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An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THE JREF
ABOUT THIS ENCYCLOPEDIA
A
Abaris
Abdelazys
Abominable Snowman
Abracadabra
Abraham the Jew
Abra-Melin
Abrams, Dr. Albert
Abraxas
Actorius
Acupressure
Acupuncture
Adalbert
Adam
Adamantius
Adamski, George
Adept
Adoni
Aetherius Society
Aetite
Afreet
Age of Aquarius
AGLA
Agpaoa, Tony
Agrippa
Akashic records
Akkadian-Chaldean Inscriptions
Aksakof, Alexandre
Albertus Magnus
Alchabitius
Alchemy & Alchemists
Alexander
Alfridarya
Alpha Project
American Society for Psychical Research (ASPR)
Amulet
Ancient Astronauts
Angels of Mons
Animal Magnetism
Anima Mundi
Ankh
Anthropomancy
Anthroposophy
Apollonius of Tyana
Applied Kinesiology
Apport
Aquilaeus
Aquinas, St. Thomas
Arcanum, The Great
Archangel
ARE
Arigó, José
Armageddon
Arnold, Kenneth
Artephius
Arthur (King)
Artorius
Ascended master
Asiza
Asmodeus
Asport
ASPR
Association for Research and Enlightenment
Astral body
Astral plane
Astral projection
Astrological sign
Astrology
Astronomy
Athame
Atlantis
Augury
Aura
Aureola
Automatic writing
Avenger bombers
Azoth
B
Backster, Cleve
Bacon, Roger
Bacon, Sir Francis
Balinus
Band writer
Banshee
Barau
Barbour, Nelson H.
Bat
Beelzebub
Behemoth
Belial
Bender, Hans
Bermuda Triangle
Bernadette Soubirous
Besant, Annie
Bezoar
Bible
Bien Boa
Bigfoot
Bilocation
Bimini Road
Biorhythms
Bishop, Washington (Wellington) Irving
Black Art Principle
Black Arts
Black Boxes
Blackburn and Smith
Black Magic
Black Mass
Blackmore, Dr. Susan J.
Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna
Blindfold Vision
Bluebeard
Blue Book
Bohemian
Book of Coming Forth by Day, the
Book of the Dead, the
Borley Rectory
British National Association of Spiritualists
Brown, Rosemary
Broxa
Bunyip
Burt, Sir Cyril
Bux, Kuda
C
Cabala
Cagliostro, Conte Alessandro
Cambion
Cambridge Investigation
Cardan, Giordano
Carrière, Eva
Cat
Cayce, Edgar
Cazotte, Jacques
Cereology
Chakra
Channeling
Charms
Cheating
Cheiro
Chela
Chimera
Chiromancy
Chiropractic
Christian Science/Scientists
Christopher, Milbourne
Church of Christ, Scientist
Clairaudience
Clairvoyance
Clever Hans Phenomenon
Closed medium
Cold Reading
Collins, Doris
Columbus Poltergeist
Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
Compass Trick
Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur
Confidence Man
Conjureting
Conjuring/conjuror
Control
Cook, Florence Eliza
Cottingley Fairies
Coven
Crandon, Margery
Credophilic
Creery Sisters
Croiset, Gerard
Crookes, Sir William
Crop Circles
Crowley, Aleister
Crucifix
Cryptomnesia
Crystal Ball Gazing
Crystal Power
CSICOP
Curse of Princess Amen-Ra
Curse of the Pharaoh
D
Dactylomancy
Daemon
Davenport Brothers
Davis, Andrew Jackson
Dee, Dr. John
de Freitas, José Pedro
Déjà vu
De la Warr, George
Delphi (also, Delphos)
Demon
Demonology
Dermo-optical Perception
Deva
Devil
Devil's Mark
Devils of Loudun
Devil's Triangle
de Wohl, Louis
Diabolus
Dianetics
Dingwall, Dr. Eric J.
Discovery of Witchcraft, The
Divination
Divining
Dixon, Jeane
Djinn
Doomsday
Doppelgänger
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Dragon Bones
Drawing Down the Moon
Dreams
Drown, Ruth
Druids
Dunninger, Joseph
E
Ectenic Force
Ectoplasm
Eddy, Mary Morse Baker
Edwards, Michael
Egely, György
Eglinton, William
Eisenbud, Dr. Jule
Elemental / Elementary Spirits
Elements
Elixir of Life
E-Meter
End of the World
Enochian
E-Rays
Erdstrahlen
ESP
ESP cards
Eva C.
