The Science of Miracles
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Moroni (angel), 279–80
Morte d’ Arthur (book), 149
Mother Cabrini Shrine, 258
Mother Teresa, 52
mummification, 170, 171
Murphy, Rev. James, 62
myrrh, 62
Napoleon I, 152
National Geographic Television and Film, 213, 215
near-death experience (NDE), 293–94, 294
Neumann, Therese, 325, 331
Newton, Isaac, 142
Nickell, Joe, 15, 43, 77, 103, 116, 128, 153, 196, 217, 218, 221, 270, 334, 354, 405
Nicodemus, 153
Nienhuys, Jan Willem, 101, 309, 311
Nolen, Dr. William A. 209, 211
Occam's razor, 15
oil, 66–69, 71–78, 78
testing, 74–75
See also exuding effigies
Oostakker, Belgium, 187, 189, 190
Opsasnik, Mark, 379
Osuna, Ric, 381, 383–84, 384
Ouija board, 374
Oviedo cloth. See Sudarium of Oviedo
Owen, Sir Richard, 396
Pachacamac
idol, 27–30
oracle of, 27–28, 30
pyramids at, 30
Palaeologan style, 113, 115
Palmyra, New York, 279
parables, 298. See also miracles, as parables
pareidolia
defined, 52
See also simulacra
Passion of the Christ, The (movie), 233–39
Paul, St., 139
Peerdeman, Ida, 309–13
“Pentecostal Power,” 202
Peron, Eva, 316–17
“petrified” people, 169–170
phosphorescent paint, 37–38
photographs, 287
Picknett, Lynn, 142–43
Pío, Padre, 335–40
canonization, 338–140
exhumation, 340
phenomena, 336–38
Pius XI Pope, 252
Pizarro, Francisco, 29–30
placebo effect, 177
Plantard, Pierre, 143
Plogojowitz, Peter, 171
poison immunity, 355
Polidoro, Massimo, 140, 143
Pollen
on Shroud of Turin, 124–26
on Sudarium of Oviedo, 136
Poltergeist (movie), 387
poltergeist phenomena, 311–12, 372–74, 376
Popoff, Peter 197–203, 204
Posner, Dr. Gary P., 203
Possessed (movie), 380
possession, 311–13, 369–379
defined, 369
poltergeists and Ouija spirits, 372–75
and psychology, 369–71
story behind The Exorcist, 371–79
power, going under the, 202, 208–09
Pozzuoli Stone, 145, 148
Presley, Elvis, sightings of, 230
Price, Robert, 238
Prince, Clive, 142–43
Priory of Sion (hoax), 143
prophecy, 197–98, 252–55, 310. See also Fatima, “miracles” and “secrets”
provenance, 103, 109–110, 113, 133
defined, 133
“psychic surgery,” 214
psychosomatic conditions, 176–77, 216
Radford, Ben, 378
Ramaccini, Franco, 144
Randi, James, 53, 198–99, 200
Randles, Jenny, 292, 405
Recoleta Cemetery (Buenos Aires), 317, 318
Rees, Vaughn, 36, 193
Reeser, Mary, 406
reflectographic photographs, 108, 113
Rega, Jose López, 317
relics, miraculous, 91–172. See also specific relics, e.g., Holy Grail
Rennes-le-Château, 143
resurrecting the dead, 178–80, 182
by Elijah and Elisha, 225
by Jesus 178–180
See also resurrection of Jesus
resurrection of Jesus, 122, 225–230, 230, 231
“retrofitting,” 255
Ripley's…Believe It or Not, 363
Rivas, Katya, 330–32, 333
Robertson, Craig, 66
Robinson, Cloretta (stigmatist), 325
Rochas, François-Jean, 363
Rogo, D. Scott, 60
Rosales, José Sol, 32
rosaries, transmutation of, 47, 259
Rubio, Maria, 41
Rudder, Pierre De, 187–90, 190
Runciman, Sir Steven, 106–07
Ryden, Vassula, 269–75
Sagan, Carl, 294
saints, popular, 315–17, 319–321
Samarin, Dr. William T., 357
San Francisco de Asis (church), 35, 39
“Sangraal,” 153
sangreal
san greal (“holy grail”), 142
sang real (“royal blood”), 142
Santiago. See James, St.
