An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural Read online

  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