“An appreciative and user-friendly book on religion in the African diaspora. Murphy’s skillfully drawn portraits offer an inviting introduction to the religious worlds of Vodou, Candomble, Santeria, Revival Zion, and the Black Church” – David W. Wills, Amherst College
Gardner Murphy (1895- 1979) Eminent psychologist and psychical researcher, often compared to William James in his academic stature and range of interests. As with James…
David-Neel, Alexandra (1868–1969) French explorer, occultist, and Tibetan scholar. Alexandra David-Neel led an exotic life and was the first Western woman to enter Llasa, the…
On February 2, 1854, Gov. John Winston and the Alabama legislature established Tuskegee Female College in Tuskegee, Alabama. Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, the first president, shaped…
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The Amherst Haunting is a classic case of a late 19th-century Poltergeist in Amherst, Nova Scotia that was so meanspirited that it directed its nasty activities…