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They saw the future: oracles, psychics, scientists, great thinkers, and pretty good guessers
By Kathleen Krull. 1999
Accounts of twelve visionaries--people who predict the future--presented in chronological order from the oracles of ancient Greece to twentieth-century figures.…
Covers the sibyls of Rome, Mayan astrologers, Nostradamus, Hildegard of Bingen, Leonardo da Vinci, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Nicholas Black Elk, Jeane Dixon, Edgar Cayce, and Marshall McLuhan. Grades 5-8. 1999.The Wreck of the Titanic foretold?
By Martin Gardner. 1986
A collection of writings published prior to the sinking of the "Titanic", which are purported to be proof of paranormal…
powers of precognition. The author, a sceptic to ESP, disagrees with these assumptions. c1986.The woman who changed her brain: and other inspiring stories of pioneering brain transformation
By Barbara Arrowsmith-Young. 2012
Arrowsmith-Young was born with severe learning disabilities - she read and wrote everything backward, struggled to process concepts in language,…
continually got lost, and was physically uncoordinated. By relying on her formidable memory and iron will, she made her way to graduate school, where she chanced upon research that inspired her to invent cognitive exercises to “fix” her own brain. Interweaves her personal tale with case histories from her more than thirty years of working with both children and adults. 2012.The wheel of life: a memoir of living and dying
By Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. 1998
The author traces the events that shaped her life intellectually and spiritually - events which led her to explain the…
ultimate truth that death does not exist but is a transformation. From her work in war-ravaged Poland to her pioneering counselling of the terminally ill, her seminars and discussions with people who have been revived after death, we learn how each experience provided her with a new piece of the puzzle. 1998.The way I see it
By Nicole Dryburgh. 2008
At the age of 11, Nicole Dryburgh was diagnosed with a malignant tumour on her spine. After an operation to…
remove the tumour, followed by an intensive course of radiotherapy, Nicole's life returned to normal and the doctors were pleased with her progress. Two years later, aged 13, Nicole suffered a brain hemorrhage. Desperately ill, blind and unable to move, she was given weeks to live. Against all odds, she came home. For Junior and Senior High readers. 2008.The vision & the voice: with commentary and other papers : the Equinox, volume IV number II (Equinox Ser. #Vol. 4)
By Aleister Crowley, Victor B Neuburg, Mary Desti. 1998
This text is the record of Aleister Crowley's exploration of the 30 Aethyrs of the Enochian system of magick developed…
by the Elizabethan magicians Dr John Dee and Edward Kelly. Crowley obtained these visions in Mexico in 1900, and in Algeria in 1909. They are the source of many key spiritual doctrines of Thelema. They give an account of the transcendence of the Ego by crossing the Abyss, and the attainment of the grade of Master of the Temple. 1998. Uniform title: Equinox (New York, N.Y.)The truth about Dracula
By Gabriel Ronay. 1972
The uncommon touch: an investigation of spiritual healing
By Tom Harpur. 1994
Religious writer Harpur investigates the roots of spiritual healing and the work and ideas of modern healers. He also describes…
scientific studies which demonstrate the power of spiritual healing, and how the phenomenon is gaining credibility even among physicians and other sceptics. 1994.The truth in the light: an investigation of over 300 near-death experiences
By Elizabeth Fenwick, Peter Fenwick. 1996
The authors had access to over 300 first-hand accounts of near-death experiences. Scientist and neuropsychiatrist Dr Peter Fenwick and his…
wife Elizabeth provide an informed analysis of the near-death experience, indicating the tantalising and inexplicable core at the heart of this phenomenon. 1996.The two: a biography
By Amy Wallace, Irving Wallace. 1978
The story of the original Siamese twins who lived 63 years, joined at the chest. Although they had two different,…
often conflicting, personalities, the brothers became successful gentlemen farmers, courted and married two pretty sisters, and fathered 21 children. 1978.The search for a soul: Taylor Caldwell's psychic lives
By Jess Stearn. 1973
Delves into the psychic lives of novelist Taylor Caldwell who, though skeptical about reincarnation, agreed to undergo hypnosis "in the…
interest of setting the theory of reincarnation to rest." Once in a trance she lapsed into memories of other lives and places. 1973.The reason I jump: the inner voice of a thirteen-year-old boy with autism
By David Mitchell, Naoki Higashida, Ka Yoshida. 2013
Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, it is a one-of-a-kind…
memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. Parents and family members who never thought they could get inside the head of their autistic loved one at last have a way to break through to the curious, subtle, and complex life within. Using an alphabet grid to painstakingly construct words, sentences, and thoughts that he is unable to speak out loud, Naoki answers even the most delicate questions that people want to know. Bestseller. 2013. Uniform title: Jiheishō no boku ga tobihaneru riyū.The psychic world of Derek Acorah: The Essential Guide To Developing Your Hidden Powers
By John Sutton, Derek Acorah. 1999
Renowned psychic Derek Acorah reveals that we all have psychic potential and shows us how we can tap into and…
develop our psychic ability. You will learn how to: build your psychic awareness through meditation; develop telepathy skills and divination techniques; use the spirit world for guidance and healing; identify paranormal experiences. 1999.The other side and back: a psychic's guide to our world and beyond
By Sylvia Browne, Lindsay Harrison. 2003
Renowned psychic and spiritual teacher Sylvia Browne reveals the truth about the power of psychic energy to change lives and…
to communicate with the other side, and shows how anyone can tap into its energy. 2003.The new age: notes of a fringe watcher
By Martin Gardner. 1988
Columns, mostly from the Skeptical Inquirer, critique pseudoscience and other paranormal trends. Topics include channeling, psychic surgery, prime-time preachers, the…
third eye, and Shirley MacLaine's fascination with reincarnation. Garner's essays are part exposé and part entertainment. 1991, c1988.The music of light: the extraordinary story of Hikari and Kenzaburo Oe
By Lindsley Cameron. 1998
Biography of the Japanese classical music composer Hikari Oe and his devoted father, Kenzaburo Oe, winner of the Nobel Prize…
for Literature. Discusses Hikari's physical disabilities and musical gifts and his close relationship with the father who began writing to give his son a voice. c1998.The magic makers: magic and sorcery through the ages
By David Carroll. 1974
A journey into the world of magic and the lives of its magicians, from ancient times to the present. Explains…
the difference between white and black magic and where magic begins and where it ends. 1974.The magic daughter: a memoir of living with multiple personality disorder
By Jane Phillips. 1995
A professor with multiple personalities, or what is called dissociative identity disorder, writes under a pseudonym. She says she began…
this book as a suicide note but was surprised to find the writing process theraputic albeit traumatic. She tells of the childhood horros that led to the disorder and her therapist's work in diagnosing and helping her. Some violence. 1995.La sorcellerie au Québec, du XVIIe au XIXe siècle ((Connaissance).)
By Robert-Lionel Séguin. 1978
Nostradamus, countdown to Apocalypse: Countdown To Apocalypse (Owl Bks.)
By Alexis Lykiard, Nostradamus, Jean-Charles de Fontbrune. 1983