Bøger af Jack Hunter

This book is about the stranger reaches of extraordinary experience research. In these pages an intrepid cast of writers, investigators and academics explore the complexities of extraordinary experience, and consider why it is that some of the most unusual experiential reports - what we might call 'high strangeness' experiences - come to be neglected, even in what is already a relatively fringe field of inquiry.The aversion to the most unusual forms of extraordinary experience has resulted in a gulf between the kinds of experiences discussed in the academic parapsychological literature and those experiences discussed by Fortean and popular paranormal researchers, who have more frequently been able to discuss a broader range of extraordinary experiential accounts - from UFO encounters to Bigfoot and fairy sightings, and everything in between.Notwithstanding this divide, there are significant themes that run throughout the established academic literature on religious and extraordinary experience, the parapsychological literature, and the canon of popular paranormal research. These similarities suggest that even the most unusual experiences, which are often ignored in academic research, contain elements that connect them to other forms of extraordinary experience that are more broadly accepted, such as certain kinds of spiritual, mystical, religious and other paranormal experiences. This book is an exploration of the possibility that the 'highly strange' might well be a core underlying feature of extraordinary experiences more generally, and that instead of being neglected, 'high strangeness' should be granted greater and renewed scholarly and parapsychological attention.Includes contributions from Jeffrey J. Kripal, Jack Hunter, Sharon Hewitt Rawlette, Gregory Shushan, Samantha Lee Treasure, Michael Grosso, Zofia Weaver, Alan Murdie, David Luke, Simon Young, Zelia Edgar, Leonardo Breno Martins, Peter M. Rojcewicz, Barbara A. Fisher, Christopher Diltz, Joshua Cutchin, Anthony Peake, Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes, Susan Demeter and Renée E. Mazinegiizhigo-kwe Bédard.

What does it mean to be a change agent? How can you as a leader become a changemaker and foster positive change in your school? This guide will show you how!Instructional leaders are the front runners of change. Their role is incredibly complex, from budget management to school safety, but ultimately, they are responsible for improving teacher efficacy and student performance.In today's ever-shifting landscape, instructional leaders must realize that their goal is not to change people; it is to move thinking toward emulating the vision or "why" of the organization.As leaders, we must be open and embrace change and, therefore, are responsible to bring that change into the day-to-day operations of the organization.Instructional Leadership is measured daily. This publication will assist with the transformational skills leaders need in order to become the change agent for their school.From calculating effect-size of practices to developing your personal mission, this publication will help you become an Impactful Instructional Leader.The following topics will be covered in this guide: Creating visionEvidence-based practicesUsing data for cohorts of learnersCoaching of educatorsShared leadershipSchool improvementAnd a Q&A with the author who mentors dozens of leaders.As an acting school principal, the author will bring to the table relevant and tested strategies. His school supports over 200 visitors a year and has been given dozens of awards.It's time to harness the change in your school and become an Impactful Instructional Leader and changemaker.Order your copy NOW and start the change!

The meteoric rise of Hammer Films as a force in world horror cinema resulted from the release of two seminal movies: The Curse Of Frankenstein in 1957 and, especially, 1958's Dracula starring Christopher Lee. Lee became the most famous incarnation of the vampire Count ever, in a series of stylish films spanning 16 years: DRACULA DRACULAe ^PRINCEe ^OFe ^DARKNESS DRACULAe ^HASe ^RISENe ^FROMe ^THEe ^GRAVE THEe ^SCARSe ^OFe ^DRACULA TASTEe ^THEe ^BLOODe ^OFe ^DRACULA DRACULAe ^ADe ^72 THEe ^SATANICe ^RITESe ^OFe ^DRACULA EYESe ^OFe ^BLOOD is a comprehensive visual tribute to Christopher Lee's magnetic and enduring portrayal of Dracula, featuring over 50 rare production photographs covering all seven of these classic horror movies, plus a section of stunning poster art with 20 full-colour images. Each film is also reviewed in full, with details of cast and crew. EYESe ^OFe ^BLOOD is adapted from previous publication Lips Of Blood (Glitter Books, 2000).

One School One Planet Vol. 2 is a collection of articles and essays written over the course of the second and third years of the One School One Planet project in Llanfyllin, Powys. The project sought to develop a mainstream permaculture curriculum for schools, while also helping Llanfyllin to prepare as a community for the realities of climate change.

We are at a critical moment in the history of humankind's relationship with the Earth, and all the species that co-inhabit with us. This is a time of climate change, species loss and ecological collapse on a scale that has never been seen before. New ways of thinking will be required if we hope to overcome these global problems and develop a more harmonious relationship between the human and non-human worlds. In the spirit of creative exploration this book suggests that approaches emerging from the study of (and engagement with) the super-natural may ultimately help us to re-connect with the natural, and in so doing develop innovative approaches to confronting the eco-crisis. Greening the Paranormal explores parallels between anomalistics (the study of the paranormal in all its guises, incorporating parapsychology, paranthropology, cryptozoology, religious studies, and so on), and ecology (the study of living systems), not just for the sake of exploring interesting intersections (of which there are many), but for the essential task of contributing towards a much broader - necessary - change of perspective concerning our relationship to the living planet. The chapters collected in this book demonstrate that we have much to learn from exploring the ecology of extraordinary experience. FEATURING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM Paul Devereux, Cody Meyocks, Nancy Wissers, Amba J. Sepie, Lance M. Foster, Jacob W. Glazier, Christine Simmonds-Moore, Mark A. Schroll, Viktória Duda, Maya Ward, Simon Wilson, David Luke, Brian Taylor, Silvia Mutterle, Susan Marsh, Timothy Grieve-Carlson, Elorah Fangrad, Rick Fehr, and Christopher Laursen.

Engaging the Anomalous is a collection of essays written by Jack Hunter between 2010-17. Together, the essays push toward the development of a non-reductive, participatory and experiential anthropology of the paranormal. Over the course of the book, Hunter surveys: • Trends in anthropology's engagement with the paranormal • The anthropology and neuroscience of spirit possession • The history of Spiritualism and the phenomena of physical mediumship • The overlaps between mediumistic practices and other mind-body phenomena Hunter also poses serious questions about consciousness, experience, spirits, mediumship, psi, the nature of reality, and how best to investigate and understand them. In addition, the book features a selection of illuminating interviews with the author, as well as an original Foreword by leading parapsychologist and trickster theorist George P. Hansen. Engaging the Anomalousis a bold contribution to Anomalistic literature.

It is from the paranormal's multifaceted nature that the title of this book takes its meaning. Throughout its pages we encounter, time and again, talk of a wide variety of dimensions, levels and layers, from social, cultural, psychological and physiological dimensions, to spiritual, mythic, narrative, symbolic and experiential dimensions, and onwards to other worlds, planes of existence and realms of consciousness. The paranormal is, by its very nature, multidimensional. "Once again, Jack Hunter takes us down the proverbial rabbit hole, here with the grace, nuance and sheer intelligence of a gifted team of essayists, each working in her or his own way toward new theories of history, consciousness, spirit, the imagination, the parapsychological, and the psychedelic. Another clear sign that there is high hope in high strangeness, and that we are entering a new era of thinking about religion, about mind, about us." -- Jeffrey J. Kripal, author of Authors of the Impossible: The Paranormal and the Sacred.