Spiritual Encounters with Unusual Light Phenomena [electronic resource]: Lightforms
- Author:
- Fox, Mark
- Published:
- Caerdydd, Cardiff : University of Wales Press July 2008 Chicago : Chicago Distribution Center [Distributor]
- Physical Description:
- 224 p. 08.500 x 05.500 in.
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- Summary:
- Annotation This volume undertakes a study of unusual light phenomenathe usual province of psychic mediums and sensational film thrillers likeWhite Noisebased on 400 unpublished accounts collected over the course of a thirty-year period. Going beyond existing studies in this genreincluding angelic and near-death experiencesMark Fox shows that experiences of unusual, spiritual, and paranormal lights are cross-cultural, transhistorical, and widely reported. Demonstrating that these experiences share a surprisingly common core of characteristicsincluding sensations of benignity and loveand drawing on a number of vivid, unpublished and dramatic testimonies, this account illuminates the manifestation of unusual light phenomena during times of crisis.
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- ISBN:
- 9780708321577
0708321577 (Trade Cloth) - Audience Notes:
- Scholarly & Professional University of Wales Press
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