occultism

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My life as a haunted hamburger, hold the pickles

2006
Wally is not sure what to think when he sees what appears to be the ghost of Professor Grimm on the roof of a supposedly haunted house, and while trying to solve the mystery, he learns what God has to say about mediums, fortune-tellers, and ghosts.

Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds

2001
Presents a comprehensive account of paranormal beliefs and popular delusions in history including the seventeenth-century madness surrounding the value of tulips in Holland, witch hunts and haunted houses, health cures and scares, and other examples of human gullibility.

The Hundredth monkey and other paradigms of the paranormal

a Skeptical inquirer collection
1991
Collection of essays and articles from the Skeptical Inquirer addressing the important issues of science and popular belief.

Real magic

1982
Presents ten accounts of "real" magical happenings which, according to science and common sense, cannot occur.

The screaming skull

true stories of the unexplained
1989
Presents fourteen accounts of documented, mysterious occurrences involving ghosts, poltergeists, unexplained appearances and disappearances of people, as well as unexplained mysteries such as the Shroud of Turin.

Mystic places

1987
Examines the myths and paranormal phenomena concerning Atlantis, the Great Pyramid, the meaning of the megaliths, and other archaeological findings.

Encyclopedia of afterlife beliefs and phenomena

1994
Approximately 250 entries on topics related to life after death, in alphabetical arrangement, with cross-references, sources, index, and appendix of related organiations.

Journeyman wizard

1994
When Jermyn goes to Land's End to study wizardry under the famous spellmaker Lady Jean Allons, he finds his lessons disrupted by magical mayhem and a mysterious murder.

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