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Synopsis
Contains listings of the literature on ways that people in different cultures have consulted spirits, through oracles, shamans, mediums, magic, and psychics.
Booknews
Lists books, articles, dissertations, and reference works which address early spirit contacts (through shamans and oracles); spirits and magic; the emergence of Spiritualism; the investigation of spirits; spirit contacts in Africa, Latin American, and Asia; critics of spirit contact (evangelical Christians, philosophers, and professional magicians); and contemporary spirit consultation (Ouija boards, trance channeling, psychics and psychic services, psychic detectives, and popular works). Each chapter begins with an introductory essay. An author index concludes the work. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.