Looking for a Miracle: Weeping Icons, Relics, Stigmata, Visions & Healing Cures by Joe Nickell

Author:Joe Nickell [Nickell, Joe]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2009-08-05T11:59:00+00:00

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Baker, Robert A. Hidden Memories: Voices and Visions from Within. Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1992. An excellent discussion of glossolalia and various prophetic visions-all part of an exhaustive analysis of cryptomnesia or "hidden memories."

Baker, Robert A., and Joe Nickell. Missing Pieces: How to Investigate Ghosts, UFOs, Psychics, and Other Mysteries. Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1992. A handbook on how to investigate allegedly paranormal phenomena, including claims of prophecy (from which the discussion in this chapter was adapted).

Compolo, Tony. How to Be Pentecostal without Speaking in Tongues. Dallas, Tex.: Word Publishing, 1991. A defense of Pentecostalism and its doctrine of charismatic gifts, such as speaking in tongues and prophecy, that also disparages the extravagant claims and outright trickery of some evangelists.

Gardner, Martin. "Glossolalia." Free Inquiry 9.2 (Spring 1989): 46-48. A lively discussion of the topic of speaking in tongues by one of the nation's foremost science writers and critics of superstition.

Gibson, Walter B. Secrets of Magic: Ancient and Modern. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1967. An explanation of classic magical secrets, including tricks of fire eaters and fire walkers.

Larne, Gerald A. "The Cult of the Serpent." Chapter [12] of The Supernatural, the Occult and the Bible. Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1990. A discussion of the role of the serpent in both the Old Testament and the Christian Scriptures, with a brief description of snake handling sects that derive their justification from the latter.

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