THE PARANORMAL


Investigator 58, 1998 January

Articles from Investigator about the paranormal follow.
Most are from a skeptical perspective because it's difficult to find "true believers" willing to defend their beliefs.
The numeral indicates the issue of Investigator.
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(Updated: 2008 August)
ALCHEMY: Edwards 67 LADDER SUPERSTITION 11
ALCHEMY IN HISTORY 38 LEVITATION LEARN TO FLY 5
ALCHEMY & PHILOSOPHY 65 LEVITATION 19; 84
LOTTO-WIN SYSTEMS 22
ALIEN VISITS 94 LUNACY 81
APHRODISIACS 60 MAGIC SQUARES 102
ARTEFACTS 49 MAGICAL INTEREST 39
ASTROLOGY: Edwards 73 MANTIC ARTS 89
ASTROLOGY LETTER 16 MARRY A VIRGIN 23
ASTROLOGY & PTOLEMY 34 MEDIA WATCH 39
ASTROLOGY: Radcliffe & O'Leary 8 MEDICAL QUACKERY 26
ASTROLOGY OBSTETRICS 23 MERMAIDS 57
ASTROLOGY ORIGIN 105 METAPHYSICAL DEGREES 83
ASTROLOGY STARWOMAN 12 MIN-MIN 97
MOON MYTHS 34
ATLANTIS 92 MYSTICAL...ENERGIES 77
ATLANTIS 96 NAZCA LINES 61
AURAS 46 NEW AGE GURU DIES 63
AUTOPSY HOAX 45 NINJA 25
BERMUDA TRIANGLE 62 NOSTRADAMUS: Lang 12
BACKMASKING 11
BIGFOOT 8; 88 NOSTRADAMUS: Edwards 70
BIG BIRD 5
BLAVATSKY, MADAME 105 NUMEROLOGY 58
BOOK DIVINATION 39 ODDBALL EARTH 45
PALMISTRY 11
BREATHARIANISM 69 PALMISTRY 60
BROWN, ROSEMARY 104 PALMISTRY 93
CAYCE, EDGAR 43 PARANORMAL FOUNDATION 72
CIRCUS TRAGEDY 17 PLANET ALLIGNMENT 61
CLAIRVOYANCE 52 POKIES 39
CROP CIRCLES 53 POKIES SUPERSTITIOUS 63
CROP CIRCLES  99 P.R.I.S.M. 64; 70
PSYCHIC ANIMALS 112
CRYPTOZOOLOGY 77 PSYCHIC ARCHAEOLOGY 113
CRYSTAL QUACKERY 71 PSYCHIC DETECTIVES 95
CRYSTALS 5 PSYCHIC PLANTS 117
CRYSTALS 42 PSYCHICS DEFINITION 86
DIVINATION 78 PSYCHICS EXPOSED 94
DIXON, JEANE 111 PSYCHIC SURGERY 61
PSYCHICS & JOB CLUBS 38
DOGON 47 26 PSYCHICS TESTED 101
DOOMSDAY GUN 15 PYRAMIDOLOGY 13
PYRAMID PSEUDOSCIENCE 121
DOWSING DEBATE 54; 58-64 PYRAMID SCAM 99
DREAM FRAUD & FREUD 42 RESURRECTION OF GIRL 55
DROWNING SUPERSTITION 9 RUNES 86
EDWARDS & STARSHINE 39-49 SAI BABA 88
ESP EXPERIMENT 75-78 SALEM SYNDROME 25; 31
FACE ON MARS 5 SANTA CLAUS, THE TRUTH 93
FAITH CURES  62 SCRYING 20
FATHER CHRISTMAS 45 SHANGRI-LA VILCABAMBA 17
FENG SHUI 91 SHROUD OF TURIN 13
FIREWALKING 48; 56 SIMULACRUM 50
FLAT EARTH 5
FOLKLORE 69 SPITTING 31
FORT, CHARLES 85 SPON. HUMAN COMBUSTION
STOKES, DORIS 114
FORTUNE TELLING  58 SUPERSTITION IN HISTORY 43
TARATOLOGIST 12
FRANKENSTEIN 45 TEALEAF READING 68
FRIDAY 13th 5 TELEKINESIS 64
FRIDAY 13th 20 TELEKINESIS 115
FRIDAY 13th CALENDAR 11 THOUGHTOGRAPHY 91
TOM WARDS 11
GAMBLERS LOSE 86 TRANSCENDENTAL MED. 94
GAMBLERS LOSE 96 UFO DREAMERS 63
GAMBLERS MOSTLY LOSE 107 UFO MEETING 47
GAMBLING [Psychology] 34 UFO-NULLARBOR 66
GAMBLING PSYCHOLOGY 110 UFOs: Brunt vs Thomas 9
GNOMES 8 UFOs: Edwards 65
HEXED, JINXED, CURSED 5 UFOs: Skeptics & Storm 63
UFOs: SKEPTICS GUIDE 119
HINDMARSH ISLAND 43 UFOs on the INTERNET 84
HOLLOW EARTH 21 ULURU 40
HOLLOW EARTH 99 URI GELLER  72
INCORRUPTIBILITY 45 VON DANIKEN 13; 93
INNER PEACE 78 WATER MONSTER 50
YETI FROM GIANT APE 63
JOAN OF ARC 87 ZAMBIA SPACE PROGRAM 2
Many of the above articles were reprinted in Investigator from  A Skeptic's Guide to the New Age and Skeptoon. These books are available from the author, H Edwards:  harrye@acay.com.au

THE PARANORMAL

(From: Investigator 50, 1996 September)

"Religion, the supernatural and the paranormal".  You've seen these words on Investigator's front cover.  What is the paranormal?

The paranormal refers to phenomena supposedly experienced by some people but which are contrary to science and therefore unexplainable by the known forces of nature.

The meaning of "supernatural" overlaps with the meaning of "paranormal" but is more restrictive.  By "supernatural" we think of unseen, non-physical beings like gods, ghosts, demons and angels and their supposed influence on the natural, empirical world.
 
 

A short list of the paranormal:

Aromatherapy  Ghosts Prophetic Dreams
Astral Travel Good Luck Charms Psychokinesis
Astrology  Homeopathy Spoon-bending
Clairvoyance Levitation Tarot
Demon Possession  Magic Vampires
ESP Miracles UFOs
Fairies Numerology Water Divining
Flying Saucers Palmistry Winning Lotto Systems

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