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Brad Steiger
and
Sherry
Hansen
Steiger
3
Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained
Brad E. Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger
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Steiger, Brad.
Gale encyclopedia of the unusual and unexplained / Brad E. Steiger
and Sherry Hansen Steiger.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7876-5382-9 (set : hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN
0-7876-5383-7 (v. 1 : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7876-5384-5 (v. 2 : alk.
paper) — ISBN 0-7876-5385-3 (v. 3 : alk. paper)
1. Parapsychology—Encyclopedias. 2. Occultism—Encyclopedias. 3.
Supernatural—Encyclopedias. I. Title: Encyclopedia of the unusual and
unexplained. II. Steiger, Sherry Hansen. III. Title.
BF1025.S79 2003
130’.3—dc21
2003003995
This title is also available as an e-book
ISBN 0-7876-7764-7
Contact your Gale representative for ordering information
Printed in the United States of America
10 987654321
Volume 1
preface
........................xi
introduction
..................xiii
Chapter 1
How the Major Religions View
the Afterlife
...................4
Buddhism.........................5
Christianity .......................8
Hinduism ........................10
Islam ...........................12
Judaism .........................14
Ancient Egypt and
the Afterlife
..................15
Egyptian Book of the Dead ............16
Osiris: Death and Resurrection ..........18
Pyramid Texts .....................20
Table of Contents
Individual Human Experience
with Death and the Afterlife
...22
Deathbed Visions...................23
Near-Death Experiences ..............26
The Mystery Schools
..........31
Dionysian Mysteries .................33
Eleusinian Mysteries .................33
Hermetic Mysteries .................34
Orphic Mysteries ...................34
Pythagorus .......................35
Tribal Religions
...............36
Burial Mounds.....................38
Land of the Grandparents .............40
How the Major Religions
View Reincarnation
.............41
Buddhism ........................43
Christianity ......................43
Hinduism ........................46
Islam ...........................47
Judaism .........................48
Contemporary Mystery Schools
and Reincarnation
.............49
Akashic Records ...................51
Anthroposophy ....................51
Association for Research
and Enlightenment ...............53
Theosophy .......................55
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Brad Steiger
and
Sherry
Hansen
Steiger
3
Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained
Brad E. Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger
Project Editor
Jolen Marya Gedridge
Permissions
Lori Hines
Product Design
Tracey Rowens
Editorial
Andrew Claps, Lynn U. Koch, Michael Reade
Imaging and Multimedia
Dean Dauphinais, Lezlie Light
Manufacturing
Rhonda A. Williams
© 2003 by Gale. Gale is an imprint of The Gale
Group, Inc., a division of Thomson Learning, Inc.
age retrieval systems—without the written per-
mission of the publisher.
Since this page cannot legibly accommodate all
copyright notices, the acknowledgements con-
stitute an extension of the copyright notice.
Gale and Design™ and Thomson Learning™
are trademarks used herein under license.
For permission to use material from this prod-
uct, submit your request via Web at
may download our Permissions Request form
and submit your request by fax or mail to:
While every effort has been made to ensure
the reliability of the information presented in
this publication, The Gale Group, Inc. does not
guarantee the accuracy of the data contained
herein. The Gale Group, Inc. accepts no pay-
ment for listing; and inclusion in the publica-
tion of any organization, agency, institution,
publication, service, or individual does not
imply endorsement of the editors or publisher.
Errors brought to the attention of the publish-
er and verified to the satisfaction of the pub-
lisher will be corrected in future editions.
For more information, contact
The Gale Group, Inc.
27500 Drake Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535
Or you can visit our Internet site at
Permissions Department
The Gale Group, Inc.
27500 Drake Rd.
Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535
Permissions Hotline:
248-699-8006 or 800-877-4253; ext. 8006
Fax: 248-699-8074 or 800-762-4058
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
No part of this work covered by the copyright
hereon may be reproduced or used in any form
or by any means—graphic, electronic, or
mechanical, including photocopying, recording,
taping, Web distribution, or information stor-
Cover images are reproduced by permission of
Anna J. Sheets (Stonehenge) and the Library of
Congress (Harry Houdini).
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Steiger, Brad.
Gale encyclopedia of the unusual and unexplained / Brad E. Steiger
and Sherry Hansen Steiger.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7876-5382-9 (set : hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN
0-7876-5383-7 (v. 1 : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7876-5384-5 (v. 2 : alk.
paper) — ISBN 0-7876-5385-3 (v. 3 : alk. paper)
1. Parapsychology—Encyclopedias. 2. Occultism—Encyclopedias. 3.
Supernatural—Encyclopedias. I. Title: Encyclopedia of the unusual and
unexplained. II. Steiger, Sherry Hansen. III. Title.
BF1025.S79 2003
130’.3—dc21
2003003995
This title is also available as an e-book
ISBN 0-7876-7764-7
Contact your Gale representative for ordering information
Printed in the United States of America
10 987654321
Volume 1
preface
........................xi
introduction
..................xiii
Chapter 1
How the Major Religions View
the Afterlife
...................4
Buddhism.........................5
Christianity .......................8
Hinduism ........................10
Islam ...........................12
Judaism .........................14
Ancient Egypt and
the Afterlife
..................15
Egyptian Book of the Dead ............16
Osiris: Death and Resurrection ..........18
Pyramid Texts .....................20
Table of Contents
Individual Human Experience
with Death and the Afterlife
...22
Deathbed Visions...................23
Near-Death Experiences ..............26
The Mystery Schools
..........31
Dionysian Mysteries .................33
Eleusinian Mysteries .................33
Hermetic Mysteries .................34
Orphic Mysteries ...................34
Pythagorus .......................35
Tribal Religions
...............36
Burial Mounds.....................38
Land of the Grandparents .............40
How the Major Religions
View Reincarnation
.............41
Buddhism ........................43
Christianity ......................43
Hinduism ........................46
Islam ...........................47
Judaism .........................48
Contemporary Mystery Schools
and Reincarnation
.............49
Akashic Records ...................51
Anthroposophy ....................51
Association for Research
and Enlightenment ...............53
Theosophy .......................55
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