Harper's Encyclopedia of Mystical & Paranormal Experience

Harper's Encyclopedia of Mystical & Paranormal Experience
Author: Rosemary Guiley
Publisher: Harper San Francisco
Total Pages: 696
Release: 1991
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN:

An alphabetical guide to the paranormal, with more than five hundred entries on notable individuals, supernatural phenomena such as apparitions and levitation, geographical locations linked to the occult, and spiritual traditions such as Sufism and Taoism.

Haunting Experiences

Haunting Experiences
Author: Diane Goldstein
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2007-09-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0874216818

Ghosts and other supernatural phenomena are widely represented throughout modern culture. They can be found in any number of entertainment, commercial, and other contexts, but popular media or commodified representations of ghosts can be quite different from the beliefs people hold about them, based on tradition or direct experience. Personal belief and cultural tradition on the one hand, and popular and commercial representation on the other, nevertheless continually feed each other. They frequently share space in how people think about the supernatural. In Haunting Experiences, three well-known folklorists seek to broaden the discussion of ghost lore by examining it from a variety of angles in various modern contexts. Diane E. Goldstein, Sylvia Ann Grider, and Jeannie Banks Thomas take ghosts seriously, as they draw on contemporary scholarship that emphasizes both the basis of belief in experience (rather than mere fantasy) and the usefulness of ghost stories. They look closely at the narrative role of such lore in matters such as socialization and gender. And they unravel the complex mix of mass media, commodification, and popular culture that today puts old spirits into new contexts.

The Encyclopedia of the Paranormal

The Encyclopedia of the Paranormal
Author: Gordon Stein
Publisher:
Total Pages: 900
Release: 1996
Genre: 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."

Awakening the Soul

Awakening the Soul
Author: Bill Missett
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 736
Release: 2008-05-21
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1434392457

Awakening The Soul: The Trilogy includes ATS: Book One: Proof of Our Spiritual Nature, which itemizes more than 80 characteristics of our spiritual nature, many very familiar, and explains 10 of them in depth; ATS: Book 2: Our Suppressed Spiritual Nature, which explains why we are so out of touch with our spiritual nature, primarily through suppression of those traits by religions, primarily Christianity, and ATS Book 3: Restoring Your Spiritual Nature contains detailed channeled instructions to restore immediate awareness of your spiritual nature, which has proven highly successful in doing just that.

The Element Encyclopedia of the Psychic World

The Element Encyclopedia of the Psychic World
Author: Theresa Francis-Cheung
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 70
Release: 2006
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0007211481

Cheung presents a reference of paranormal myth and folklore - and the myths and legends surrounding ghosts and spirits in different cultures throughout the world, from famous ghost stories to various beliefs and superstitions that have taken root in different countries. It is a compendium of paranormal activity.

The Troll Inside You

The Troll Inside You
Author: Ármann Jakobsson
Publisher: punctum books
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2017
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1947447009

What do medieval Icelanders mean when they say "troll"? What did they see when they saw a troll? What did the troll signify to them? And why did they see them? The principal subject of this book is the Norse idea of the troll, which the author uses to engage with the larger topic of paranormal experiences in the medieval North. The texts under study are from 13th-, 14th-, and 15th-century Iceland. The focus of the book is on the ways in which paranormal experiences are related and defined in these texts and how those definitions have framed and continue to frame scholarly interpretations of the paranormal. The book is partitioned into numerous brief chapters, each with its own theme. In each case the author is not least concerned with how the paranormal functions within medieval society and in the minds of the individuals who encounter and experience it and go on to narrate these experiences through intermediaries. The author connects the paranormal encounter closely with fears and these fears are intertwined with various aspects of the human experience including gender, family ties, and death. The Troll Inside You hovers over the boundaries of scholarship and literature. Its aim is to prick and provoke but above all to challenge its audience to reconsider some of their preconceived ideas about the medieval past.

The Perennial Philosophy

The Perennial Philosophy
Author: Aldous Huxley
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2012-02-14
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0061893315

An inspired gathering of religious writings that reveals the "divine reality" common to all faiths, collected by Aldous Huxley "The Perennial Philosophy," Aldous Huxley writes, "may be found among the traditional lore of peoples in every region of the world, and in its fully developed forms it has a place in every one of the higher religions." With great wit and stunning intellect—drawing on a diverse array of faiths, including Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christian mysticism, and Islam—Huxley examines the spiritual beliefs of various religious traditions and explains how they are united by a common human yearning to experience the divine. The Perennial Philosophy includes selections from Meister Eckhart, Rumi, and Lao Tzu, as well as the Bhagavad Gita, Tibetan Book of the Dead, Diamond Sutra, and Upanishads, among many others.

The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits

The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits
Author: Rosemary Guiley
Publisher: Checkmark Books
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2000
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780816040865

Covers the realm of ghost folklore and mythology with over five hundred entries on historical sightings, paranormal research, and supernatural hauntings.

Adventures in Paranormal Investigation

Adventures in Paranormal Investigation
Author: Joe Nickell
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2013-12-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0813146518

Paranormal investigator Joe Nickell is equally at home when recreating the mysterious Nasca lines at a remote site in Kentucky as he is in his research lab at the office of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. He has traveled the world, seeking to understand its strange mysteries. Nickell does not engage in hype or sensationalism, yet he avoids the instinctive dismissiveness of many skeptics. Instead, he scientifically investigates the claims he encounters with the intention of finding the truth. Guided by the notion that the extent of the evidence must be commensurate with the extent of the claim, and by the principle of Occam's Razor -- that the simplest tenable explanation is most likely correct -- Nickell has spent his career uncovering the truth behind seemingly inexplicable phenomena. In Adventures in Paranormal Investigation, Nickell presents the case files of his examinations of claims ranging from alien abductions to zoological enigmas. He investigates snake charmers, alien autopsies, crystal skulls, a Russian girl with X-ray eyes, Jack the Ripper, and a haunted gas chamber at Dachau, among many others. He even reveals how intuition has changed his life, causing him to meet the daughter he never knew he had. Nickell brings his trademark skepticism to each investigation, carefully observing each claim and using scientific methods honed over many years to discover the real stories behind these fascinating tales.

Aliens and the Antichrist

Aliens and the Antichrist
Author: John Milor
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2006-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0595372384

Aliens and the Antichrist is a riveting prophetic Bible commentary highlighting over seven hundred scriptures documenting the existence, relevance, and significance of extraterrestrial life. While unfolding the enigma of extraterrestrial life, learn the facts about the fall of Lucifer and his angelic kingdom that once existed on Earth before Adam and Eve; the rapture of the church; the rise and fall of the Antichrist; the second coming of Christ; and the millennial reign of Christ; the Nephilim human/angel hybrids of Genesis 6 and their relationship with the Antichrist; the realms of heaven and hell; and the origin of dinosaurs, Cro-Magnon, and Neanderthal. Numerous other topics are also touched upon, such as civilizations on Mars and elsewhere in the universe; the unique topic of cosmic salvation; the existence of Atlantis; psychic abilities; astral projection; the existence of ghosts; artificial intelligence; and more. We of Earth are on the verge of the conclusion of an ancient war amid countless beings of unfathomable power-a war that has spanned across the eons, across innumerable galaxies, across dimensions; and it's all coming to an end on this little planet! Soon the world will know that aliens are real, but the truth about their existence is only the beginning. For those interested in receiving the full revelation from the Bible about who they are, where they come from, why they come, and what they want, this is the book to read!