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Albert Einstein once remarked that "the most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious". Of course, one must not forget that Einstein's own 'experience of the mysterious' resulted in him marrying his first cousin, but the fact remains - the call/voyage into the great unknown has fueled man and geek for centuries, and long looks set to continue.

Ultimately, there's something intrinsically pleasing about a voyage of incomprehensible randomness. Sure, we can pack up and journey to a far off region in the hope of finding both ourselves and a new culture - falling in love with a random orphan child, riding an elephant or one of any other now cliched life experiences (not to take anything away from any of said experiences, of course) - but how many of us can truly admit to a journey into the complete unknown? One that promises nothing but delivers everything?...

It may be Star Wars day (May the fourth be with you), but how seriously should we take the growing church of Jediism?

Today is Star Wars Day, being May the Fourth. (Say the date slowly, several times.) Around the world, film buffs, storm troopers and Jedi are gathering to celebrate one of the greatest science fiction romps of all time. It would be easy to let the fan boys enjoy their day and be done with it. However, Jediism is a growing religion in the UK. Although the results of the 2001 census, in which 390,000 recipients stated their religion as Jedi, have been widely interpreted as a pop at the government, the UK does actually have serious Jedi.

For those of you who, like BBC producer Bill Dare, have never seen Star Wars, the Jedi are "good" characters from the films. They draw from a mystical entity binding the universe,...