Italian investigator, Massimo Polidoro has examined dozens of paranormal events, some of them famous historical incidents, others contemporary claims of psychics, mediums, healers, and the like. This book brings together the results of his investigations, presenting discussions of the evidence and the claims for each individual case.
As a starry-eyed student, the author was convinced of the reality of astral planes, telepathy, and life after death. She was determined to devote her life to parapsychology, but what she found wasn't what she had bargained for. This book offers a personal account of one scientist's never-ending search for the paranormal.
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.
Do the fractious groups of Arabs and Israelis actually need each other? Can the Pentagon find new enemies to replace the USSR? Who is more likely to cultivate enemies - men or women? Is the 'devil' a created enemy? This title explores these questions by combining findings from biology, psychology, sociology, politics, history, and literature.
Do psychics have special powers, allowing them to succeed where ordinary police work fails? How often do the police actually enlist psychics in solving crimes, and what do they really think of these paranormal "experts"? This work discusses such questions. It serves as a study of those who supposedly use extrasensory powers to help solve crimes.
The willingness of people to believe in magical icons, mystical relics, and miraculous pictures (like the Image of Guadalupe) is almost as curious as these phenomena themselves. This book confronts such strange events, powers, and objects as the Shroud of Turin, bleeding or weeping statues, burning handprints, and liquefying blood.
Contains forty-three essays by thirty-nine authors, including Isaac Asmov, Martin Gardner, Carl Sagan, Ray Hyman, Paul Kurtz, and James Randi, that examine aspects of paranormal and fringe-science beliefs from a scientific point of view.
Examining the scriptural underpinnings of occult and supernaturalistic notions that survive in contemporary society, this book is based on the author's knowledge of the history of ancient Near-Eastern cultures and their mythology.
