{"product_id":"the-super-natural-why-the-unexplained-is-real-paperback","title":"The Super Natural: Why the Unexplained Is Real - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWhitley Strieber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeffrey J. Kripal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo of today's maverick authors on anomalous experience present a perception-altering and intellectually thrilling analysis of \u003ci\u003ewhy the paranormal is real, \u003c\/i\u003e but radically different from what is conventionally\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e understood.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhitley Strieber (\u003ci\u003eCommunion\u003c\/i\u003e) and Jeffrey J. Kripal (J. Newton Rayzor professor of religion at Rice University) team up on this unprecedented and intellectually vibrant new framing of inexplicable events and experiences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRather than merely document the anomalous, these authors--one the man who popularized alien abduction and the other a renowned scholar and \"renegade advocate for including the paranormal in religious studies\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)--deliver a fast-paced and exhilarating study of \u003ci\u003ewhy\u003c\/i\u003e the supernatural is neither fantasy nor fiction but a vital and authentic aspect of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir suggestion? That all kinds of \"impossible\" things, from extra-dimensional beings to bilocation to bumps in the night, are not impossible at all: rather, they are a part of our natural world. But this natural world is immeasurably more weird, more wonderful, and probably more populated than we have so far imagined with our current categories and cultures, which are what really make these things seem \"impossible.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Super Natural\u003c\/i\u003e considers that the natural world is actually a \"super natural world\"--and all we have to do to see this is to change the lenses through which we are looking at it and the languages through which we are presently limiting it. In short: The extraordinary exists if we know how to look at and think about it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHITLEY STRIEBER\u003c\/b\u003e is one of today's most influential and bestselling authors of both science fiction and extraordinary fact. He is best known for his groundbreaking memoir \u003ci\u003eCommunion\u003c\/i\u003e, which popularized the alien-abduction thesis, as well as his many bestselling novels, such as \u003ci\u003eThe Wolfen \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e. These and other of Strieber's books have formed the basis for many popular movies, including \u003ci\u003eThe Day After Tomorrow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJEFFREY J. KRIPAL\u003c\/b\u003e is the J. Newton Rayzor professor of religion at Rice University. He is the author of six books, including \u003ci\u003eEsalen: America and the Religion of No Religion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAuthors of the Impossible: The Paranormal and the Sacred\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753847456032,"sku":"9780143109501","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e5280b6c4ada8895d6366f196dbacbcc.webp?v=1780028336","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-super-natural-why-the-unexplained-is-real-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}