Santiago de Compostela, 157–168
Santistevan, Corina, 36
Santo, Audrey, 219–222
Santo, Linda, 219, 222
Santos, Lucia, 249–55
Satan
“Devil's step,” 391–93, 93
footprints, 395–400, 402
voice of, 312
See also exorcism
Saunière, Bérenger, 142
Schafersman, Steven D., 125
Scherpenheuvel, 23–25
schizophrenia, 369
Schulemburg, Guillermo, 33
scrying, 280
serpents, 347–52, 353
eastern tradition, 348–49
rod-to-serpent, 347–48
sideshow features, 352, 354
snake handling, 350–51
“Shadow of the Cross,” 35–40, 40
Shaw, Steve, 53
Sheehan, Michael, 363
Shermer, Michael, 53
Sherr, Lynn (ABC), 220
“shotgun” technique (faith healing), 206, 207
Shroud of Turin, 109, 119–28, 128
artist of, 120–21, 129–132
“blood” on, 122–24
C-14 dating, 126
image of, 122, 128
image replication, 129–31
pollen claims, 124–26
scandal at Lirey, 120–21
secret study, 122–23
shrouds, bogus, 119–120. See also Besançon, Shroud of
“shroud science,” 123–24
Siffrin, Msgr. Robert, 85
“signs,” 285–87
photographic, 287
simulacra, 32, 41–44, 52–56, 55–56, 287
defined, 41
pareidolia and, 52
Skeptical Inquirer (magazine), 81, 83, 140, 216, 344
“slain in the spirit.” See power, going under the
“sleep paralysis,” 289. See also “waking dream”
Smith, Joseph Jr., 277–83
fantasizer, 280–82
snake charming, 348–49. See also serpents
snake handling, 350–51. See also serpents
Snedeker, Allen, 387–89
Snedeker, Carmen, 387–89
Snedeker, Philip, 387–89
Soldado, Juan (“Soldier John”), 319–321, 322
“Soldier John.” See Soldado, Juan
spiritism, 214
Spiritualism, 214, 281, 285, 374
spontaneous human combustion, 403–406, 406
spontaneous remission, 176, 216
staircase, miracle. See Loretto staircase
Steiger, Brad, 291
stereomicroscope, 41, 43
Stewart, David, 74
stigmata, 234, 323–32
defined, 323
evolving phenomenon, 323–26
proven frauds, 329–30
stigmatic profile, 326–29
See also stigmatists
Stigmata (movie), 323
stigmatists
Bernas, Lilian, 341–44, 345, 346
Francis of Assisi, 323–25
Neumann, Therese, 325, 33
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others, 323–330
Pío, Padre, 334–40
Rivas, Katya, 33–32, 333
Sudarium of Oviedo, 133–38
suggestion, 209
Sullivan, Randall, 71, 73, 76
“sun dog,” 245
sun miracles, 251–52, 259
“surgeries, invisible,” 214
“Swami Yomahmi.” See Walker, Stephon
Swank, Hilary, 15
Swierz, Rev. Michael, 84, 85
syncretism, 31
Taylor, Glenn, 32
Taylor, James, 215
Templar Revelation, The (book), 142, 143
testimonials, faith-healing, 203
Theiller, Dr. Patrick, 185
thermographic photographs, 108, 113
thixotropy, 144, 145
Thomas, Cal, 238
Thomas, St. (the doubter), 139
Titulus Crucis, 95–96, 98
tomography, 113, 203
Tonatzin (Aztec goddess), 31
tongues, speaking in. See glossolalia
Tourette's syndrome, 369
Trachet, Tim, 101
Transfiguration (of Jesus), 228–29
transmutation. See rosaries, transmutation of
Transubstantiation, 241, 242, 311. See also Eucharistic miracles
True Cross, 91–99, 99, 146, 149
Tryon, Victor, 124
Turin, Eucharistic miracle of, 243–46, 247
Turin Shroud. See Shroud of Turin
Tyrrell, G. N. M., 229
Unsolved Mysteries (TV show), 45, 47
Valley Hill, Kentucky (miracle site), 45
vampires, 171
“vaporography,” 122, 129
veneration (of images), 57. See also idolatry
Veronica's Veil, 106, 111–12, 235–36
“victim soul,” 219
Vigilantius of Talouse, 139
Vignon, Paul, 129
Virgin Mary. See Mary (mother of Jesus)
“visitations,” 285–294
Vískontas, Indre, 71, 72, 73, 76. See also Miracle Detectives
Voragine, Jacopo da. See Jacopo da Voragine
“waking dream,” 228–29, 230, 264, 279
Walker, Stephon, 215–16
Walking on Water, 304–05, 307
Warren, Ed, 381–82, 288–89
Warren, Lorraine, 382, 388–89
Weber, William, 383
“weeping” effigies, 23–25, 25, 58, 60–62, 65–69, 69, 71–78, 259
weeping icon kit, 65–66, 68
Whanger, Alan, 127, 136
Wheeler, Nancy, 170
William of Tyre, 151
Williams, Ben, 386–87
Williams, Jean, 386–87
Willin, Melvyn, 267
Wills-Brandon, Carla, 291, 293
Wilson, Ian, 109, 127, 135, 235
Wilson, Sheryl C., 275, 281. See also fantasy-prone personality
winding stairs. See Loretto staircase
Woodward, Kenneth L., 159
X-rays, 108, 113, 210
Yavorsky, John, 84
Zanic, Bishop Pavao, 257–58
Zeis, John, 344
Zimdars-Swartz, Sandra L., 252, 253–54