Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology
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Page : 1617 pages
File Size : 38,75 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Occultism
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Page : 1617 pages
File Size : 38,75 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Occultism
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Author : Lewis Spence
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 36,88 MB
Release : 2006-09-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1596052376
This "compendium of information on the occult sciences, occult personalities, psychic science, demonology, spiritism, and mysticism" was one of a kind when it was first published in 1920 and is still considered the best in its field today. Spence organizes a world's worth of magic -- from "Ab" (a magical month in the ancient Semitic calendar) to "Zulu witch-finders" -- into 2,500 dictionary-style entries that explore concepts and personalities both familiar (Freemasonry, Morgan le Fay) and obscure: palingenesy (a process by which plants or vegetables are destroyed and then "resurrected"), Leonora Galigai (a 17th-century Italian aristocrat who was burned as a witch). A delight for devotees of the weird and the strange, and a valuable resource for students of mythology and the evolution of scientific thought, this important volume is at home in the libraries of all book lovers. Scottish journalist and folklorist LEWIS SPENCE (1874 -1955) was a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, and Vice-President of the Scottish Anthropological and Folklore Society. He published more than 40 works on mythology and the occult, including History of Atlantis, An Introduction to Mythology, and Myth and Ritual in Dance, Game and Rhyme.
Author : Leslie Shepard
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Page : pages
File Size : 40,90 MB
Release : 1992-05
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ISBN : 9780922066841
Author : Gordon Stein
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Page : 902 pages
File Size : 50,12 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
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The Encyclopedia of the Paranormal contains over 90 articles by more than 50 experts on topics including the strictly paranormal (psychokinesis, channeling, levitation, astrology, phrenology, palmistry); the historical (mediums, psychic research, alchemy, Houdini); the philosophical (miracles, survival of death, reincarnation); and work on investigatory photography, statistics, the media and the Bermuda Triangle. In his foreword, Carl Sagan says, "I wish [this book] were on the shelves of every newspaper editorial desk and every television newsroom, to encourage more skeptical backbone in reporting . . . . [I]n school libraries so that children would have some counterbalance to the many paranormal and mystical claims in our society."
Author : Leslie Shepard
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Page : pages
File Size : 21,57 MB
Release : 1984
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Author : J. Gordon Melton
Publisher : Gale Cengage
Page : 1939 pages
File Size : 24,25 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Occultism
ISBN : 9780810394896
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about people, events, and topics in occultism and parapsychology; and includes a list of Internet resources, a general bibliography, and an index.
Author : John Michael Greer
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 31,84 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781567183368
"Written by a practitioner of various Western occult traditions -- the author has a background in druidism, freemasonry, cabala, Louisiana hoodoo, and is a certified tarot grandmaster -- this is an authoritative and engaging reference on the occult. Cross-references lead to relevant entries, and sources for further reading are often suggested (a bibliography of these sources is included at the end of the volume). Extensively researched yet concise, this encyclopedia will provide a wide range of users with information on both occult history and current practice."--"Reference that rocks," American Libraries, May 2005.
Author : Leslie A. Shepard
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,76 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Occultism
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Author : J. Gordon Melton
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Page : pages
File Size : 38,73 MB
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Category : Demonology
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Author : Lewis Spence
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 20,62 MB
Release : 2014-03
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ISBN : 9781498112161
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1920 Edition.