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  • The Society for Psychical Research (SPR) is a non-profit organization in the United Kingdom. Its stated purpose is to understand “events and abilities commonly described as psychic or paranormal by...

    Society for Psychical Research

    Posted on December 26, 2010 | No Comments
    The Society for Psychical Research (SPR) is a non-profit organization in the United Kingdom. Its stated purpose is to understand “events and abilities commonly described as psychic or paranormal by...

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  • The Ghost Club is a paranormal investigation and research organisation that was founded in London in 1862. It is widely believed to be the oldest such organization in the world....

    The Ghost Club

    Posted on November 14, 2010 | No Comments
    The Ghost Club is a paranormal investigation and research organisation that was founded in London in 1862. It is widely believed to be the oldest such organization in the world....

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  • John Nevil Maskelyne (22 December 1839 – 18 May 1917) was an English stage magician and inventor of the pay toilet. He invented many other important Victorian inventions. In the 19th...

    John Nevil Maskelyne

    Posted on November 14, 2010 | 1 Comment
    John Nevil Maskelyne (22 December 1839 – 18 May 1917) was an English stage magician and inventor of the pay toilet. He invented many other important Victorian inventions. In the 19th...

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  • Ursula Southeil (c. 1488–1561) (possibly Ursula Southill or Ursula Soothtell), better known as Mother Shipton, was an English soothsayer and prophetess. The first publication of her prophecies, which did not appear until 1641, eighty years...

    Mother Shipton

    Posted on August 29, 2010 | No Comments
    Ursula Southeil (c. 1488–1561) (possibly Ursula Southill or Ursula Soothtell), better known as Mother Shipton, was an English soothsayer and prophetess. The first publication of her prophecies, which did not appear until 1641, eighty years...

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  • Sorcerers who mastered the art of summoning powerful djinn walked the lands of Andalusia and North Africa. One such sorcerer left behind a handwritten manuscript containing forbidden secrets of the...

    The book of deadly names

    Posted on June 22, 2010 | 2 Comments
    Sorcerers who mastered the art of summoning powerful djinn walked the lands of Andalusia and North Africa. One such sorcerer left behind a handwritten manuscript containing forbidden secrets of the...

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  • After touring the rest of South America, Herrmann headed to Russia. His tour led him all the way to Siberia. In St. Petersburg, he received a grand reception. He was...

    Herrmann the Great

    Posted on June 21, 2010 | No Comments
    After touring the rest of South America, Herrmann headed to Russia. His tour led him all the way to Siberia. In St. Petersburg, he received a grand reception. He was...

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  • In Europe, drowning was used — more often than hanging, even — as capital punishment, at least for a time. In fact, during the Middle Ages, a sentence of death...

    Execution by Drowning

    Posted on January 7, 2009 | No Comments
    In Europe, drowning was used — more often than hanging, even — as capital punishment, at least for a time. In fact, during the Middle Ages, a sentence of death...

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  • The Sator Square is a word square containing a Latin palindrome featuring the words SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS written in a square so that they may be read top-to-bottom,...

    Sator Square

    Posted on November 20, 2008 | 2 Comments
    The Sator Square is a word square containing a Latin palindrome featuring the words SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS written in a square so that they may be read top-to-bottom,...

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  • Daniel Dunglas Home (pronounced ‘Hume’) (March 20, 1833 – June 21, 1886) was a Scottish Spiritualist, famous as a physical medium with the reported ability to levitate to a variety...

    Daniel Dunglas Home

    Posted on November 8, 2008 | No Comments
    Daniel Dunglas Home (pronounced ‘Hume’) (March 20, 1833 – June 21, 1886) was a Scottish Spiritualist, famous as a physical medium with the reported ability to levitate to a variety...

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  • 117 John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was a noted English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, occultist, and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I. He also devoted much of...

    John Dee

    Posted on October 21, 2008 | No Comments
    117 John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was a noted English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, occultist, and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I. He also devoted much of...

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