Magic, mystery, and science : the occult in Western civilization / Dan Burton and David Grandy.

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2004], ©2004.

xii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Egyptians and the occult -- Magic and miracles -- Numerology, the Cabala, and alchemy -- Astrology : the starry heavens above -- Ancient evil -- Satan, demons, and jinn -- Witches and witch-hunts in the West -- Spirits, science, and pseudo-science in the nineteenth century -- New Age preludes : up the garden path? -- ESP and psi phenomena -- Nazism and ancestral German memories -- UFOs and alien abductions -- Gnosticism, old and new -- NDEs, New Age, and new physics.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-376) and index.