Encyclopedia of the Paranormal

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Gordon Stein Klappentext 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." Zusammenfassung Contains over 90 articles on topics including the strictly paranormal; the historical; the philosophical; and work on investigatory photography! statistics! the media and the Bermuda Triangle.

Product details

• Authors: Gordon Stein
• Assisted by: Gordon Stein (Editor)
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.1996
• EAN: 9781573920216
• ISBN: 978-1-57392-021-6
• No. of pages: 871
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Esoterics: general, reference works