Beyond supernature - a new natural history of the supernatural

308 Pages·1986·2.731 MB·English

by  Watson, Lyall

Some occult crazes of the 1970s have had
to be looked at more critically during
this decade – but there is one enthusiast who
can still weave a spell, a unique blend of
science and mystery, over his readers . . .
Lyall Watson dismisses nothing out of hand,
ranging widely over the whole spectrum of
the strange and the unusual, making
surprising patterns out of the loose ends in
nature.
His earlier bestseller, Supernature, sold over
a million copies. This new book follows the
same path. Beyond Supernature is an
important and ambitious work, filled with
the sort of lucid and lyrical prose that has
become Dr. Watson’s trademark. It will
delight his many followers and excite a whole
new generation of those who, even in these
difficult times, can still look at the world with
wide eyes – and wonder.
£10.95
net in UK
BEYOND
SUPERNATURE
Also by Lyall Watson
SUPERNATURE
THE ROMEO ERROR
GIFTS OF UNKNOWN THINGS
LIFETIDE
LIGHTNING BIRD
HEAVEN’S BREATH
Lyall Watson
BEYOND
SUPERNATURE
A New Natural History of the Supernatural
Hodder & Stoughton
LONDON SYDNEY AUCKLAND TORONTO
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Watson, Lyall
Beyond supernature: a new natural history
of the supernatural.
1. Psychical research
I. Title
133 BF1031
ISBN 0 340 38824 2
Copyright © 1986 by Lyall Watson. First printed 1986. All rights reserved. No part of this
publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or
mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval
system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed in Great Britain for Hodder
and Stoughton Limited, Mill Road, Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent by St Edmundsbury
Press Limited, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Photoset by Rowland Phototypesetting Limited,
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Hodder and Stoughton Editorial Office: 47 Bedford Square,
London WC1B3DP
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1
Part One LIFE 5
Chapter One PATTERN
Chance : Coincidence : Order : Imagination 9
Chapter Two PERSON
Cells : Organs : Organisms : Identity 34
Chapter Three PROCESS
Resonance : Natural Selection : Fitness : Perfect
Speed 58
Part Two MIND 83
Chapter Four SELF
Bioelectricity : Mind Fields : Biofeedback :
Transcendence 89
Chapter Five SOCIETY
Connections : Communication : Crowds : Control 117
Chapter Six SEPARATION
Multiplicity : Possession : Remote Sensing : Beyond
the Body 145
Part Three PLANET 175
Chapter Seven OBSERVATION
Miracles : Poltergeists : Psychokinesis : Metal
Bending 181
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CONTENTS
Chapter Eight DESCRIPTION
Paranormality : Paranthropology : Parapsychology :
Paraphysics 212
Chapter Nine SYNTHESIS
Pararchaeology : Parabiology : Earth Magic : Earth
Mind
240
CONCLUSION
264
BIBLIOGRAPHY 269
INDEX
287
vi
“Those who refuse to go beyond fact,
rarely go as far . . ”.
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY in Collected Essays, 1881