Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge

Will the past become our future?

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Spiegel als heilige Werkzeuge, Rituale der Schönheit als spirituelle Praxis und eine Göttin, die mehr war als Gemahlin eines Götterkönigs – dieses Buch taucht ein in die faszinierende Welt der Zarpanitu, einer zentralen Figur im babylonischen Pantheon.

Almanacs were highly influential on popular opinion during the early modern period.

Almanacs were highly influential on popular opinion during the early modern period.

Conspiracy theories have a bad reputation.

Conspiracy theories have a bad reputation.

The dialogue between theology and science has blossomed in recent decades, but particular beliefs about Jesus Christ have not often been brought to the forefront of this interdisciplinary discussion even in explicitly Christian contexts.

The dialogue between theology and science has blossomed in recent decades, but particular beliefs about Jesus Christ have not often been brought to the forefront of this interdisciplinary discussion even in explicitly Christian contexts.

The discovery in the 1920s of a huge cache of fossils in the Gobi Desert fuelled a mania for dinosaurs that continues to the present.

Many people believe that they have experienced paranormal phenomena and others claim to possess psychic abilities.

Many people believe that they have experienced paranormal phenomena and others claim to possess psychic abilities.

This title was first published in 2000: A manifestation of mass hysteria, a compensation for physical or emotional deprivation, or an alternative to religion?

This title was first published in 2000: A manifestation of mass hysteria, a compensation for physical or emotional deprivation, or an alternative to religion?

This title was first published in 2000: The author examines and critiques Pannenberg's elaboration of hermeneutics and evaluates his use of the sciences against the background of modernity.

This title was first published in 2000: The author examines and critiques Pannenberg's elaboration of hermeneutics and evaluates his use of the sciences against the background of modernity.

This is an authoritative presentation and discussion of the most basic thematic elements universally found in folklore and literature.

This is an authoritative presentation and discussion of the most basic thematic elements universally found in folklore and literature.

With the growth of interest in folklore, it becomes increasingly evident that the presentation of a collection needs some rationale more than the fact that traditional materials have been collected and properly annotated.

With the growth of interest in folklore, it becomes increasingly evident that the presentation of a collection needs some rationale more than the fact that traditional materials have been collected and properly annotated.

Why do people accept ideas that are contradicted by science or logic?

Why do people accept ideas that are contradicted by science or logic?

Almost everyone tells and appreciates jokes.

Almost everyone tells and appreciates jokes.

This book is about micro-politics: that kind of manoevre to control or avoid being controlled, to claim friendship or proclaim enmity, which takes place between people who know one another, and who must temper and adjust their actions towards one another because they share other activities.

This book is about micro-politics: that kind of manoevre to control or avoid being controlled, to claim friendship or proclaim enmity, which takes place between people who know one another, and who must temper and adjust their actions towards one another because they share other activities.

Rumors may be the oldest medium of mass communication of information or ideas.

Rumors may be the oldest medium of mass communication of information or ideas.

Although there is growing concern over Satanism as a threat to American life, the topic has received surprisingly little serious attention.

Although there is growing concern over Satanism as a threat to American life, the topic has received surprisingly little serious attention.

In this groundbreaking book in the dim world of opinion formation Helm-reich opens a closet bursting with skeletons and explores the myths and his-torical roots of stereotypes pertaining to several ethnic groups: Are Jews re-ally smarter?

In this groundbreaking book in the dim world of opinion formation Helm-reich opens a closet bursting with skeletons and explores the myths and his-torical roots of stereotypes pertaining to several ethnic groups: Are Jews re-ally smarter?

Spanish Vampire Fiction since 1900: Blood Relations, as that subtitle suggests, makes the case for considering Spanish vampire fiction an index of the complex relationship between intercultural phenomena and the specifics of a time, place, and author.

Spanish Vampire Fiction since 1900: Blood Relations, as that subtitle suggests, makes the case for considering Spanish vampire fiction an index of the complex relationship between intercultural phenomena and the specifics of a time, place, and author.

Universities and the Occult Rituals of the Corporate World explores the metaphorical parallels between corporatised, market-oriented universities and aspects of the occult.

Universities and the Occult Rituals of the Corporate World explores the metaphorical parallels between corporatised, market-oriented universities and aspects of the occult.

Can mediums communicate with the dead?

Can mediums communicate with the dead?

The Witchcraft Reader offers a wide range of historical perspectives on the subject of witchcraft in a single, accessible volume, exploring the enduring hold that it has on human imagination.

The Witchcraft Reader offers a wide range of historical perspectives on the subject of witchcraft in a single, accessible volume, exploring the enduring hold that it has on human imagination.

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"e;During the earlier years of my life with the Zuni Indians of western-central New Mexico, from the autumn of 1879 to the winter of 1881-before access to their country had been rendered easy by the completion of the Atlantic and Pacific railroad, -they remained, as regards their social and religious institutions and customs and their modes of thought, if not of daily life, the most archaic of the Pueblo or Aridian peoples.

In little more than a hundred years the evolutionary theory of Charles Darwin has conquered the thinking world.

In little more than a hundred years the evolutionary theory of Charles Darwin has conquered the thinking world.

The legion of fans who refuse to believe that Elvis Presley died August 16, 1977 has been a major force behind the ever-expanding, elusive, and enduring Elvis myth during the past seventeen years.

The legion of fans who refuse to believe that Elvis Presley died August 16, 1977 has been a major force behind the ever-expanding, elusive, and enduring Elvis myth during the past seventeen years.

Modern-day units of measure, including the foot and the meter, are shown to be inherently encoded in the Great Pyramid, Khufu, of Giza.

Everyone knows Rumpelstiltskin's story-or thinks they do.

Everyone knows Rumpelstiltskin's story-or thinks they do.