Book Description As the first comprehensive encyclopedia of the paranormal written from a scientific perspective, this valuable reference resource contains over 90 articles contributed by scientists, theologians, philosophers, magicians, historians, and other noted scholars. The topics covered include the strictly paranormal (channeling, levitation, astrology, palmistry, phrenology, psychokinesis); the historical (mediums, psychic research, Houdini, alchemy); the philosophical (reincarnation, survival of death, miracles); and work on investigatory photography, the media, statistics, and the Bermuda Triangle.
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