THE PARANORMAL

Investigator 58, 1998 January

Articles from Investigator Magazine about the paranormal follow. Most are from a skeptical perspective because it's difficult to find "true believers" willing to defend their beliefs. The numerals indicate the issue of Investigator.

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(Updated: 2011  December)

ALCHEMY: Edwards 67	LADDER SUPERSTITION 11
ALCHEMY IN HISTORY 38	LEVITATION LEARN TO FLY 5
ALCHEMY & PHILOSOPHY 65	LEVITATION 19; 84
ALCHEMY:  Eddie 117	LOCH NESS MYSTERY SOLVED 13
	LONGEVITY 13
ARTEFACTS 49	LOTTO-WIN SYSTEMS 22
ARTEFACTS 124	LUNACY 81
ASTROLOGY: Edwards 73	MAGIC SQUARES 102
ASTROLOGY: Failure 13	MAGICAL INTEREST 39
ASTROLOGY: Letter 16	MANTIC ARTS 89
ASTROLOGY: Obstetrics 23	MARRY A VIRGIN 23
ASTROLOGY: Origin 105	MEDIA WATCH 39
ASTROLOGY: Ptolemy 34	MEDICAL QUACKERY 26
ASTROLOGY: Radcliffe and O'Leary 8	MERMAIDS 57
ASTROLOGY: Starwoman 12	METAPHYSICAL DEGREES 83
ATLANTIS 92	MIN-MIN 97
ATLANTIS 96	MOON MYTHS 34
ATLANTIS 126	MYSTICAL...ENERGIES 77
AURAS 46	NAZCA LINES 61
	NEW AGE 85
AUTOPSY HOAX 45	NEW AGE GURU DIES 63
BACKMASKING 11	NINJA 25
BAD LUCK IN GOOD LUCK SCAM 13	NOSTRADAMUS: Lang 12
BERMUDA TRIANGLE 62	NOSTRADAMUS: Edwards 70
BERMUDA TRIANGLE  128	NUMEROLOGY 58
BIGFOOT 8; 88	NUMEROLOGY 141
BIG BIRD 5	ODDBALL EARTH 45
BLAVATSKY, MADAME 105	PALMISTRY 11
BOOK DIVINATION 39	PALMISTRY 60
BREATHARIANISM 69	PALMISTRY 93
BROWN, ROSEMARY 104	PARANORMAL FOUNDATION 72
CAYCE, EDGAR 43	PLANET ALLIGNMENT 61
CIRCUS TRAGEDY 17	P.R.I.S.M. 64; 70
CLAIRVOYANCE 52	PSYCHIC ANIMALS 112
CLAIRVOYANCE 136
CLAIRVOYANCE/FORTUNE-TELLING 58	PSYCHIC ARCHAEOLOGY 113
CROP CIRCLES 53	PSYCHIC DETECTIVES 95
CROP CIRCLES  99	PSYCHIC PLANTS 117
CROP CIRCLES 135	PSYCHIC PREDICTIONS 19
CRYPTOZOOLOGY 77	PSYCHICS DEFINITION 86
CRYPTOZOOLOGY AUSTRALIAN 129	PSYCHICS EXPOSED 94
CRYSTAL QUACKERY 71	PSYCHIC SURGERY 61
CRYSTALS 5	PSYCHICS & JOB CLUBS 38
CRYSTALS 42	26 PSYCHICS TESTED 101
CRYSTALS 134	PYRAMID PSEUDOSCIENCE 121
DIVINATION 78	PYRAMID SCAM 99
DIXON, JEANE 111	PYRAMIDOLOGY 13
DOGON 47	PYRAMIDOLOGY 137
DOOMSDAY GUN 15	RESURRECTION OF GIRL 55
DROWNING SUPERSTITION 9	RUNES 86
ESP 130	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
FAITH HEALING 138	SHANGRI-LA VILCABAMBA 17
FATHER CHRISTMAS 45	SHROUD OF TURIN 13
FENG SHUI 91	SIMULACRUM 50
	SPITTING 31
FIREWALKING 48; 56	SPON. HUMAN COMBUSTION 75
FIREWALKING 139	STOKES, DORIS 114
FLAT EARTH 5	SUPERHEROES 123
FOLKLORE 69	SUPERSTITION IN HISTORY 43
	SUPERSTITIONS AMERICAN 140
FORT, CHARLES 85	TARATOLOGIST 12
FRANKENSTEIN  45	TEALEAF READING 68
FREUD and the DREAM FRAUD 42	TELEKINESIS 64
FRIDAY 13th 5	TELEKINESIS 115
FRIDAY 13th 20	THOUGHTOGRAPHY 91
FRIDAY 13th CALENDAR 11	TOM WARDS 11
GAMBLERS "POKIES" 39	TRANSCENDENTAL MED. 94
GAMBLERS SUPERSTITIOUS 63	UFO: Dreamers 63
GAMBLERS LOSE 86	UFO: Extraterrestrials 110
GAMBLERS LOSE 96	UFO: Investigation 3
GAMBLERS MOSTLY LOSE 107	UFO: Meeting 47
GAMBLING PSYCHOLOGY 34	UFO: Nullarbor Plain 66
GAMBLING PSYCHOLOGY 110	UFO: Visitors? 94
GAMBLERS STILL LOSING 131	UFO: Alien Encounters 87
GNOMES 8	UFOs: Brunt vs Thomas 9
	UFOs: Darwin 135
HEXED, JINXED, CURSED 5	UFOs: Edwards 65
	UFOs: Skeptics & Storm 63
HOLLOW EARTH 21	UFOs: On the Internet 84
HOLLOW EARTH 99	ULURU 40
INCORRUPTIBILITY 45	URI GELLER  72
	VELIKOVSKY 139; 140
INNER PEACE 78	VON DANIKEN 13
	VON DANIKEN 93
JOAN OF ARC 87	WATER DIVINING DEBATE 54; 58-6
	WATER MONSTER 50
	ZAMBIA SPACE PROGRAM 2
KRYSTAL STARSHINE DEBATE 39-49	YETI from GIANT APE 63

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: harry1927@bigpond.com

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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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