There is a trend toward unified theories of strangeness. I recently mentioned The Vengeful Djinn, whose authors suggest: ‘the djinn could be the hidden source of the diversity of paranormal events everywhere’ (Guiley & Imbrogno, 2011: xxi). The Cryptoterrestrials by Mac Tonnies is another recent text in a similar vein: ‘Could “fairies” and “elves” – [...]
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Against A Unified Theory of Strangeness
Posted in Consensus Reality, tagged aliens, cryptoterrestrials, djinn, Guiley & Imbrogno, high strangeness, Jacques Lacan, John Keel, Mac Tonnies, mothman, ultraterrestrials on April 26, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Summoning the Djinn
Posted in Outrageous Acts of Sorcery, tagged djinn, djinni, evocation, ghostbox, goetia, ouija on April 18, 2011 | 22 Comments »
The djinn have sent ripples of interest through paranormal circles recently, thanks to the publication of Legends of the Fire Spirits (Lebling, 2010) and The Vengeful Djinn (Guiley & Imbrogno, 2011), which have introduced djinn lore to a contemporary western audience. Djinn are beings made of ‘smokeless fire’, recognised throughout the middle east and the [...]
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