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An Investigation into the
Paranormal Nature of Sleep Paralysis Experiences
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DARK
INTRUSIONS:
An Investigation into the
Paranormal Nature of Sleep Paralysis Experiences
by Louis Proud
with Forewords by Colin Wilson
and David Hufford, Ph.D.
Anomalist
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9 x 6,
280 pages
ISBN: 1933665440
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Since his late
teens, Louis Proud has suffered from chronic sleep paralysis and has
undergone hundreds of such episodes, many of them terrifying but
ultimately transformational and eye-opening. These experiences, he
believes, allow access to the “spirit realm” and could well hold the
key to a whole host of paranormal phenomena, including poltergeist
disturbances, out-of-body-experiences, mediumship, spirit possession,
and succubi and incubi encounters.
Drawing on the work of Colin Wilson, Joe Fisher, Stan Gooch, Whitley
Strieber, Robert Monroe, Dion Fortune, and a number of other paranormal
experts, Proud lucidly demonstrates that many sleep paralysis
experiences involve genuine contact and communication with incorporeal
entities, some of them parasitic and potentially dangerous. In this
comprehensive, open-minded exploration of the sleep paralysis
phenomenon, filled with fascinating descriptions of his own
experiences, as well as those of others, no stone is left unturned as
Proud attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Foreword by David J. Hufford, Ph.D.
Foreword by Colin Wilson
Introduction
Part 1
Chapter 1: “I Literally Fear for My Soul”
Chapter 2: Strange Hallucinations
Chapter 3: A Search for Answers
Chapter 4: The Terror That Comes in the Night
Part 2
Chapter 5: The Ghost of Bowling Green
Chapter 6: The Poltergeist According to Spiritism
Chapter 7: The Enfield Poltergeist
Chapter 8: Mediumship, Channeling, and the Joe Fisher Story
Chapter 9: Stan Gooch and the Hypnagogic State
Chapter 10: Chico Xavier – The Pope of Spiritism
Chapter 11: Dion Fortune on Psychic Attack
Chapter 12: Those Troublesome Voices
Chapter 13: Caught Between Heaven and Hell
Chapter 14: Spirits in the Brain
Chapter 15: Robert Monroe – Out of Body Extraordinaire
Chapter 16: Whitley Strieber and the Visitors
Chapter 17: Trevor James Constable – Etheric Organism Pioneer
Chapter 18: Postscript
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
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About
the author...
LOUIS PROUD was born
in Laura, South Australia, in 1984. He currently lives in Melbourne. An
avid writer and researcher of paranormal and occult phenomena, his work
has appeared in Fate,
Mysteries Magazine, and New Dawn. His
interests include film, radio-controlled models, and anything to do
with the mysterious and unexplained. He can be contacted at
louisproud@gmail.com
From the Forewords...
“Louis Proud has demonstrated with this book that he is one
of the most acute commentators on the paranormal to appear in recent
years… It gives me immense pleasure to be allowed to introduce a writer
who will, I suspect, become widely admired for his enviable brilliance
and clarity.”
- Colin Wilson, author of The
Occult
“This insider's account of his own sleep paralysis experiences, in
detail, is of great value. Then for that insider to knowledgeably place
the experience in the broad paranormal context is unique. It provides a
badly needed view of the cultural/interpretive framework that this
experience naturally suggests. Louis Proud has been bold and thoughtful
in providing this.”
- David Hufford, Ph.D., author of The
Terror That Comes in the Night
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