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Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology

a compendium of information on the occult sciences, magic, demonology, superstitions, spiritism, mysticism, metaphysics, physical science, and parapsychology , with biographical and bibliographical notes and comprehensive indexes

Also known as Encyclopedia of occultism & parapsychology; Encyclopedia of occultism abd parapsychology

by J. Gordon Melton

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Language: English

Description

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None of the 4 sources behind this record supplied a summary of Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology (1996). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Occultism and esotericism, Ritual magic and grimoires, Demonology, angelology, and possession, Parapsychology and psychical research, Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

Subjects: Social Sciences, Philosophy, Arts and Humanities, Occultism, Art, Parapsychology, Psychology, Medicine

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics, Demonology, angelology, and possession, Occultism and esotericism, Parapsychology and psychical research, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from national-library-of-norway matched “okkultisme”. Retained metadata contains “Occultism” in the title, “occult” in the subtitle, “Occult sciences” in the subtitle, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

    • “okkultisme”· via National Library of Norway
    • “Occultism”· in title
    • “occult”· in subtitle
    • “Occult sciences”· in subtitle
    • “Occultism”· in alternative title
    • “Occultism”· in subject
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the subtitle, “Magic” in the edition subtitle, and “Magic” in the edition notes.

    • “Magic”· in subtitle
    • “Magic”· in edition subtitle
    • “Magic”· in edition notes
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Retained metadata contains “Demonology” in the subtitle, “Demonology” in the edition subtitle, and “Demonology” in the edition notes.

    • “Demonology”· in subtitle
    • “Demonology”· in edition subtitle
    • “Demonology”· in edition notes
  • Parapsychology and psychical research

    Controlled discovery queries from gegnir, national-library-of-norway, openalex, and openlibrary matched “Dulsálarfræði”, “parapsychology”, “Parapsychology”, and 1 additional term(s). Retained metadata contains “Parapsychology” in the title, “Parapsychology” in the subtitle, “Parapsychology” in the alternative title, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Dulsálarfræði”· via Gegnir/Leitir — Icelandic Union Catalogue
    • “parapsykologi”· via National Library of Norway
    • “parapsychology”· via OpenAlex
    • “Parapsychology”· via Open Library
    • “Parapsychology”· in title
    • “Parapsychology”· in subtitle
  • Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

    Retained metadata contains “Metaphysics” in the subtitle, “Mysticism” in the subtitle, “Metaphysics” in the edition subtitle, and 3 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Metaphysics”· in subtitle
    • “Mysticism”· in subtitle
    • “Metaphysics”· in edition subtitle
    • “Mysticism”· in edition subtitle
    • “Metaphysics”· in edition notes
    • “Mysticism”· in edition notes

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Editions

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Encyclopedia of occultism & parapsychology

OpenAlex scholarly book record

1996-01-01Gale Research eBooksEnglish—Unknown

Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology

4th edition

"A compendium of information on the occult sciences, magic, demonology, superstitions, spiritism, mysticism, metaphysics, psychical science, and parapsychology."; 2 bindi; 29 cm; Dewey classification: 133.03; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Publication place: Detroit, MI

June 1996Gale; Gale Group; Gale Research CoEnglish
  • 9780810394872
  • 081035487X
  • 0810394863
  • 0810394871
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Subjects

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Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL581596W
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