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The DEMONOLOGIST

Posted by traciehicks on March 25, 2009

(The copy I have is from 1980)

Fear not. The Demonologist is not a negative book. It’s a positive one. However you’ll find it to be unlike any book you have ever read. Because this is not just another aimless collection of ghost stories. It is in fact a religious book. Specifically, it is a book about mystical theology. It contains material once known only to saints and scholars. In it you will learn not just how, but why mystical phenomena occur, and exactly what’s behind it. Ultimately, this book will scare you. It may even scare you profoundly. But it is to be scared in a worthwhile way. Because you will come to see, like others before you, that there is more to life than you have ever been taught to believe. It is serious stuff, granted, but it is also important stuff, especially in this day and age when true evil has emerged again. In the end, reading The Demonologist may potentially send you back to church. But that, dear reader, is the worst that can happen to you.

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Spiritual Warfare: Warning Your Soul Is in Danger

Posted by traciehicks on March 25, 2009

In today’s society many games have been developed for use on the computer. However, some of those games are still in the old fashion form such as the Ouija Board, tarot cards, and the new Angel Board. Spiritual Warfare: Warning Your Soul Is In Danger! provides alarming information concerning various types of occult games. It contains the theology behind angels and demons and provides personal stories of those who have encountered both. If you are a Minister or Youth Minister, this is a definite must read!

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An Encyclopedia of Occultism

Posted by traciehicks on March 25, 2009

A compendium of information on the occult sciences, magic, demonology, superstitions, spiritism, mysticism, metaphysics, psychical science and parapsychology. Containing reference information relative to animals; birds and insects; demons; gems; geographical (places of phenomena); gods; paranormal phenomena; periodicals; plants and flowers; and societies and organizations

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

Posted by traciehicks on March 25, 2009

IN this encyclopedia, complete from A to Z, James  Randi casts his cynical eye on the dubious genres of the occult and the supernatural. With 666 entries and hundreds of illustrations throughtout, this book, which has been fueling hundreds of lively Internet controversies, examines the shady world of manipulators, occultists, and shamanists in microsopic detail.

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Haunted America

Posted by traciehicks on March 24, 2009

The authors have expanded their repertoire of true ghost stories previously published in Haunted Wisconsin (Stanton & Lee, 1980) and Haunted Heartland (Stanton & Lee, 1985). This collection of chilling tales of the supernatural includes at least one story from each state and from the English-speaking Canadian prov-inces. The stories recount sightings of ghostly apparitions and mysterious happenings, and their history and evolution is documented. To enhance the true-story appeal, newspaper accounts and other sources of information are given in the bibliography. Full of eerie specters and haunted houses, including the White House, this book will captivate readers of all ages. An excellent source of spine-tingling narratives for Halloween night or spooky campfire fun. For general collections.Eloise R. Hitchcock, Tennessee Technological Univ. Lib., Cookeville Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Haunted Heartland

Posted by traciehicks on March 24, 2009

YA Over 150 true ghost stories from America’s Midwest are collected in this excellent, easy-to-read book. Scott and Norman make the stories short and to the point without extensive atmosphere or characterizations. The stories are believable and leave readers questioning whether or not parapsychology is the inexact science that it is considered. Robert Lombardi, Prince George’s County Public School System, Md.Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. -

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Haunted Happenings

Posted by traciehicks on March 24, 2009

Ghosts… are they merely lost souls trapped in some kind of time warp, probably not knowing how to proceed to the next world? Maybe they might feel that they have some important unfinished business here. Whichever it is, this book should entertain you and, hopefully, give you further insight into the realm of the unknown. It will also provide you with a unique history concerning our forever haunting and mysterious New England.

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The Ghostly Register

Posted by traciehicks on March 24, 2009

A traveler’s guide to America’s strangest landmarks, including haunted dwellings and active spirits.

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Coast To Coast Ghosts: True Stories of Hauntings Across America

Posted by traciehicks on March 24, 2009

An employee of the St. James Hotel in New Mexico watches in shock as a fair-haired toddler with a terribly disfigured face disappears into the floor. This is just one of the paranormal mysteries Leslie Rule shares with us-a result of extensive interviews and research uncovering the reasons behind ghost sightings across the country. Coast to Coast Ghosts features dozens of spine-tingling, real-life ghost stories and approximately 50 black-and-white photographs, taken by Rule, including some believed to have captured actual apparitions. Only the reader can decide. . . .

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Grave’s End

Posted by traciehicks on March 24, 2009

A True Ghost Story

“You leave us alone; we’ll leave you alone.”

When Elaine Mercado and her first husband bought their home in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1982, they had no idea that they and their two young daughters were embarking on a thirteen-year nightmare.

Within a few days of moving in, Elaine and her older daughter began to experience the sensation of being watched. Then came scratching noises and weird smells, followed by voices whispering, maniacal laughter, shadowy figures scurrying along baseboards, and small balls of light bouncing along the ceilings. From the beginning of the haunting, “suffocating dreams” were experienced by everyone except the younger daughter. These eventually accelerated to physical aggression directed at Elaine and both the girls.

This book is the true story of how one family tried to cope with living in a haunted house. It also describes how, with the help of parapsychologist Dr. Hans Holzer and medium Marisa Anderson, the family discovered the tragic and heartbreaking secrets buried in the house at Grave’s End.

I struggle to open my eyes, but achieve nothing but frustration and failure. I am not asleep. I am fully conscious, in a state of panic unthinkable during the day intolerable in the dark of night, held prisoner by some tortured, invisible presence, insistent on abruptly invading my slumber. The more I struggle toward freedom, the more I am pushed into the mattress, perspiring, heart palpitating, a scream involuntarily silenced within my throat. Some nights I experience my skin being stroked while I fight to regain control of my body, my sight. Thank God, this was not one of those nights. Tonight it lets me open my eyes, shaken but unviolated, frightened, but not as frightened as I know I can become.

First Runner up for the 2001 Coalition of Visionary Resources (COVR) Award for Best Biographical/Personal Book

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