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Paranormal

1. About.com: Paranormal Phenomena
2. Fortean Times
3. Intute: social sciences - parapsychology
4. Koestler Parapsychology Unit
5. New Frontier
6. Psychology of Belief and Superstition
7. Skeptics Dictionary
8. Traditions of Magic in Late Antiquity
9. Witches' League for Public Awareness

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About.com: Paranormal Phenomena

Offers original articles and features about paranormal phenomena, plus annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources, compiled by a subject specialist, a subject-specific bulletin board, and details of related news and events. Topics include anti-gravity, dowsing, ESP, telepathy and telekinesis. Includes links to sites on Nostradamus.
     Author: About.com
     Subjects: paranormal
     DeweyClass: 130
     Resource type: documents, forum, index, news

Fortean Times

The journal of strange phenomena: a monthly magazine of news, reviews and research on strange phenomena and experiences, curiosities, prodigies and portents.
     Author: John Brown Publishing
     Subjects: paranormal
     DeweyClass: 130
     Resource type: magazine

Intute: social sciences - parapsychology

Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to parapsychology.
     Author: Intute
     Subjects: paranormal
     DeweyClass: 130
     Resource type: index

Koestler Parapsychology Unit

Good starting point for links to sources of information about parapsychology and the paranormal.
     Author: Edinburgh University Psychology Department
     Subjects: paranormal
     DeweyClass: 130
     Resource type: index

New Frontier

Electronic version of the print journal. 'New Frontier' is concerned with unexplained phenomena, including crop circles, UFOs and extraterrestrial research. The journal is based on New Age themes. Includes an archive of the electronic edition and full text of articles.
     Author: New Frontier Magazine
     Subjects: folklore, paranormal
     DeweyClass: 398
     Resource type: magazine

Psychology of Belief and Superstition

Provides book reviews of publications discussing topics such as irrationality, superstition, magic, the paranormal, delusions, and associated beliefs.
     Author: Taylor, Paul
     Subjects: book reviews, cognitive psychology, paranormal
     DeweyClass: 001.9
     Resource type: documents

Skeptics Dictionary

Offers a sceptical viewpoint on occult, paranormal, supernatural, and pseudoscientific ideas and practices. Presents an index of phenomena, and provides definitions and essays on each.
     Author: Carroll, Robert Todd
     Subjects: paranormal
     DeweyClass: 130
     Resource type: documents

Traditions of Magic in Late Antiquity

Details of ancient magic from the 1st to the 7th centuries AD, a period which saw the magical traditions of several different cultures merge, forming a common set of rituals and symbols. Features images of recipe books, amulets, gems and Babylonian demon bowls, as used in protective magic, along with some of the more aggressive uses of ancient magic.
     Author: University of Michigan
     Subjects: folklore, paranormal
     DeweyClass: 133.43
     Resource type: documents, images

Witches' League for Public Awareness

Discusses the portrayal of witchcraft in the media, and provides general information such as do's and don'ts of witches', a calendar of pagan festivals, tools of the craft, and a historical account of this pre-Christian religion. Details of the organisation itself are also given with guidelines on how to become a member.
     Author: Witches' League for Public Awareness
     Subjects: paranormal
     DeweyClass: 133.43
     Resource type: documents