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The Secret History of Poltergeists and Haunted Houses: From Pagan Folklore to Modern Manifestations
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Paperback
With Jon E. Graham (other contributor) |
from Inner Traditions (April 26, 2012)
9781594774652 | details & prices | 246 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.92 lbs | List price $18.95
About: What poltergeist accounts through the ages reveal about our own worldviews ⢠Provides a wide array of case studies from ancient Greece and Rome to medieval Europe to the modern world ⢠Explores the relationship between poltergeists and troubled adolescence ⢠Looks beneath the Christian adulteration of pagan practices to reveal the hidden ancestral beliefs tied to poltergeists and haunted houses Stories of poltergeists and their mischievous and sometimes violent actions--knocking, stone or chair throwing, moving objects with invisible hands, and slamming or opening doors--are a constant through the ages.
About: What poltergeist accounts through the ages reveal about our own worldviews ⢠Provides a wide array of case studies from ancient Greece and Rome to medieval Europe to the modern world ⢠Explores the relationship between poltergeists and troubled adolescence ⢠Looks beneath the Christian adulteration of pagan practices to reveal the hidden ancestral beliefs tied to poltergeists and haunted houses Stories of poltergeists and their mischievous and sometimes violent actions--knocking, stone or chair throwing, moving objects with invisible hands, and slamming or opening doors--are a constant through the ages.