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Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal
From the neatly tended urban necropolis to the long-forgotten
family plot at the end of a winding gravel road, these "quiet
cities" of the Ozarks have the power to send chills up and down the
spine of the most hardened skeptic. Be it the restless Civil War
soldiers of Greenbrier, the mass murderer who stalks Peace Church
or the red eyes that persecute visitors to Robinson, tales of
ghostly activity abound in every burial ground carved out of the
ancient Ozark hills. Follow Dave Harkins as he explores the
fascinating history and unsettling lore clinging to these haunted
graveyards.
Mysterious lights in the sky. Alien abductions. Government
cover-ups. Dedicated ufologists have spent years documenting
unexplained phenomena from flying saucers to extraterrestrial life.
Uncover the history of UFOs in this illustrated guide, which
separates the science fiction from the facts. The mysterious
history of flying saucers is explored in-depth, from potential
alien visitors as far back as Stonehenge to UFO cults and the
secrets of Area 51. Adam Allsuch Boardman details in his signature
graphic style the aircraft and artefacts associated with the search
for the truth about UFOs.
UFO sightings and abductions by aliens were the beginning, the tip
of the iceberg. Dolore Cannon's work in Hypnosis has taken the
study beyond abduction. Dolores traces the phenomenon from the
simple to the complex. Exploring areas untouched by other
investigators, she makes the unbelievable become acceptable and
understandable!
Elemental beings such as gnomes and fairies exist in many folk and
spiritual traditions, and Rudolf Steiner also discussed their
significance to our world. Some people are able to engage and even
communicate with elementals. Ursula Burkhard was one such person.
Blind from birth, she experienced gnomes and other elementals from
early childhood. When, as she grew older, her parents tried to
dissuade her, she was puzzled: why should she believe in the 'real'
things she was unable to see, and ignore what she knew to be true?
In this readable little book, she describes her remarkable
experiences and in particular her relationship with a special
gnome, Karlik. The book was a bestseller in Germany in the 1980s,
bringing the world of the elementals into the mainstream.
***A Best Book of the Year in HARPER'S BAZAAR, BBC, THE NEW YORKER,
GLAMOUR, GAL-DEM and HUFFPOST*** 'Witty and thought-provoking'
Stylist 'Blistering' Glamour 'Unusual, original and strikingly
contemporary' Guardian 'Absolutely brilliant' Ruth Ozeki 'A
gripping contemporary fable about embracing difference' The Times
'A wholly 21st century take on bloodsucking' Observer Lydia is
hungry. She's always wanted to try sashimi and ramen, onigiri and
udon - the food her Japanese father liked to eat - but the only
thing she can digest is blood. Yet Lydia can't bring herself to
prey on humans, and sourcing fresh pigs' blood in London - where
she is living away from her Malaysian-British mother for the first
time and trying to build a career as an artist - is much more
difficult than she'd anticipated. If Lydia is to find a way to
exist in the world, she must reconcile the conflicts within her -
between her demon and human sides, her mixed ethnic heritage and
her relationship with food, and, in turn, humans. Before any of
this, however, she must eat. 'It's Kohda's exploration of Lydia's
inner world, the pain and longing she feels as an outsider, that
makes Woman, Eating such a delicious novel' New York Times Book
Review 'A profound meditation on alienation and appetite, and what
it means to be a young woman who experiences life at an acute level
of intensity and awareness' LISA HARDING 'What Stoker did for the
vampire at the end of the nineteenth century, Claire Kohda does for
for it in our own era' TLS
Monsters are culturally meaningful across the world. Starting from
this key premise, this book tackles monsters in the context of
social change. Writing in a time of violent upheaval, when
technological innovation brings forth new monsters while others
perish as part of the widespread extinctions that signify the
Anthropocene, contributors argue that putting monsters at the
center of social analysis opens up new perspectives on change and
social transformation. Through a series of ethnographically
grounded analyses they capture monsters that herald, drive,
experience, enjoy, and suffer the transformations of the worlds
they beleaguer. Topics examined include the evil skulking new roads
in Ancient Greece, terror in post-socialist Laos's territorial
cults, a horrific flying head that augurs catastrophe in the rain
forest of Borneo, benign spirits that accompany people through the
mist in Iceland, flesh-eating giants marching through neo-colonial
central Australia, and ghosts lingering in Pacific villages in the
aftermath of environmental disasters. By taking the proposition
that monsters and the humans they haunt are intricately and
intimately entangled seriously, this book offers unique,
cross-cultural perspectives on how people perceive the world and
their place within it. It also shows how these experiences of
belonging are mediated by our relationships with the
other-than-human.
Western Michigan is home to some of the state's most picturesque
places- and also some of its most chilling tales. Ghost story
researcher and enthusiast Amberrose Hammond exposes the mysterious
and spirit-ridden world of many beloved Michigan destinations as
she skillfully weaves narratives of a world unseen by most. From
the lingering spirit forever working in the Grand Theatre and the
band of melon-headed children prowling the Saugatuck State Park to
the lights of the Lake Forest Cemetery staircase waiting to reveal
one's place in the afterlife, these tales are sure to give pause to
anyone daring enough to experience these hauntingly beautiful
spots...after dark.
Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for
twenty-five creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings,
and other strange occurrences in Michigan. Set in Michigan's
historic towns and sparsely populated backwoods, the stories in
this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking
over your shoulder again and again. Michigan folklore is kept alive
in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser,
and in artist Paul Hoffman's evocative illustrations. You'll hear
otherworldly voices and things that go bump in the night, and feel
an icy wind on the back of your neck on a warm summer evening.
Whether read around the campfire on a dark and stormy night or from
the backseat of the family van on the way to grandma's, this is a
collection to treasure.
Amy Bruni, co-star of Kindred Spirits and one of the world's
leading paranormal investigators, has learned a lot about ghosts
over her years of research and first-hand experience. Now, in Life
with the Afterlife, she shares the insight she has gleaned and how
it has shaped her unique approach to interacting with the spirits
of the dead and those who encounter them. From her earliest
supernatural encounters as a child, through her years appearing on
Ghost Hunters and the creation of her company Strange Escapes,
which offers paranormal excursions to some of America's most
notoriously haunted destinations, and into her current work on The
Travel Channel's Kindred Spirits, this book is full of astonishing
and deeply moving stories of Amy's efforts to better understand the
dead but not yet departed. With Amy's bright humor and fierce
compassion for both those who are haunted and those who are
haunting, Life with the Afterlife is an eye-opening look at what
connects us as people, in life and beyond. A USA Today Bestseller
Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR * The Sunday Times * The New
Statesman * The Times * The Spectator * The Telegraph Shortlisted
for the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize * A New York Times Book Review
Editors' Choice * A New York Times Book Review Paperback Row
Selection "Prepare not to see much broad daylight, literal or
metaphorical, for days if you read this.... The atmosphere evoked
is something I will never forget."-The Times (London) London, 1938.
In the suburbs of the city, a young housewife has become the eye in
a storm of chaos. In Alma Fielding's modest home, china flies off
the shelves and eggs fly through the air; stolen jewelry appears on
her fingers, white mice crawl out of her handbag, beetles appear
from under her gloves; in the middle of a car journey, a turtle
materializes on her lap. The culprit is incorporeal. As Alma cannot
call the police, she calls the papers instead. After the
sensational story headlines the news, Nandor Fodor, a Hungarian
ghost hunter for the International Institute for Psychical
Research, arrives to investigate the poltergeist. But when he
embarks on his scrupulous investigation, he discovers that the case
is even stranger than it seems. By unravelling Alma's peculiar
history, Fodor finds a different and darker type of haunting, a
tale of trauma, alienation, loss and revenge. He comes to believe
that Alma's past has bled into her present, her mind into her body.
There are no words for processing her experience, so it comes to
possess her. As the threat of a world war looms, and as Fodor's
obsession with the case deepens, Alma becomes ever more disturbed.
With characteristic rigor and insight, Kate Summerscale brilliantly
captures the rich atmosphere of a haunting that transforms into a
very modern battle between the supernatural and the subconscious.
A new synthesis and expansion of the groundbreaking Seth teachings
The Seth books, channeled by the late Jane Roberts in the 1970s,
galvanized a whole generation of spiritual explorers. The entity
known as Seth turned familiar mystical concepts into a radically
new framework and introduced little known truths, including a
unique understanding of how we create our own reality with our
conscious beliefs. But in important ways, the Seth information hit
a temporary dead end, especially through confusion about just what
creating your own reality means. After nearly 5 decades exploring
Seth's ideas, along with many other spiritual approaches, John
Friedlander, a member of Jane Roberts's original Seth classes in
1974, has reframed the groundbreaking Seth teachings, recentering
them in the awareness that all consciousness expands in all
directions. He synthesizes Sethian teachings with an eclectic
variety of concepts, schools, and influences, from aura reading,
healing, and interpersonal engagement as taught by Lewis Bostwick,
to Buddhism, reincarnation, karma, and the Theosophical practice of
the seven planes, to conscious dying, nondual awareness,
multipersonhood, and communication theory. Sharing engaging
discussions from his classes, the author examines how you do create
your own reality, but that no one controls reality, which is
spontaneous and surprisingly creative. By recentering Seth in the
awareness that all consciousness expands in all directions
Friedlander reveals many ways to support the meaningful engagement
of life as it is, bringing more pleasure not just to what is easy,
but even to your tensions and contradictions.
'A great storyteller' Madeline Miller, author of Circe In this
powerful new collection, Charlotte Higgins foregrounds Greek
mythology's most enduring heroines. Here are the myths of Heracles
and Theseus, the Trojan war, Thebes and Argos and Athens. They are
stories of love and desire, adventure and magic, destructive gods,
helpless humans, fantastical creatures and resourceful witches. In
this telling the female characters take centre stage as Athena,
Helen, Circe, Penelope and others weave these stories into
elaborate imagined tapestries. In Charlotte Higgins's thrilling new
interpretation of these ancient stories, their tales combine to
form a dazzling, sweeping epic of storytelling. With a series of
original drawings by Chris Ofili.
