Description
Book SynopsisMany people believe they have seen ghosts, many others are doubtful, but despite the rationalism of the present day, there has been no decrease in the number of sightings: old ghosts have survived for centuries and have been joined by modern ones, haunted houses retain their eerie reputations, apparitions are studied by parapsychologists, poltergeists still wreak havoc in homes.
Ghost Sightings is a wide-ranging guide to ghostly phenomena from all parts of the globe up to 2015. It covers cases throughout history: many of them famous, others less well known. It examines malign spirits and gentle ghosts, apparitions, wraiths, haunted houses and spooky urban myths. Each entry gives details of the date, location and course of events, as well as providing a historical context and analytical assessment of the phenomenon.
The book’s extensive appendices provide fascinating additional information, including the differing roles of ghosts in the world’s religions, an exploration of out-of-body and near-death experiences, and modern theories offered to explain ghosts by figures such as Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung.
Ghost Sightings is a thorough study of a subject that has intrigued, amazed and terrified mankind throughout history.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Chapter 1
Ghosts of Centuries Past
Chapter 2
Ghosts of the 19th Century
Chapter 3
Haunted Houses
Chapter 4
Gentle Ghosts
Chapter 5
Some Malign Presence
Chapter 6
Apparitions and Wraiths
Chapter 7
Animals and Non-Living Apparitions
Chapter 8
Mischievous Spirits
Chapter 9
The Vanishing Hitchhiker & Other Urban Myths
Appendices
1. Ghosts: the Primitive View
2. Spirits and the Spirit World
3. Out-of-Body and Near-Death experiences
4. Automatic Art from Beyond the Grave
5. Ghosts: towards an explanation
6. Ghosts in Fiction
