COMMENT:Contains over 90 articles by more than 50 experts (scientists, theologians, philosophers, magicians, historians, and other scholars), each of whom has previously written on or conducted original research regarding the subject on which they focus. Topics include the strictly paranormal (psychokinesis, channeling, levitation, astrology, phrenology, palmistry); the historical (mediums, psychic research, alchemy, Houdini); the philosophical (miracles, survival of death, reincarnation); and work on investigatory photography, statistics, the media and the Bermuda Triangle. The articles are written in a nontechnical manner, intended for the average intelligent reader. Each article cites the relevant literature and suggests further reading. The authors, some pro-paranormal, some anti- and some neutral, present the major arguments for and against the phenomena. When no clear conclusion is possible, the question is left unanswered. Many of the phenomena remain "unproven," some "disproven or unlikely," and some "quite likely." Contributors include (among others) <a href="/bibq/alcock">James Alcock</a>, <a href="/bibq/robert,baker">Robert Baker</a>, <a href="/bibq/barrett">Stephen Barrett</a>, <a href="/bibq/Blackmore">Susan Blackmore</a>, Geoffrey Dean, Persi Diaconis, <a href="/bibq/Edwards">Paul Edwards</a>, Robert Ellwood, <a href="/bibq/Flew">Antony Flew</a>, <a href="/bibq/Gardner">Martin Gardner</a>, <a href="/bibq/Hines">Terence Hines</a>, Stanley Krippner, <a href="/bibq/Kurtz">Paul Kurtz</a>, <a href="/bibq/Robert,Morris">Robert Morris</a>, <a href="/bibq/Nickell">Joe Nickell</a>, <a href="bibq/Truzzi">Marcello Truzzi</a>, and Jessica Utts.