A supernatural comedy adventure about a family of ghost hunters -
Stranger Things meets Little Miss Sunshine After the events in
Coldbay where they sealed the hell hole, Lucy is trying to learn
more about it and how to save Murzzzz from eternal damnation. Yes,
he's a demon and all, but he's also a part of the family. Lucy's
turned to her diocese for guidance but they've gone strangely quiet
so she persuades the Rooks to drive there so they can sort this
out. On the way, they realise something is incredibly wrong with a
motorway service station - it's empty except for lingering, sad
ghosts and... oh no, another hell hole has opened up and sucked in
a load of people. They know they need to stay until they can rescue
them and close it down, but not before they've done everything in
their collective power to rescue Murzzzz. After all, one man's
hellhole is a family of ghost-hunter's opportunity to save their
demon friend. That's the expression, right? Praise for Gabby
Hutchison Crouch 'Gabby is one of the funniest writers I know.'
Sarah Millican 'Very funny. If you like Terry Pratchett, or think
gothic fairytales should have more LOLs, 'tis the book for ye.'
Greg Jenner 'Pratchetty fun for all the family.' Lucy Porter
'Magical, surprising and funny.' Jan Ravens
Originally published in 1978 Sea Serpents, Sailors and Sceptics
looks at stories of folklore and mythology which have fascinated
sailors from antiquity to the modern day. From stories of large
unauthenticated sea creatures to the Loch Ness Monster, documented
sightings are vast and the book provides a concise survey and
review of the subject of ocean folklore. It shows how some large
sea creatures, such as the giant squid, have been established and
addresses some of the explanations of sea serpents and other sea
creatures as now known, categorised species and offers a
classification of these species that have formulated the
mythologies of the sea throughout time. The book discusses how
relatively little is known about the sea still and offers a
practical look at the possibility that these mythological
creatures, might in fact be, as yet undiscovered species. This book
provides a unique interdisciplinary volume, crossing between the
area of literature and folklore, and natural historians alike, and
will appeal to academics working in the field of natural history
and folklore alike.
All you need to track and record paranormal activity
Ectoplasm...cold spots...orbs...everyone loves a real-life ghost
story Ghosthunter Melissa Martin Ellis takes you on an exciting
journey into the supernatural world of haunted sites, restless
souls, and messages from beyond the grave. You'll learn about the
most up-to-date technology, such as motion sensors and highly
sensitive digital cameras, as well as the supernatural phenomena
themselves, including:
- Poltergeists
- Electronic-voice phenomena (EVP)
- Possession
- Photo anomalies
- Seances and voodoo rituals
With expert advice on everything from picking a haunted location to
setting up cameras and dealing with unwieldy ghosts, "The
Everything Ghost Hunting Book, 2nd Edition" shows you how today's
investigators use the tools of modern science to study a wide range
of paranormal activity.
This anthology explores the spatial dimension and politics of
haunting. It considers how the 'appearance' of absence, emptiness
and the imperceptible can indicate an overwhelming presence of
something that once was, and still is, (t)here. At its core, the
book asks: how and why do certain places haunt us? Drawing from a
diversity of mediums, forms and disciplinary approaches, the
contributors to Spectral Spaces and Hauntings illustrate the
complicated ways absent presences can manifest and be registered.
The case studies range from the memory sites of a terrorist attack,
the lost home, a vanished mining town and abandoned airports, to
the post-apocalyptic wastelands in literary fiction, the
photographic and filmic surfaces where spectres materialise, and
the body as a site for re-corporealising the disappeared and dead.
In ruminating on the afteraffects of spectral spaces on human
experience, the anthology importantly foregrounds the ethical and
political imperative of engaging with ghosts and following their
traces.
Dive into the ghostly world of the supernatural with America's
leading paranormal investigator Inside, paranormal investigator,
star, and executive producer of The Travel Channel's hit series,
Ghost Adventures and founder of the award-winning Haunted Museum
(Las Vegas' most popular attraction), Zak Bagans takes readers on
an exciting journey into the supernatural world. With insider
information on the history of ghost-hunting to learning about
ghosts with all kinds of temperaments, Ghost-Hunting For Dummies is
peppered with true accounts and stories from Bagans' famous cases
and investigations. Featuring expert advice on picking a haunted
location, setting up cameras, and dealing with unwieldy ghosts,
this book shows how today's investigators use the tools of modern
science to study a wide range of paranormal activity. Take an
exciting adventure into the supernatural world Explore haunted
sites Get messages from beyond the grave Read true accounts from
famous cases and investigations If you're one of the countless fans
of Ghost Adventures itching to get off the couch and track some
spirits on your own, this book provides everything you need to know
to conduct a successful paranormal investigation.
Few states can rival California in terms of natural beauty and
exciting history. But nearly three centuries of violent crime,
sickness, greed, and murder have tarnished the Golden State and
made it ripe for ghosts and hauntings. From the Spanish priests who
founded the first missions in their quest to bring Christianity to
the Native people of the region, to the ill-fated Donner Party
committing acts of cannibalism in order to survive. This book
explores the most famous ghost stories from California's past
(dating back to the 18th century) with spine-tingling details that
will delight readers.
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