THE PARANORMAL

The paranormal refers to phenomena, supposedly experienced by some people, which are contrary
to science and therefore unexplainable by the known forces of nature. The majority of articles about
the paranormal in Investigator Magazine are from a skeptical perspective because it's difficult to find
"true believers" willing to defend their beliefs.

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ALCHEMY

ALCHEMY: Edwards 67	ALCHEMY & PHILOSOPHY 65
ALCHEMY IN HISTORY 38	ALCHEMY:  Eddie 117

ASTROLOGY

ASTROLOGY: and Childbirth 176	ASTROLOGY: Origin 105
ASTROLOGY: Edwards 73	ASTROLOGY: Ptolemy 34
ASTROLOGY: Failure 13	ASTROLOGY: Radcliffe and O'Leary 8
ASTROLOGY:  and Horoscopes 213
ASTROLOGY: InPho 14	ASTROLOGY: Starwoman 12
ASTROLOGY: Is it a Scam? 15
ASTROLOGY: Letter 16	METAPHYSICAL DEGREES (Astrology) 83
ASTROLOGY: Obstetrics 23	PLANET ALLIGNMENT 61

CLAIRVOYANCE, PSYCHICS, SEERS, TELEKINESIS

ALEXANDER, Rolf 211
CLAIRVOYANCE 52	PSYCHIC PLANTS 117
CLAIRVOYANCE 136	PSYCHIC PREDICTIONS 7
CLAIRVOYANT WHO KNOWS EVERYTHING 58	PSYCHIC PREDICTIONS 19
BROWN, Rosemary 104	PSYCHIC PREDICTIONS 173
CAYCE, Edgar 43	PSYCHIC SURGERY 61
CAYCE, Edgar 214
DIXON, Jeane 111	PSYCHIC SURGERY 187
GELLER, Uri  72	PSYCHICS – 26 PSYCHICS TESTED 101
MARNSARDT, Ella 14
INNER PEACE 78	PSYCHICS DEFINITION 86
KRYSTAL STARSHINE DEBATE 39-49	PSYCHICS EXPOSED 94
NOSTRADAMUS: Lang 12	PSYCHICS and JOB CLUBS 38
NOSTRADAMUS 25 & 192	PSYCHICS and the POLICE 16
NOSTRADAMUS: Edwards 70	PSYCHICS SUED 176
PSYCHIC ACCUMULATOR 7	SAI BABA 88
PSYCHIC ANIMALS 112	STARWOMAN, Athena 35
PSYCHIC ARCHAEOLOGY 113	STOKES, Doris 114
PSYCHIC DETECTIVES 95	TELEKINESIS 64
PSYCHIC FINDS COLOSSUS OF RHODES 7	TELEKINESIS 115
PSYCHIC LUCK SCAM WAS BAD LUCK13	WARDS, Tom 11

CRYPTOZOOLOGY

BIGFOOT 8	FRANKENSTEIN  45
BIGFOOT HAS DIED 88	GREENLAND MONSTER 39
	ICHNEUMON & HALCYON 215
BIGFOOT and NESSIE 149	LOCH NESS MYSTERY SOLVED 13
BIG BIRD 5	LOCH NESS 1934 MONSTER PHOTO A PRANK 36
CRYPTOZOOLOGY 77	MERMAIDS 57
CRYPTOZOOLOGY AUSTRALIAN 129	WATER MONSTER 50
DRAGONS and GIGANTIC SERPENTS 210	YETI from GIANT APE 63

GAMBLING and LUCK

GAMBLERS "POKIES" 39	GAMBLING PSYCHOLOGY 34
GAMBLERS SUPERSTITIOUS 63	GAMBLING PSYCHOLOGY 110
GAMBLERS LOSE 86	GAMBLERS STILL LOSING 131
GAMBLERS LOSE 96	GAMBLERS: THE LOSING CONTINUES 169
GAMBLERS MOSTLY LOSE 107	LOTTO-WIN SYSTEMS 22

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS

ATLANTIS 92	BERMUDA TRIANGLE  128
ATLANTIS 96	BERMUDA TRIANGLE 153
ATLANTIS 126	FLAT EARTH 5; 144
ATLANTIS 190	FLAT EARTH 211
	FLAT EARTH CLAIMS EXAMINED 215
ATLANTIS LINGUISTICS 192	HOLLOW EARTH 21
BERMUDA TRIANGLE: Bomber Vanishes	HOLLOW EARTH 99
BERMUDA TRIANGLE 62	ULURU 40

FORTUNE TELLING / PROGNOSTICATION METHODS

DIVINATION 78	PALMISTRY 11
DIVINATION by BOOKS 39	PALMISTRY 60
OMENS and DIVINATION 196	PALMISTRY 93
ESP - EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION 130	PALMISTRY - CHEIRO 215
ESP and the Mind 68	PARANORMAL JUSTICE 26
ESP EXPERIMENT 75-79	RUNES 86
LAST WORDS OF DYING PERSONS 214
MANTIC ARTS 89	SCRYING / CRYSTAL BALL GAZING 20
NUMEROLOGY 58	TAROT 109
NUMEROLOGY 141	TARATOLOGIST 12
NUMEROLOGY 151	TEALEAF READING 26
NUMEROLOGY 154	TEALEAF READING 68

HEALING and HEALERS

AGPAOA, Tony 212	FAITH CURES  62
ARIGO, Jose 211	FAITH HEALING 138
BABA, Sai 211	FOUNTAIN of YOUTH – PETER KELDER 179
CRYSTAL QUACKERY 71	GODLY CANCER CURE 6
CRYSTALS 5	MEDICAL QUACKERY 26
CRYSTALS 42	MIRACULOUS HEALING – HOW IT WORKS 15
CRYSTALS 134	MYSTICAL HEALING ENERGIES 77

