Book Description
English-language books published or reissued between 1976-1981. Arranged alphabetically by authors. Asterisks indicate excellence. Author, title, and subject indexes.
Author : Thomas C. Clarie
Publisher : Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 33,46 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN :
English-language books published or reissued between 1976-1981. Arranged alphabetically by authors. Asterisks indicate excellence. Author, title, and subject indexes.
Author : Kendrick Frazier
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 41,84 MB
Release : 2011-01-27
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1615926194
This collection of critical essays and investigative reports examines virtually every area of fringe science and the paranormal from a refreshingly scientific and clear-minded viewpoint. All bring to the task a determination to sift sense from nonsense and fact from fiction in an area notorious for misinformation, misperception, self-delusion, and wishful thinking.
Author : James Randi
Publisher : St Martins Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 20,96 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780312130664
Six hundred and sixty-six entries, along with hundreds of illustrations, on such topics as the Abominable Snowman, astrologer Jeane Dixon, and the monster of Loch Ness expose the cranks, charlatans, and myths of past and present.
Author : Gordon Stein
Publisher :
Page : 900 pages
File Size : 33,8 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN :
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 : Colin Stanley
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 10,44 MB
Release : 2013-05-31
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1846946794
The 'Occult Trilogy' is the collective label applied to Colin Wilson's three major works on the occult: The Occult (1971); Mysteries: an Investigation into the Occult, the Paranormal and the Supernatural (1978) and Beyond the Occult (1988). They amounted to a monumental 1600 pages and have spawned many other lesser works.
Author : Milbourne Christopher
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,7 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN :
Inside reports on various psychic performances and occult phenomena.
Author : Leslye Walton
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 29,47 MB
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0763693901
From the author of The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender comes a haunting maelstrom of magic and murder in the lush, moody Pacific Northwest. When Rona Blackburn landed on Anathema Island more than a century ago, her otherworldly skills might have benefited friendlier neighbors. Guilt and fear instead led the island’s original eight settlers to burn “the witch” out of her home. So Rona cursed them. Fast-forward one hundred–some years: All Nor Blackburn wants is to live an unremarkable teenage life. She has reason to hope: First, her supernatural powers, if they can be called that, are unexceptional. Second, her love life is nonexistent, which means she might escape the other perverse side effect of the matriarch’s backfiring curse, too. But then a mysterious book comes out, promising to cast any spell for the right price. Nor senses a storm coming and is pretty sure she’ll be smack in the eye of it. In her second novel, Leslye Walton spins a dark, mesmerizing tale of a girl stumbling along the path toward self-acceptance and first love, even as the Price Guide’s malevolent author — Nor’s own mother — looms and threatens to strangle any hope for happiness.
Author : Ed Okonowicz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 13,86 MB
Release : 2020-06-10
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 149304575X
Vengeful ghosts, sea monsters, and America's most haunted lighthouse figure prominently in this collection of eerie in tales from the Old Line State. From the rugged Appalachian Mountains, to the metropolitan center of Baltimore, to the Atlantic Coast come a variety of stories and legends, including Dorchester County’s Suicide Bridge, Fort McHenry’s gruesome hanging ghosts, and a sea captain’s widow whose sad wailing can still be heard coming from her final resting place in the family graveyard.
Author : John Michael Greer
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 39,3 MB
Release : 2011-09-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0738716006
Of course that monster hiding under your bed when you were little didn't really exist. Vampires, werewolves, zombies, demons—they're simply figments of our imagination, right? After all, their existence has never been scientifically proven. But there is one giant problem with such an easy dismissal of these creepy creatures: people keep encountering them. Join occult scholar John Michael Greer for a harrowing journey into the reality of the impossible. Combining folklore, Western magical philosophy, and actual field experience, Monsters: An Investigator's Guide to Magical Beings is required reading for both active and armchair monster hunters. Between these covers you'll find a chilling collection of fiendish facts and folklore, including: Why true vampires are the least attractive—and most destructive—of all monsters The five different kinds of ghosts Magical origins of the werewolf legends How to survive a chimera encounter (Jersey Devil, chupacabra, Mothman) The hidden connections between faery lore and UFOs Where dragons are found today How to investigate a monster sighting Natural and ritual magic techniques for dealing with hostile monsters This 10th anniversary edition of the quintessential guide to magical beings features a new preface, new chapters on chimeras and zombies, and updates on werewolves, dragons, and the fae.
Author : Honorius of Thebes
Publisher : Nicolas-Hays, Inc.
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 19,82 MB
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0892546301
As the title testifies, students were sworn to secrecy before being given access to this magic text, and only a few manuscripts have survived. Bits of its teachings, such as the use of the magic whistle for summoning spirits, are alluded to in other texts. Another key element of its ritual, the elaborate “Seal of God,” has been found in texts and amulets throughout Europe. Interest in The Sworn Book of Honorius has grown in recent years, yet no modern translations have been attempted—until now. Purporting to preserve the magic of Solomon in the face of intense persecution by religious authorities, this text includes one of the oldest and most detailed magic rituals. It contains a complete system of magic including how to attain the divine vision, communicate with holy angels, and control aerial, earthly, and infernal spirits for practical gain. Largely ignored by historians until recently, this text is an important witness to the transmission of Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism to European Hermeticists.