Lux Ferre

Cardiologist Michael Sabom is one of the leading authorities on near-death experiences (NDEs). He has spent more than twenty years collecting and analyzing patients’ accounts of such experiences, and in 1994 he

Published in 1955 by Chicago, Illinois, psychiatrist William S. Sadler, The Urantia Book is a compilation of religious teachings that was supposedly dictated telepathically to humans by celestial beings between 1928 and

Spirit obsession and possession Spirit obsession is a psychic phenomenon whereby a spirit supposedly enters a person’s mind and gradually alters that person’s personality. Once the personality has been completely taken over

At various places in the world, certain rocks make an inexplicable ringing sound when hit with a hammer or mallet. Geologists who have studied these ringing rocks can come up with no

According to people who claim to have seen them, skunk apes are apelike creatures that smell incredibly bad. From eyewitness descriptions, there appear to be two types of skunk apes: One walks

Ring, Kenneth A professor of psychology at the University of Connecticut, Kenneth Ring is one of the world’s leading experts on neardeath experiences. In fact, in the 1980s he became the first

Eadie, Betty J. (1941– ) Through her best-selling book, Embraced by the Light (1992), Betty J. Eadie is best known for helping to popularize the notion that near-death experiences—whereby people who have

Dunne, John William (1866–1949) Aeronautical engineer John William Dunne developed the theory that dreaming allows people to see images from various points in time—past, present, or future. The idea for this theory

Earth energy is said to be a force that emanates from the earth at certain locations and can enhance human well-being in various ways, such as by healing illnesses or boosting creativity.