Examines how the ancient customs of constructing and keeping a house formed a sacred bond between homes and their inhabitants *; Shares many tales of house spirits, from cajoling the local land spirit into becoming one's house spirit to the good and bad luck bestowed by mischievous house elves *; Explains the meaning behind door and window placement, house orientation, horsehead gables, the fireplace or hearth, and the threshold *; Reveals the charms, chants, prayers, and building practices used by our ancestors to bestow happiness and prosperity upon their homes and their occupants Why do we hang horseshoes for good luck or place wreaths on our doors?
Devon claims so many classic tales of the supernatural and paranormal: the beckoning White Lady of Berry Pomeroy Castle, the terrifying Whisht Hounds of Dartmoor, the notorious Hairy Hands that wrestle with driver's steering wheels near Postbridge, and the melancholy story of Jay's Grave near Widecombe-in-the-Moor to name but a few.
New research and evidence that the Sphinx is thousands of years older than previously thought*; Contrasts what Egyptologists claim about the Sphinx with historical accounts and new research including reanalysis of seismic studies and updates to Schoch's water weathering research and Bauval's Orion Correlation Theory*; Examines how the Sphinx is contemporaneous with Gbekli Tepe, aligned with the constellation Leo, and was recarved during the Old Kingdom era of Egypt*; Reveals that the Sphinx was built during the actual historical Golden Age of ancient Egypt, the period known in legend as Zep TepiNo other monument in the world evokes mystery like the Great Sphinx of Giza.
A scientific investigation of the healing and energetic effects of crop circles*; Shares the results of decades of research into crop circles, including detailed scientific explanations and responses from an 800-person questionnaire study *; Explores the connections between crop circle formations, cosmic energies, and consciousness *; Features stunning, full-color aerial photographs of crop circles from Lucy Pringle's personal collection In 1990 while studying the energetics of a crop circle, Lucy Pringle experienced a miraculous healing of a severe shoulder injury.
With entries that range from specific works to authors, folklore, and popular culture (including music, film, television, urban legend, and gaming), this book provides a single-volume resource on all things ghostly in the United States and in other countries.
Mediumistically gifted people have been a source of creative action in various cultures from time immemorial-be it in the arts or as seers and advisors.
The first book in the new Haunted Handbook line within the popular America's Haunted Road Trip series, Cincinnati Haunted Handbook offers a plethora of eerie spots in the Queen City.
An extensive look at the cartography and folklore of the afterlife worlds as seen by our ancestors *; Examines how ancient European cultures viewed the beyond, including the Blessed Isles of early Greek and Celtic faith, the Hebrew Sheol, Hades from Homer's Odyssey, Hel and Valhalla of the Norse, and the Aralu of Babylon *; Shows how medieval accounts of journeys into the Other World represent the first recorded near-death experiences *; Connects medieval afterlife beliefs and NDE narratives with shamanism, looking in particular at psychopomps, power animals, the double, the fetch, and what people bring back from their journeys to the spirit realms Charting the evolution of afterlife beliefs in both pagan and medieval Christian times, Claude Lecouteux offers an extensive look at the cartography and folklore of the afterlife worlds as seen by our ancestors.
An innovative investigation into how zombie narratives over the past ten years have been specifically leading up to a unique intersection with the world as it exists in the 2020s, this book posits the undead as a vehicle to communicate humanity's pathway into, and out of, the ideological, health and environmental pandemics of our time.
Experts on the unexplained and paranormal research, Brad and Sherry Steiger turn their unique and remarkable talents to the bold storytelling of encounters with the unknown from throughout the ages.
Surrey is a county of contrasting styles with a diverse mixture of rural villages, vast open land, commuter towns such as Guildford and Woking and to the north, the modern sprawl of suburbia, which forms part of Greater London.
The Canadian National Exhibition grounds are so richly steeped in history that there are spirits that dwell there who like to come out and play and work.
Get a glimpse of our possible human future in what is"e;perhaps the finest example of intuitive knowledge I have ever encountered"e; (Jean Houston, author of A Passion for the Possible).
Since the famed Kenneth Arnold "e;flying saucer"e; sighting of 1947, the world has been fascinated and unnerved by these mysterious objects in the sky.
Now, in The Ascension Mysteries, David Wilcock reveals that the earth is on the front lines of a battle that has been raging between positive and negative extraterrestrials for 500,000 years and he looks ahead to what this battle means.
