Category: Mysteries
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History of Dybbuk Boxes
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From Jewish folklore to an eBay purchase that left a man in a ‘tidal wave of bad luck,’ dybbuk boxes are wine cabinets claimed to be haunted by a dybbuk, a malicious demon said to hold the power to invade and possess a living person. Authentic dybbuk boxes will usually…
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Ouija Board: Topics in Chronicling America
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In 1890, the Ouija board was created for supernatural communication. It was also the focus of several lawsuits. This guide provides access to materials related to the “Ouija Board” in the Chronicling America digital collection of historic newspapers. Ouija is a talking board first manufactured in the United States in…
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Unusual cases of succubus: A cultural phenomenon manifesting as part of psychopathology
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Abstract Succubus is also known as demon female lover who approaches males in their dreams to have sex. This is the phenomenon which is rarely described in psychiatric literature. It is more identified as a cultural belief in different religions. We report the two cases diagnosed with schizophrenia, who reported…
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Necromancy
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occult practice necromancy, communication with the dead, usually in order to obtain insight into the future or to accomplish some otherwise impossible task. Such activity was current in ancient times among the Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and Etruscans; in medieval Europe it came to be associated with black (i.e., harmful, or antisocial)…
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USING SCIENCE TO INVESTIGATE THE PARANORMAL
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Science has long been used to investigate seemingly supernatural phenomena. Read about some of the most famous examples—and what they tell us about the historical relationship between science and the occult. From Harry Price and his ‘National Laboratory of Psychical Research’ to the infamous case of the Cottingley Fairies, this story looks…
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SEA SERPENTS: MONSTERS OF THE MYTHOLOGICAL DEEP.
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“The earth was formless and deserted and darkness covered the abyss and the Spirit of God hovered over the waters.” […]” (Genesis, 1.2) When people talk about sea monsters, they often quote a specific Bible verse in Genesis (1.21), “God created sea monsters.” In my opinion, however, the most mysterious and fascinating message…
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Unexplained Phenomenon
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04.20.11 Silas M. Newton Silas Newton (1887-1972) was a wealthy oil producer and con-man who claimed that he had a gadget that could detect minerals and oil. He was cited as an authority in Frank Scully’s book Behind the Flying Saucers, a work that claimed to report on several UFO…
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Do Spirits Influence Great Artists?
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“It is not every medium who is able to get into the headlines of the British press without being ridiculed, but this feat has been achieved by Herr Heinrich Nusslein,” psychical researcher Harry Price wrote in the November 1928 issue of Psychic Research, published by The American Society for Psychical Research. …
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30 Witnesses Say: “No One Really Dies”
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When an aging friend appeared to be suffering from “existential angst” as he recovered from serious health challenges, I gave him one of my books, No One Really Dies, in the hope that he might see a larger and brighter picture of what’s ahead if he didn’t survive much longer in…
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Spirit Photography
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On Spirit Photography The history of Spirit Photography is almost as old as photography itself. It will be William Mumler who will change the way the world felt about the paranormal. He will do what mediums of his day couldn’t do, he provided physical proof of an afterlife through the…
