- Astrology
- Divination and oracles
- Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences
- Parapsychology and psychical research
- Cryptozoology and Forteana
Researching the Paranormal
How to Find Reliable Information about Parapsychology, Ghosts, Astrology, Cryptozoology, Near-Death Experiences, and More
by Courtney M. Block & Courtney Block
- First published:
- 21st century
- Language: English
The paranormal has long been a hotly contested topic, especially in academia. Most people are entertained by the paranormal or casually read a few books they come across on the topic, perhaps assuming that these topics are nothing more than campfire fodder. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with being entertained by the paranormal, but how many people know that there is a long history of academic, scientific, and credible research into topics such as extrasensory perception, hauntings, poltergeists, cryptozoological sightings, near-death experiences, and more? In Researching the Paranormal, Courtney M. Block provides an overview of paranormal research and introduces readers to an assortment of resources that seriously examine various paranormal topics. She shows readers how to think critically about paranormal sources and how to apply the components of credibility when conducting their own paranormal investigations. Highlighting the long history of serious, academic inquiry into various paranormal topics, Block provides citations to primary source documents, journal articles, helpful databases, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and books. In addition, she provides a historical overview of various paranormal phenomena such as parapsychology, cryptozoology, ufology, divination, ghosts, hauntings, and more.
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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences, Astrology, Cryptozoology and Forteana, Divination and oracles, and Parapsychology and psychical research.
Retained metadata contains “Astrology” in the subtitle and “Astrology” in the edition subtitle.
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Retained metadata contains “Divination” in the description and “Divination” in the subject metadata.
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Controlled discovery queries from crossref matched “near-death experiences”. Retained metadata contains “near-death” in the subtitle, “Near-death experiences” in the subtitle, “near-death” in the description, and 3 additional metadata match(es).
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Controlled discovery queries from crossref matched “parapsychology”. Retained metadata contains “Parapsychology” in the subtitle, “Extrasensory perception” in the description, “Parapsychology” in the description, and 3 additional metadata match(es).
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| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
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How to Find Reliable Information about Parapsychology, Ghosts, Astrology, Cryptozoology, Near-Death Experiences, and More Crossref publisher-supplied book record | 2020 | Rowman & Littlefield; Rowman & Littlefield eBooks; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks | English |
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Subjects
- Social Sciences
- Philosophy
- Arts and Humanities
- Art
- Parapsychology
- Psychology
- Divination
- Literature
- Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
- Medicine
- Social Psychology
- Epistemology
- Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
- Extrasensory perception
- Alternative medicine
- Paranormal
- Jungian Analytical Psychology
- Nothing
- Credibility
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