Evil Eye
Exorcism
Extrasensory Perception
Eyeless Vision
Eysenck, Dr. Hans J.
F
Fairies
Fairy Rings
Faith Healing
Fakir
Falkenstein, Glenn
Familiar
Faustus, Dr.
Faustus, Dr. Johannes
Fay, Anna Eva
Filipino Psychic Surgery
Finger Writer
G
Ganzfeld Experiment
Garlic
Geley, Dr. Gustav
 
; Geller, Uri
Gematria
Genii
Ghost
Ghost Photography
Ghost Portraits
Ghoul
Glossolalia
Gnome
Gnostics
Golden Dawn
Golem
Grand Catholicon
Grandier, Father Urbain
Graphology
Great Arcanum, The
Great Pyramid of Giza
Grimoire
Guppy, Mrs. Samuel
Gurdjieff, George Ivanovitch
Guru
Gypsy
H
Hag Stone
Hag tracks
Hahnemann, Christian Friedrich Samuel
Hand of Glory
Hanussen, Erik Jan
Hare Krishna
Hecate
Hellströmism
Hermes Trismegistus
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
Hexagram
Holloway, Dr. Gilbert
Hollow Earth theory
Holy Inquisition
Home, Daniel Dunglas
Homeopathy
Homunculus
Honorton, Dr. Charles
Hopkins, Matthew
Hörbiger, Hans
Horoscope
Hot Foil Trick
Hot Reading
Houdini, Harry
Hoy, David
Hubbard, Lafayette Ronald
Hume, Daniel Dunglas
Hume, David
Hurkos, Peter
Hypnotism / Hypnosis
I
Iambilicus
Iannes & Iambres
I Ching
Icke, David
Ideomotor Effect
Ideoplast
Illuminati
Incubus
Inquisition
Intuition
Imp
immortality
incantation
Iridology
J
Jambilicus
Januarius, Saint
Jardinier, Martinet
Jehovah's Witnesses
JFK University
Joan of Arc
Johnson, Dr. Martin
K
Ka
Kabala
Kachina
Karma
Karrezza
Keene, H. Lamar
Kelley, Edward
Khat
Ki
King, George
Kirlian Photography
Kiyota, Masuaki
Knight, J. Z.
Knots
Koestler, Arthur
Koreshan Unity
Krafft, Karl Ernst
Kreskin
Krippner, Dr. Stanley Curtis
Krishn
Krishnamurti, Jiddu
Kulagina, Nina
Kuleshova, Rosa A.
Kundalini
Kundalini Yoga
L
Lady Wonder
Lapis Philosophicus
Leadbeater, Charles Webste
Lemegeton
Lemuria
Lévi, Éliphas
Levy, Dr. Walter
Ley Lines
Lilith
Lindsay, Hal
Loch Ness Monster
Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph
Loudun, Devils of
Loup-garou
Lourdes
Lucifer
Lycanthropy
M
Mackay, Dr. Charles
Macumba
Magic
Magic Ashes
Magic Circle
Magician, Mage, Magi
Magic Square
Magic Wand
Magnetic Hills
Magus
Maharaj Ji
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Malicious Animal Magnetism
Malleus Maleficarum
M.A.M.
Mandala
Mandrake
Manning, Matthew
Mantra
Map Dowsing
Marduk
Margery
Marrs, Texe
Materializations
Mather, Cotton
Mather, Increase
Medicine Man
Medium
Mentalist
Meridians
Merlin
Meta-Analysis
Metoposcopy
Micro-PK
Millerites
Mirabilis, Dr.
Mirandola, Count Giovanni Pico da
Mitchell, Edgar D.
Moons of Mars
Moses, Rev. William Stainton
Mu
Murphy, Bridey
Muscle Reading
N
Native Healer
Necromancy
Necronomicon
Nelson, Robert
Nessie
New Age
Nichol, Agnes
Nostradamus
Norns
N-rays
Numerology
Nymph
O
OBE
Obeah
Obsession
Occam's razor
Occult
Odic Force
Ointment
Olcott, Henry Steel
Om
Omens