Mysteries of the Unknown Series Books: Search for the Soul, Powers of Healing, Mind over Matter

Mysteries of the Unknown is a series of books about the paranormal, published by Time-Life Books from 1987-1991.
The Mysteries of the Unknown series used scientific aspects for credibility of its theories and the series broke the sales record for the company.

The books (sold separately) in this listing are:
-Search for the Soul-Discusses the body and soul in different cultures and their various celebrations of the soul, heaven and earth, science, separation of the soul.

-Powers of Healing-Discusses unexplained alternatives to traditional medicine. Topics include medicine men, Edgar Cayce, acupuncture, Rasputin and chakras.

-Mind over Matter- Deals predominantly with people who possess abilities considered abnormal, though not necessarily supernatural. Discusses hypnosis, poltergeists, levitation and Uri Geller.

There were 33 volumes in the series, we have others available in our books and ephemera section.

C O N D I T I O N
All the books are in good used condition, have some light shelf and edge wear mostly on the bottom. There's the occasional scratch on the cover image and for whatever reason the first 1-3 title pages and last index pages have what looks like foxing (yellow-brown spots) but none in the rest of the pages show any. Its very odd, they're probably haunted idk. We've included a photo example in each listing, if you want more photos of any book just send us a message and we'll send them along.

01. Mystic Places: Discusses places known for supernatural activity or ancient mysteries yet unsolved. Topics include the search for Atlantis, traveling to the Earth's center, the Great Pyramid of Giza, Stonehenge, and the Nazca lines.
02. Psychic Powers: Discusses ESP and other people who claim to possess psychic abilities. Includes information on Patience Worth and the involvement of psychics in the Yorkshire Ripper case.
03. The UFO Phenomenon: Discusses sightings and controversies regarding unidentified flying objects. Topics include alien encounters, the Roswell incident, and allegations of government cover-ups.
04. Psychic Voyages: Discusses accounts of out-of-body experiences, near-death experiences, and reincarnation.
05. Phantom Encounters: Discusses encounters with mysteries apparitions. Includes stories haunted families, banishing ghosts, and various ghost stories from Japan.
06. Visions and Prophecies: Discusses seeing into the future, omensand auguries, palm reading, handwriting analysis, tarot, numerology.
07. Mysterious Creatures: Discusses cryptozoology, with a focus on sea monsters and ape-men. Topics include Nessie, the Patterson–Gimlin film, Ameranthropoides loysi, and mokele-mbembe.
08. Mind Over Matter: Deals predominantly with people who possess abilities considered abnormal, though not necessarily supernatural. Discusses hypnosis, poltergeists, levitation and Uri Geller.
09. Cosmic Connections: Discusses mankind's long curiosity about the influence of celestial bodies. Includes extensive looks at the solar system and the zodiac.
10. Spirit Summonings: Discusses mediums and seances. Topics include the Fox sisters, Daniel Dunglas Home, and Harry Houdini's debunking of mediums.
11. Ancient Wisdom and Secret Sects: Includes details on Hermeticism and secret societies.
12. Hauntings: Discusses the apparent haunting of people and places by ghosts, as well as ghosting hunting. Includes information on poltergeists, the Moberly–Jourdain incident, ghost ships and the Bell witch.
13. Powers of Healing: Discusses unexplained alternatives to traditional medicine. Topics include medicine men, Edgar Cayce, acupuncture, Rasputin and chakras.
14. Search for the Soul: Discusses the body and soul in different cultures and their various celebrations of the soul, heaven and earth, science, separation of the soul.
15. Transformations: Discusses human transformation into animals or other supernatural creatures. Focuses on werewolves and vampires. Topics include tricksters, feral children, Peter Stubbe and Elizabeth Báthory.
16. Dreams and Dreaming: Discusses where reality meets illusion, windows to the unconscious, the science of dreaming, psychic dreams
17. Witches and Witchcraft: Discusses the witch's garden, ceremonies and celebrations, witchcraft today, the witch hunt, goddesses and other portrayals.
18. Time and Space: Deals predominantly with the history of human interpretations of time and space, as well as unusual phenomena associated with the two (such as time slips). Quantum physics and Pythagorean mysticism are discussed at length.
19. Magical Arts: Discusses talisman, ceremonies, amulets, magical animals, good fortune, recipes for love potions, the powers of color.
20. Utopian Visions
21. Secrets of the Alchemists
22. Eastern Mysteries
23. Earth Energies: Discusses crop circles, air, fire, water and their effects on the earth, Feng Shui, sacred places and people.
24. Cosmic Duality: The concept of duality (good/evil, black/white, male/female) is discussed in depth. Topics include Zoroastrianism, Satanism, conceptions of God and Goddess, demon possession and exorcism.
25. Mysterious Lands and Peoples
26. The Mind and Beyond
27. Mystic Quests
28. Search for Immortality
29. The Mystical Year
30. The Psychics
31. Alien Encounters: Discusses extraterrestrial encounters and possible abductions.
32. The Mysterious World
33. Master Index and Illustrated Symbols

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