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Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained




Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained




Brad and Sherry Steiger | U.X.L Gale Group | PDF | 1121 Pages | 2003 | ISBN: 0787653837 | 18 MB


The Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained (GEUU) presents comprehensive and objective information on unexplained mysteries, paranormal abilities, supernatural events, religious phenomena, magic, UFOs, and myths that have evolved into cultural realities. This extensive three-volume work is a valuable tool providing users the opportunity to evaluate the many claims and counterclaims regarding the mysterious and unknown. Many of these claims have been brought to the forefront from television, motion pictures, radio talk shows, best-selling books, and the Internet.There has been a conscious effort to provide reliable and authoritative information in the most objective and factual way possible, to present multiple viewpoints for controversial subject topics, and to avoid sensationalism that taints the credibility of the subject matter. The manner of presentation enables readers to utilize their critical thinking skills to separate fact from fiction, opinion from dogma, and truth from legend regarding enigmas that have intrigued, baffled, and inspired humankind over the centuries.

Chapter 1

How the Major Religions View the Afterlife
Ancient Egypt and the Afterlife
Individual Human Experience with Death and the Afterlife
The Mystery Schools
Tribal Religions
How the Major Religions View Reincarnation
Contemporary Mystery Schools and Reincarnation
Experiential Quests into Past Lives

Chapter 2

Shamanism
Spirit Mediumship
Mediums and Channelers
Spiritualism
Mystics
Researchers into the Mystery of Spirit Contact

Chapter 3

Antichrist
Apocalypse
Apparitions of Holy Figures
Armaggedon
Cosmic Consciousness
Demons
Devil’s Mark
Ecstasy
Exorcism
Faith Healing
Guardian Angels
Illumination
Inquisition
Miracles
Possession
Power of Prayer
The Rapture
Shroud of Turin
666
Snake Handling
Stigmata
Virgin of Guadalupe
Visions
Weeping Statues and Icons

Chapter 4
Egyptian Mystery Schools
Greek Mystery Schools
Christian Mystery Schools, Cults, Heresies
Tribal Mysteries
Satanic Cults
The Rise of Satanism in the Middle Ages
Anton LaVey’s First Church of Satan
Temple of Set
UFO Cults
Twentieth-Century Spiritual Expression

Chapter 5

The Assassins
The Decided Ones of Jupiter
The Freemasons
The Garduna
The Holy Vehm
The Illuminati
The Knights Templar
The Leopard Men
The Mau-Mau
The Rosicrucians
The Thuggee
The Tongs

Chapter 6

Alchemy
Magick
Magi
Wicca
Witchcraft
Witchcraft Trials
Witchhunters

Chapter 7

Astrology
Automatic Writing
Cartomancy/Tarot
Dowsing
Graphology
I Ching
Kabbalah
Necromancy
Numerology
Palmistry
Prophets and Diviners
Scrying/Crystal Gazing/Crystalomancy
Tea Leaf Reading

Chapter 8

Amulets
Tribal Empowerment
Things of Sacred Power

Chapter 9

Angkor Wat
Mt. Ararat
Atlantis
Avalon
The Bermuda Triangle
Chartres
Cursuses and Leys
El Dorado
Easter Island
Glastonbury
Hollow Earth
Jerusalem
Karnak
Lemuria and Mu
Lourdes
Machu Picchu
Mayan Temples
Mecca
The Nazca Lines
The Great Pyramid (of Kfhufu), at Giza
The Sphinx
Stonehenge
Taos Pueblo
Tiahuanaco

Chapter 10

Ghostly Beings
Famous Haunted Housesand Places
Ghosts in the Movies
Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC)

Chapter 11

Apelike Monsters
Creatures of the Night
Monsters of Land, Sea,and Air
Wee Folk and Their Friends
Actors Who Faced (or Became) Monsters

Chapter 12

Dreams
The Mechanics of Memory
Phobias
Altered States of Consciousness
Extrasensory Perception: The “Sixth Sense”
ESP Researchers

Chapter 13

Superstitions
Strange Customs and Taboos
Urban Legends and Beliefs

Chapter 14

UFOs in Ancient Times
The Modern UFO Era Begins
UFO Contactees and Abductees
The Influence of the Media
The UFO Mystery Grows









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