A Brief Guide to the Supernatural - Softcover

Ruickbie, Leo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 076244438X ISBN 13: 9780762444380

Publisher: Running Press, 2012

Synopsis

What is the supernatural and why is it important? From Most Haunted to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, from Underworld to Twilight, from Doom to Resident Evil, our imagination is forever drawn to this dark world - and for good reasons. The Brief Guide to the Supernatural goes in search of the unearthly with unexpected results. Combining history, psychology and parapsychology, Dr Leo Ruickbie explores the myths and possible realities of the paranormal - ghosts, the undead, angels, demons and UFOs - as well as the many ways people have tried to contact and record the impossible from magic to spiritualism to science. You may find the results unsettling. Included are several experiments to try at home - be warned!

About this title

About the Author

Dr Leo Ruickbie, PhD, MA, BA(Hons), AKC (Associate of King’s College), has been investigating, writing about and often experiencing the darker side of life – from Black Masses to haunted houses – for most of his adult life. He has a PhD from King’s College, London, for his research into modern witchcraft and magic, and is the author of Witchcraft Out of the Shadows and Faustus: The Life and Times of a Renaissance Magician. He has also contributed to edited academic volumes on the occult, spiritualism and the sociology of Harry Potter, and has lectured on vampires, Wicca and the symbolism of nudity in witchcraft, amongst other things. His work has been covered in the media from The Guardian to Radio Jamaica. He is a member of Societas Magica, the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism, the Society for Psychical Research and The Ghost Club.

Review

Richard Holland, Editor UncannyUK.com, former editor of Paranormal Magazine and author of Haunted Wales
“It’s not just the truth that’s out there – to quote an iconic TV series – the paranormal is, too. It really is. In your town. In your street. Maybe in your own home. The weird and inexplicable happens to ordinary people somewhere in the world every single day. Before you go in search of it, though, you will need a guide. How lucky for you that you have this excellent one in your hands. “

Jason Dexter Karl, co-presenter of Most Haunted, author of 21st Century Ghosts and founder of Ghost Research Foundation International
“From Borley to Baal, and everything in between, Leo Ruickbie’s latest work is a ghoulish glossary of facts, figures and fictions. A Brief Guide to the Supernatural is the perfect introduction to the world of all things eerie, inexplicable and otherworldly, whether you seek spirits, demons or angelic audience, this book gives an entertaining and informative overview equally suited to the experienced or amateur spook spotter.”

Rev. Lionel Fanthorpe, President of the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena and author of over 250 books
“Very well written. Exciting, enjoyable and thought-provoking. Packed with interesting and intriguing ideas.”

Rosemary Ellen Guiley, author of

Edition details

• Publisher: Running Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 076244438X
• ISBN 13: 9780762444380
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 300