This is an illustrated encyclopaedia of the paranormal designed as an explorer's guide to a world where things are not always what they seem. This book looks at telepathy, premonitions and prophecy, enigmas of hosts, apparitions, psychics, herbs and potions, age-old curses and occult superstitions. It also includes stories, from around the world, of people's real-life experiences of the unexplained and a practical section on how to make a dowsing rod, how to read palms and how to understand dreams.