PYRAMIDOLOGY

PYRAMID PSEUDOSCIENCE 121	PYRAMIDOLOGY 13
PYRAMID SCAM 99	PYRAMIDOLOGY 137
	PYRAMIDOLOGY by JWs 209

SUPERSTITIONS

DROWNING SUPERSTITION 9	MARRY A VIRGIN 23
FRIDAY 13th 5	MOON MYTHS 34
FRIDAY 13th 20	SPITTING 31
FRIDAY 13th CALENDAR 11	SUPERSTITION AROUND THE WORLD 14
	SUPERSTITION INFLUENCED HISTORY 24
HEXED, JINXED, CURSED 5	SUPERSTITION INFLUENCED HISTORY 43
LADDER SUPERSTITION 11	SUPERSTITIONS AMERICAN 140

UFOs / ALIENS

ADAMSKI, George 210	UFO: Visitors? 94
ANDREASON, Betty 211
AUTOPSY HOAX 45	UFOs: Alien Encounters Debate 87
CROP CIRCLES 53	UFOs: Brunt vs Thomas 9
CROP CIRCLES  99	UFOs: Circular Evidence Circulates 21
CROP CIRCLES 135	UFOs: Close Encounters With What? 9
FACE ON MARS 5	UFOs: Cover-up Hoax 9
NAZCA LINES 61	UFOs: Darwin 135
UFO: Adelaide Mystery Light 15	UFOs: Edwards 65
UFO: Cover-Up 9 [From: Sunday Mail 1989]	UFOs: Jungian Perspective 64
UFO: Dreamers 63	UFOs: Lecture by author Robert Sheaffer 7
UFO: Extraterrestrials 110	UFOs: Missing Time 9
UFO: Hunt 1978 Resumed 2	UFOs: New Investigation Requested118
UFO: Investigation 3	UFOs: No Record of any ancient visits 14
UFO: Investigator's UFO 202
UFO: Maralinga Mystery 6	UFOs: On the Internet 84
UFO: Meeting 47	UFOs: Skeptics and Lance Storm 63
UFO: Meeting 54	UFOs: Take Off (A Brief History) 2
UFO: Nullarbor Plain 66	Von Daniken 13
UFO: Speculations 15	Von Daniken 93

MICELLANEOUS OTHER TOPICS

ALBA, Thea 2011 [Miraculous dexterity]	MIN-MIN LIGHTS 97
ANIMAL LONGEVITY (A. Poyntz, 1845) 203	NATURAL LAW PARTY and MAHARISHI 30
ANIMAL LONGEVITY [Update of Poyntz 1845] 203	NEW AGE 85
ARTEFACTS 49	NEW AGE GURU: CARLOS CASTANEDA 63
ARTEFACTS 124	NIBIRU (Planet) 177
AURAS 46	NINJA 25
BACKMASKING 11
BACKMASKING 143	OCCULTOPEDIA 162
BACKSTER, Cleve [Conscious plants] 212
BLAVATSKY, Madame 105	ODDBALL EARTH 45
BLAVATSKY, Madame 212 [Psychic gifts]
BOTTLE, W.J.M. [Phenomenal memory]
BREATHARIANISM 69	PARANORMAL FOUNDATION 72
CIRCUS TRAGEDY (Tabloid) 17	PERPETUAL MOTION 145
DOGON 47	P.R.I.S.M. 64; 70
DOOMSDAY GUN 15	RAIN MAKING PROPOSAL 160
ENERGY SOLUTION 118	RESURRECTION of GIRL 55
FAIRY STORY 24	SALEM SYNDROME 25; 31
FENG SHUI 91	SANTA / FATHER CHRISTMAS 45
FIREWALKING 48; 56	SANTA CLAUS, THE TRUTH 93
FIREWALKING 139	SANTA TRAINING SCHOOLS 153
FOLKLORE 69	SCHLOCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW 170
FORT, CHARLES 85	SHANGRI-LA VILCABAMBA 17
FREUD and the DREAM FRAUD 42	SHROUD of TURIN 13
GNOMES 8	SIMULACRUM 50
Creepy HISTORY LESSON 115
INCORRUPTIBILITY (of dead Saints) 45	SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION 75
JOAN OF ARC 87	SUPERHEROES 123
KING ARTHUR and his KNIGHTS 211	TARZAN ALIVE 189
KUNG FU EXPONENTS at FOODLAND 56	TELEPATHY [Douglas Blackburn] 212
LEVITATION LEARN to FLY 5	THOUGHTOGRAPHY 91
LEVITATION 19; 84	THOUGHTOGRAPHY: Ted Serios 35
LEVITATION via T M Training 94	The UNEXPLAINED [Magazine] 26
LONGEVITY 13	VELIKOVSKY 139; 140
LUNACY 81	WATER DIVINING on KANGAROO ISLAND 18
MAGIC SQUARES 102	WATER DIVINING DEBATE 54
MAGICAL INTEREST 39	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, Harry 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:

Astral Travel	Good Luck Charms	Prophetic Dreams
Astrology	Homeopathy	Psychokinesis
Clairvoyance	Levitation	Spoon-bending
Demon Possession	Loch Ness Monster	Superstition
ESP	Magic	Thoughtography
Fairies	Miracles	Tarot
Firewalking	Mystical Healing Energies	Vampires
Flying Saucers	Numerology	UFOs
Fortune Telling	Palmistry	Water Divining
Ghosts	Perpetual Motion Machines	Winning Lotto Systems

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