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Reference Books

The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning / Jerome Clark
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
001.942 C5935u

Encyclopedia of occultism & parapsychology / edited by Leslie Shepard
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
L 133.903 E56

Encyclopedia of psychology / Alan E. Kazdin, editor in chief
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
150.3 E564

Encyclopedia of witchcraft : the Western tradition / Richard M. Golden, editor
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
133.4303 E56

Demonology and witchcraft : an annotated bibliography : with related works on magic, medicine, superstition, &c. / Jean-Pierre Coumont.
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
016.1334 C855d

Signs, symbols & omens : an illustrated guide to magical & spiritual symbolism / Raymond Buckland.
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
133.3 B924s

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Last Updated: 10/15/2007
Last Reviewed: 10/15/2007