READ 176 - Hooper (Weird Things)
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Opposing Viewpoints in Context
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Try this link to the the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life for current statistics about beliefs in weird things:Books at FLITE
General - Reserve Desk
Paranormal Phenomena : Opposing Viewpoints (Highly Recommended)
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BF1031 .P334 2002
The Paranormal (Highly Recommended)
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BF 1031 .P325 2009
The Skeptic's Guide to the Paranormal (Highly Recommended)
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BF1031 .K45 2005
Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Examining the Scientific Evidence (Highly Recommended)
Location: Reserves/Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1031. V37 2000
Why People Believe in Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BF 773 .S56 1997
General - Main Stacks
Encyclopedia of Afterlife Beliefs and Phenomena
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1311 .F8 L48 1994
An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF1407 .R36 1995
The Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained, 3 vols.
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF1025 .S79 2003
Man, Myth, and Magic: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mythology, Religion, and the Unknown, 21 vols.
Location: Reference - Does Not Check Out (1st Floor): BF 1407 .M34 1995
Angels
Angels A to Z
Location: Electronic Resource - ebook
A Dictionary of Angels, Including the Fallen Angels
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BL 477 .D3
The Encyclopedia of Angels
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BL 477 .G87 2004
Encyclopedia of Angels
Location: Electronic Resource - ebook
Devils
Christian Demonology and Popular Mythology: Demons, Spirits and Witches
Location: Electronic Resources - ebook
The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1503 .R6 1981
A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels, and Other Subversive Spirits
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1531 .M26 2007
Dreams
Dreaming : an Opportunity for Change
Location: Reserve Desk/Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF175.5.D74 G58 2007
Dreaming: Anthropological and Psychological Interpretations
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1078 .D72 1987
Dreams and Dreaming
Location: Reserve Desk/Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1078 .D73 1990
The New Science of Dreaming - 3 Volumes
Location: Reserve Desk/Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1078 .N454 2007 v. 3
Ghosts
Adventures in Paranormal Investigation
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BF 1001.N53 2007
The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits
Location: Reference (1st Floor): BF 1461 .G85 2007
The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1461 .G85 2000
Ghosts Among Us: Uncovering the Truth About the Other Side
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BF1301 .V36 2008
Haunted Halls: Ghostlore of American College Campuses
Location: Electronic Resource - ebook
Hauntings
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1461 .H37 1989
Phantom Encounters
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1461 .P45 1988
Rethinking Ghosts in World Religions
Location: Electronic Resource - ebook
Unbelievable : Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena from the Duke
Parapsychology Laboratory
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BF 1028.5.U6 H67 2009
Near-Death Experiences
Life After Death: the Evidence
Location: Electronic Resource - ebook; See Chapter 4: View From the Edge
Life After Life: The Investigation of a Phenomenon--Survival of Bodily Death
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BL 535 .M64 1975
On the Other Side of Life: Exploring the Phenomenon of the Near-Death Experience
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BF 1045 .N4 E57 1997
Psychic Voyages
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1045 .N4 P78 1987
Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction (Recommended)
Location: Electronic Resource - ebook
Also available in print: Location: Main Stacks (3rd Floor): Q 172.5 .P77 W96 2001
The Rise and Fall of the Afterlife - Chapter 7: Near-Death Experiences
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BL 535 .B75 2002
Reincarnation
Life Beyond Life: The Evidence of Reincarnation
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BL 515 .H62 1985
Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction (Recommended)
Location: Electronic Resource - ebook
Also available in print: Location: Main Stacks (3rd Floor): Q 172.5 .P77 W96 2001
The Search for Yesterday: A Critical Examination of the Evidence for Reincarnation
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BL 515 .R63 1985
UFOs
The Lure of the Edge: Scientific Passions, Religious Beliefs, and the Pursuit of UFOs
Location: Electronic Resource - ebook
The UFO Phenomenon
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 3rd Floor): TL 789 .U195 1987
UFOs and Popular Culture: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Myth
Location: Reference (1st Floor): TL 789 .L485 2000
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