The Secret History of Poltergeists and Haunted Houses: From Pagan Folklore to Modern Manifestations

by Claude Lecouteux

Book Overview

What poltergeist accounts through the ages reveal about our own worldviews - Provides a wide array of case studies from ancient Greece and Rome to medieval Europe to the modern world - Explores the relationship between poltergeists and troubled adolescence - Looks beneath the Christian adulteration of pagan practices to reveal the hidden ancestral beliefs tied to poltergeists and haunted houses Stories of poltergeists and their mischievous and sometimes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159477465X
• ISBN13: 9781594774652
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Inner Traditions International
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 3.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"