questioning Center!

30/10/2025

What is the “Ki-rin”, the Japanese Unicorn?

Greetings, world. The Questioning Center is back with more paranormal content. Today, we will be diving back into D.J Conway’s book called “Magickal Mythical Mystical Beasts: How to Invite Them into Your Life. (1996). Today's mythical cryptid will be the Ki-rin. “The Japanese Unicorn was called the Ki-rin and is similar to the creature described by the Chinese. This solitary creature was said to walk with a dignified step or skip along when it moved. One depiction of the Ki-rin, on an ivory plectrum of the eighth century, shows a creature with a horse-like body, a single horn, and flame-like wings on its front shoulders and flanks.” This sounds like a hybrid between a regular old unicorn we all know and love, fused with a rising phoenix. “Ki-rin is composed of delicate feathers or feather-like scales, which are either luminous golden brown or simply gold. Its mane and tail are darker gold, as are its horns and hooves (D.J. Conway). The magical abilities are akin to the "Ch'i-lin" (+Good Fortune, prophecy, and 5 elemental connection). It predicts doom of others. How majestic this sound is, picturing this beauty out frolicking in the woodlands of rural Japan. If you have never heard of this type of Eastern unicorn, Like, Share, and Follow The Questioning Center!

30/10/2025

Is the 3I/Atlas really a comet or is it alien in origin?

Greetings, world. The Questioning Center is back with more paranormal content and current event topics. As you should know by now, a foreign object older than our current star system has entered from another star system! As of Oct 30th, it has reached it's closest point to our Sun, its "perihelion". For context, “3I Atlas marks the third interstellar object ever discovered in our solar system; scientists found the interstellar object in July 2025, according to Space.com.” The age of this comet is said to be older than our solar system! Don’t take this from me as a journalist, but from the scientists from the Planetary Society, “It may be older than our Solar System (which is ~4.6 billion years old). Some studies suggest ages between 3 and 14 billion years.” What is so mysterious about this 'comet' is the ratio composition of the elements. According to NASA, the comet is “heavily dominated by carbon dioxide (CO₂) relative to water (H₂O). In one measurement, the CO₂: H₂O ratio was ~8 1 — vastly higher than most Solar-System comets.” This is an anomaly that even NASA has only seen at least 3 times. According to Cornell University, “Polarimetric observations (how light is scattered/polarised by the dust/coma) show that 3I/ATLAS has a deep and narrow negative polarisation branch, reaching values not seen in many Solar-System comets.” Curious to find an object (albeit a comet) entering our solar system as a new item to research on where exactly it originated. Given these odd attributes, details, and compositions for a new object for humans to analyze, do you think that this object is of alien origin? On December 29th, it will be the closest to Earth. Maybe humanity will find out by then. Stay tuned for more paranormal here at The Questioning Center!

28/10/2025

Government Shutdown Day 24: How are Americans reacting?

Greetings, world. The Questioning Center is back with more current event updates. Tonight, we have to talk about the 24th day of this Federal Government Shutdown caused by republicans refusing to negotiate on a healthcare bill for Americans. Without a government operating for the working class Americans, people are left without the real resources necessary to live month-to-month under a capitalistic society with no raise in the Federal Minimum wage to a real living wage for rent, groceries, and healthcare. As you may have seen, Federal workers have been working without pay for the past 24 days (the record being 35 in 2019) without receiving a full paycheck for their hard work. These Federal workers are now standing outside in food lines, bread lines, etc, because they’re wages have been stolen away by the selfish politicians who don’t have sympathy for their constituents as lawmakers. According to CNN & ABC, “more than 1 million of them are going unpaid while Democrats and Republicans in Congress argue over funding federal agencies for the current fiscal year. Many will miss their first full paychecks on Friday, while others will feel the loss early next week, depending on their agency.” This is not to mention the 42 million SNAP recipients that the White House says will go without benefits for November. “Over the weekend, the Trump administration said it won't be giving a lifeline to SNAP funding, and blamed the Democrats for the ongoing shutdown.” This isn’t shocking, yet it's saddening to see politicians openly not care about human food security. This is said to be the worst food insecurity in the USA since Black Monday or Trump’s last term in 2020! “In 2020, around 38 million Americans experienced food insecurity (Common Dreams.org, 2021)”. Now, even more will face this because of government corruption and apathy towards the progressive movement. So, how will working class Americans react and respond to lawmakers as the majority in a democracy?

27/10/2025

Griffin caught on camera or fake?

Greetings, world. The Questioning Center is back with more paranormal content. Today, we have an alleged photo of a Griffin, a mythological cryptid that has the deer-like bald eagle face, with its feathers on the back and the body of a lion. The ears aren't bird-like, but are pointed. This creature is represented through movies, TV, and books as a fusion of two different creatures, yet living as one. The source of this photo is an anonymous photographer who posted with the “OddHouse” media watermark and was reported by the account. The account said, “Reports are emerging from Serra do Divisor National Park, a remote and dense rainforest along the Brazil–Peru border, where a park ranger claims to have photographed what appears to be a griffin-like creature.” In this photo, one can see an eagle-headed lion-bodied creature positioned behind tree branches in daylight. It appears to have the stereotypical white eagle face, with a beak. It has a long lion-esque tail. The legs seem like elongated lions with the feline reverse knee in tan brown color. Its ears are pointed and white, while it looks in the direction of the camera. This Griffin encounter gets even crazier and dramatic as it seems. Allegedly, this humongous Griffin or whatever kind of cryptid was “perched on a fallen tree before vanishing into the canopy, has ignited a storm of speculation online. The ranger, who was conducting a wildlife survey, insists the creature emitted a guttural, eagle-like screech moments before taking flight into the night sky.” It's an unthinkable story to believe when mainstream media and science claim cryptids to be fantasy, imaginative, or falsified. Some brief history about the Griffin says, “Originating in ancient Mesopotamian and Persian mythology, it was said to guard treasures and sacred places. Greek and Roman accounts described griffins as fierce protectors of gold in the mountains of Scythia, while medieval bestiaries transformed them into divine guardians, symbolizing vigilance and strength.” So, is this photo a real image of a real cryptid known as the Griffin?

19/10/2025

7 Million Peacefully Protest for “No Kings” against POTUS Trump

Greetings world, The Questioning Center, back with more current event updates. As of yesterday, Oct 18th, 2025, another event organised by the “No Kings” movement drove millions (nearly 7 million according to The Independent) across the United States to stand up against the new Trump administration policies that make life harder for the everyday, middle-income earning household. These protesters took to the streets this weekend to protest policies including: ICE kidnappings, National Troops forced into democratic cities, cuts to the earned benefit programs like social security/SNAP/WIC, and the latest government shutdown stalemate in Congress. “Today, millions of people showed that we, the people, will not be silenced, (The Independent). Deirdre Schifeling, chief political and advocacy officer for the American Civil Liberties Union, said,” Americans are fed up with this impromptu theocratic, ultra-radical conservative forced fascist republic. The United States, becoming ever more divided by politics, is now reunited with our First Amendment right of protest. Those selected 0.01 percent of Americans decide what the average income earner and below has to pay in taxes, what percentage of healthcare insurance is covered by your employer, and so on. Government, especially federal, involvement in criminalizing the working-class families for being immigrants, disagreeing with Israel, and other benign partisan antics, a person or entity may align with. The government should be here to support the working class, not stifle the earnings for wars abroad, and provide no healthcare for the sick or homes for the homeless. So, did you take to the streets this Oct 18 or last “No Kings” protest? And if so, why? Thank you for reading! Like, Share, and Comment for more The Questioning Center! Support in bio!

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