Publisher's Synopsis
This reference book contains 400 entries on aspects of the spiritual world, with background stories, reported sightings and appraisals of evidence relating to the world's best-known ghosts - both the debunked and the unexplained. Other topics include the different types of ghosts, from the Arabian afrit to the Voodoo zombie; ghost hunters, psychics and psychic researchers; and the spiritual associations of everyday objects such as mirrors and doors.