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The essays in this work promote a better understanding of the manifestations of and various reasons for hauntings and poltergeist phenomena. The experts come from such backgrounds as anthropology, history, philosophy, psychiatry and sociology.
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"provides a multidisciplinary collection of articles...provocative.... All collections supporting study in this area of psychology"--Choice; "very important...essential and indispensable"--Cuadernos de Parapsicologia; "should be on the shelves of anyone with a serious interest in the topic of ghosts and poltergeists, whether the reader is a skeptic, agnostic or believer...fascinating...Editors Houran and Lange have done a good job in assembling the contributing authors into a coherent presentation of the field...a very valuable and extensive bibliography"--Australian Journal of Parapsychology; "fascinating...very good...a lot of very interesting and potentially useful information"--Morbid Curiosity; "this book presents a thoughtful, well-balanced investigation of a subject that should be of vital interest to all of us"--The Journal of Parapsychology; "meaty tome"--Fortean Times; "most interesting...readable and complete"--Baywood Reprints; "drawn together todays leading experts...required reading...an extremely useful update on the state of the science...excellent...important"--Journal of Scientific Exploration; "Sets a benchmark for the study of the supernatural in mind and culture...an admirable model to guide future scholarship of extranormal belief"--Thomas E. Bullard, Indiana University; "Destined to become a classic of parapsychological literature...highly recommended!"--Harvey J. Irwin, University of New England (Australia).
About the Author
James Houran is a former faculty member of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (Dept. of Psychiatry) and is currently President of 2020Skills.com (TM) at HVS International--an online assessment business for human resource screening and selection. Rense Lange is a statistician with the Illinois State Board of Education and an adjunct faculty member of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (Psychiatry Department).
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Hardcover. Black boards, bw illustration, white lettering; 330 pp, bw illustrations. Contents include: Historical introduction : the example of early modern and nineteenth-century England / Ronald C. Finucane -- Experience-centered approach to hauntings / David J. Hufford -- Ghost experience in a wider context / Hilary Evans -- Sociological investigation of haunting cases / James McClenon -- House that tries to be haunted : ghostly narratives in popular film and television / Emily D. Edwards -- Investigations of poltergeists and haunts : a review and interpretation / William G. Roll and Michael A. Persinger -- Seeking spirits in the laboratory / Dean I. Radin -- Predicting the characteristics of haunt phenomena from geomagnetic factors and brain sensitivity : evidence from field and experimental studies / Michael A. Persinger and Stanley A. Koren -- From haunted brain to haunted science : a cognitive neuroscience view of paranormal and pseudoscientific thought / Peter Brugger -- Phantoms, frauds, or fantasies? / Joe Nickell -- New look at haunting and poltergeist phenomena : analyzing experiences from a semiotic perspective / Fátima Regina Machado -- Apparitions and kindred phenomena : their relevance to the psychology of paranormal belief and experience / Tony R. Lawrence -- Relation of hypnosis-specific attitudes and behaviors to paranormal beliefs and experiences : a technical review / V.K. Kumar and Ronald J. Pekala -- Ambiguous stimuli brought to life : the psychological dynamics of hauntings and poltergeists / Rense Lange and James Houran. VG (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Small area on page 9, 11 and 13 has wear to the text. Pages are otherwise very clean and clear.)_. Seller Inventory # 184924
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