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The term occult sciences was used in the 16th century to refer to astrology, alchemy, and natural magic. The manipulation of such powers is effected via white, black, grey magic. Ritual techniques include the use of adjuration, prayers, invective, incense, foul odors and the use of holy substances such as sacred herbs, blessed water, or salt in roman catholic rituals, exorcism is treated as a tugofwar with the possessing devil for the. From longman dictionary of contemporary english parapsychology par. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. A compendium of information on the occult sciences, magic, demonology, superstitions, spiritism, mysticism, metaphysics, psychical science, and parapsychology, with biographical and bibliographical notes and comprehensive indexes.
Full text of encyclopedia of occultism and parapsychology 2 volumes see other formats. For other people with the same name, see richard cavendish. Encyclopedia of occultism and parapsychology lewis. Conference paper pdf available january 2006 with 4,825 reads how we measure reads. Psychic phenomena, as the term is applied to the human mind, generally fall into two broad categories. Is there a difference between parapsychology, metapsychology. Encyclopedic coverage of parapsychology and psychical research, magic and the occult, and the main systems of divination. By these great authorities occultism is assumed to be a word invented by a few individuals, whose chief aim is to destroy spiritualism and substitute black magic in its place, whilst occultists are renegades, who would roll back the car of progress a favorite expression, by the way, of those who deny the right. There are many requests for assistance in researching the occult, as it is popularly called. The new steinerbooks dictionary of the paranormal by george riland. Richard cavendish 12 august 1930 21 october 2016 was a british historian who wrote. John gordon melton is an american religious scholar who was the founding director of the institute for the study of american religion and is currently a research specialist in religion and new religious movements with the department of religious studies at. A compendium of information on the occult sciences. The magical arts of exorcism involved ceremonial magic, and the official exorcism rites of christianity are in many ways similar.
Full text of encyclopedia of occultism and parapsychology 2. A magic square is a square array of numbers with the property that the sum of each row, each column, and each diagonal is the same magic squares have been found in ancient writings from many parts of the world, and in some cultures they were thought to possess magical or supernatural powers. Society for the investigation of the unexplained situ an organization founded by naturalist ivan t. A reference guide to the unexplained covering well known terms such as parapsychology, magic, the occult, the paranormal.
Most scientists outside of the parapsychological field do not accept the existence of psychic phenomena, although some universities teach parapsychology courses and in 1985 a chair of parapsychology was established at edinburgh university, funded in part by a bequest from the author arthur koestler. Parapsychologists seek to validate the existence of a spiritual dimension to reality but have repeatedly failed to establish an evidence. Gale encyclopedia of the unusual and unexplained 3. Occultism, parapsychology and the esoteric from the.
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Hypnotism a peculiar altered state of consciousness distinguished by certain marked symptoms, the most prominent and invariable of which are the presence of continuous alpha waves on the electroencephalograph, hypersuggestibility in the subject, a concentration of attention on a single stimulus. Occult sciences and parapsychology the new york public library. See also magical diagrams 953 macropk encyclopedia of occultism. Most frequently associated with the term occult are the techniques of magic and divination including astrology, the tarot, and palmistry. Occult medicine and practical magic samael aun weor. A compendium of information on the occult sciences, magic, demonology, superstitions, spiritism, mysticism, metaphysics. The term occultism emerged in 19thcentury france, where it came to be associated with various french esoteric groups connected to eliphas levi and papus, and in 1875 was introduced into the english language by the esotericist helena blavatsky. Welcome to occultopedia, the premier internet index of the paranormal, occult and inexplicable. Parapsychology, in its popular sense, deals with occult phenomena, whereas scientific parapsychology investigates them empirically. Concentrates primarily on western cultures of 19th and 20th centuries. Vampire russian vampir, south russian upuir, probably from the root pi, to drain, with the prefix va, or av. Under the general head of speculative occultism may be classed all the mysticisms of the present age.
Parapsychology is an outgrowth of the spiritualism movement in the ate 1800s in great britain and the united states. Psi occultopedia, the occult and unexplained encyclopedia. Rhine author see all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Aug 01, 2007 hi, is there a difference between parapsychology, metapsychology and occultism or are they all searching paranormal phenomena. A magical body 55 10 the occult field today 60 11 esoteric glossary 78. Full text of encyclopedia of occultism and parapsychology. Psychology and its occult influences excommunicate. Magic, occultism, and parapsychology arkana paperback april 3, 1990 by j. A reference guide to the unexplained covering well known terms such as parapsychology, magic, the occult, the paranormal, alchemy, druids, hallucinations, jung. Magic an investigation into magic, mysticism, occultism and religion in this, the ninth part of our occult studies course, we shall discuss and explore the subject of magic, about which there are so many misconceptions, fantasies and wrong teachings. A reference guide to the unexplained covering well known terms such as parapsychology, magic, the occult, the paranormal, alchemy, druids, hallucinations, jung, levitation, tarot, ufo, witchcraft, the editor also wrote the magical arts.
Joseph banks rhine author of encyclopedia of the unexplained. A compendium of information on the occult sciences, magic, demonology, superstitions, spiritism, mysticism, metaphysics, psychical science and parapsychology. He has since fig ured in a large number of medically unexplained cures that fol. Text 26786, v1 the first edition of this encyclopedia was based on a novel concept the creation of a new work by merging, updating, and adding to two highly esteemed erlier encyclopedias of occultism and psychical science.
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