Secrets in the Fields: The Science and Mysticism of Crop Circles

Crop Circles. What Are They? Who Makes Them? Why Are They Here?

They appear at night, complex designs mysteriously imprinted on fields of almost ripened grain. Nobody knows how they got there, or why. They leave the grain stalks in swirls, virtually undamaged. They exhibit mathematical precision. They demonstrate principles of geometry. They portray ancient religious symbols.

Since the 1980s, some 10,000 crop circles have appeared, seemingly by magic, in England and 25 other countries. Each year the count grows, and the designs get more intricate, even fantastic. Governments tell us they’re hoaxes, but the evidence shows that most are not.

What is going on?

Author Freddy Silva lives in Wessex, the four-county area of southern England that has been host to 90 percent of the world’s crop circles. In Secrets in the Fields, he takes us on an exhilarating firsthand field trip into the heart of the mystery. Silva takes us to the scene of the enigma, before, after, and during the appearance of a fresh circle. He introduces us to farmers, researchers, scientists, mystics, hoaxers and debunkers. He tells:

• how to distinguish a hoaxed circle from a genuine one
• what the magnetic field disturbances might mean
• what time distortions observed at crop circles might mean
• how sound, light and microwave energy may be involved
• how a theory of music may account for their creation
• what the circle images mean

Deeply informative and copiously illustrated, this is the most comprehensive look at crop circles to date.

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An Encyclopedia of Occultism

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

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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The I-Files True Reports of Unexplained Phenomena in Illinois

Bizarre… Mysterious…Compelling…Discover the world of the paranormal in the Land of Lincoln.

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Haunted Illinois (All Editions)

What makes Illinois so haunted? Most believe that it’s the history of the state itself. Ghosts and hauntings are born of from violence, murder and bloodshed. The tragedies of yesterday so often become the ghost stories of today. Even from its very beginning, Illinois was a place where death was commonplace and unsolved mysteries thrived. In this volume from Stackpole Books, author Troy Taylor visits the many hauntings of Illinois and takes readers on a trip that travels through the legends and lore of this eerie and sometimes terrifying state, revealing stories and locations.

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MYSTERIOUS ILLINOIS

For nearly two decades, Troy Taylor has been delving into the ghosts and haunted places in the state of Illinois but in this book, the author takes a journey down a darker road and takes readers on a search for the strange, terrifying and bizarre in this mysterious region. For centuries, Illinois has played host to the unexplained from the ancient mysteries of Cahokia, the stone forts of southern Illinois, anomalous petroglyphs and many other oddities from our distant past. Journey back in time to this lost era and then go on a hunt for the state’s chilling creatures, including Bigfoot, Thunderbirds, phantom panthers, water creatures and some of the strangest beasts to ever walk on four feet –– or two! Finally, take the plunge into the depths of the unexplained as we search for answers to the state’s greatest enigmas like the Macomb Poltergeist, Williamsburg Hill, Illinois’ spook lights, Watseka Wonder, Illinois’ sky mysteries, flying saucer invasions, Illinois vampires, the Mad Gasser of Mattoon and much more! Don’t miss out on this amazing book — including accounts, stories, eyewitness reports and in-depth research that has never appeared in print before!

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Weird Illinois

Fabled places, roadside oddities, bizarre beasts and people if it’s weird and it’s in Illinois, it’s in Weird Illinois. Troy Taylor, long a chronicler of the strangest hauntings the Prairie State has to offer, has taken a long, eerie look at the goings-on around here and  come up with more strange stuff than any one state should legally be able to have.

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Mysteries of Mind Space & Time

A twenty-six-volume study of the paranormal, mystical, and psychic phenomena commonly referred to as the supernatural

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