Intrusions - Society and the Paranormal

First published in 1982, Intrusions examines a wide range of cases down through history, showing how ordinary people have regarded the paranormal in contrast with 'official' attitudes.

List of contents

Preface Acknowledgements 1. Uninvited visitors 2. Primitive notions 3. 'Beside the ordinary course of nature' 4. 'Visions and miracles are ceased' 5. 'An age of infidelity' 6. 'The night side of nature' 7. A rift in the veil? 8. Inquirers and investigators 9. 'Very pernicious for weak minds' 10. 'Gone West' 11. Anecdote and experiment 12. Standing idly by Books consulted Index

Product details

• Authors: Hilary Evans, Evans Hilary
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032392066
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3239206-6
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / General, HISTORY / General, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Unexplained Phenomena, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Witchcraft, Social & cultural history, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Occultism, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / UFOs & Extraterrestrials, Social and cultural history, Psychic powers & psychic phenomena, Psychic powers and psychic phenomena, Parapsychological studies, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Supernatural (inc Ghosts), BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Psychic Phenomena / General