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Select a topic below to learn more about people and sites of interest,
or to link to sites on or about television shows and films with
supernatural dimensions to them.
The Supernatural in Film & TV
People and Sites of Interest
www.urbanlegends.com
Urban legends are stories that are popularly accepted historically,
appear mysteriously, and spread throughout society in a variety
of forms. They often contain elements of humor or horror and aren't
necessarily true, although they may contain elements of truth. The
Urban Legends Archives were started in 1991 and are categorized
into subject headings ranging from animals to death, food to movies
and politics to songs. Each heading is further subdivided into a
list of various urban legends from around the world. Urbanlegends.com
provides a link to the alt.folklore.urban (AFU) database
where the latest news on currently circulating folklore can be found.
Visitors can join the AFU newsgroup, devoted to confirming and debunking
all kinds of old wives tales, ghost stories and tidbits of trivia.
www.isidore-of-seville.com/angels/
A comprehensive guide to researching angels on the web, this site
boasts more than 800 resources on the topic, including more than
550 images of angels. Images are organized by time period and by
religious tradition, and the general introduction section includes
a number of links to scholars studying the phenomenon of angels.
www.csicop.org
The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the
Paranormal (CSICOP) began in 1976 and is a non-profit scientific
and educational organization that encourages the critical investigation
of paranormal claims. CSICOP is comprised of a network of people
including scientists, academics and science writers, who objectively
examine claims of the paranormal and disseminate factual information
about results to the public. Visitors can talk with other skeptics
in the chat rooms and join the mailing list, which provides information
regarding upcoming events and conferences. Read through past archives;
subscribe to the CSICOP official journal, the Skeptical Inquirer;
and become a CSICOP Associate. The Skeptseum, a place where visitors
can view images of artifacts associated with paranormal and supernatural
beliefs from around the world, can be accessed and keyword searches
are possible within the CSICOP database, Skeptics Dictionary, Skeptics
Bibliography and more. There is also a link for "young skeptics"
where students, parents and educators can learn more about paranormal
and supernatural phenomenon. CSICOP provides multiple links to skeptical
resources including organizations, publications, on-line forums
and information regarding UFOs and popular urban legends.
www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Victorian.html
This scholarly site provides a detailed index of Victorian websites
on the Internet with over 300 links currently listed. There are
also links to scholar's homepages, all of whom are associated with
major universities or institutions. Other index lists include British
and Irish authors, English Literature, a Dickens page, and 19th
century authors. Mitsuharu Matsuoka, an Associate Professor in the
Language and Culture program at the Nagoya University in Nagoya,
Japan, maintains this site.
www.litgothic.com/
Literary Gothic is the Web's premier guide to all things concerned
with literary Gothicism, which includes ghost lore, Gothic fiction,
novels and supernaturalism literature. The site is maintained by
Jack Voller, an Associate Professor of English at Southern Illinois
University, and provides book reviews, essays and description overviews
of the site's extensive collection of Gothic literature. The primary
intention of the site is to help make resources for the study of
Gothic literature readily available. There are links to online discussion
groups and forums where people can ask questions and share their
passion for Gothic literature. Discussion groups address topics
ranging from horror literature to vampires. An area of the site
is dedicated to helping people start work researching Goth topics.
A general resource section, bibliography list and an alphabetical
e-text library, containing Gothic materials, are all available.
theshadowlands.com
The Shadowlands website, started in 1994, is dedicated to informing
visitors on such subjects as ghosts, aliens, UFOs, mysterious creatures
like Bigfoot and sea serpents, and other unsolved mysteries. The
site provides descriptions and an index of case studies with text
files, videos, pictures and eye witness accounts. A browser is also
available to locate recent news reports regarding a particular subject
matter of interest both within the site and on the World Wide Web.
gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca/
Gaslight, an Internet discussion list was started in July 1993 by
Mt. Royal College in Calgary, Canada. The purpose of the site is
to provide and review a weekly story written between 1800-1919 from
the annals of mystery, adventure and "The Weird." The
discussion group reviews the story individually then comes together
to talk about it through an online forum. Visitors to the site can
access a list of current readings and review discussion digests
from 1999-2000. The site also provides a recommended list of source
links and a keyword search can be performed within the gaslight
search engine.
tlc.discovery.com/tlcpages/encounters/encounters.html
This is a commercial website maintained by The Learning Channel
and contains a schedule of upcoming shows and air-dates for UFO
features and the best of alien science. Read the alien dispatch
and check out the alien agitators featuring information about current
activists in UFOlogy. Discover links to the best in UFOlogy and
extraterrestrial speculation. Explore both sides of the alien abduction
debate and play the "spot the UFO" game.
www.buffyguide.com
This unofficial site contains a complete, detailed guide to all
episodes of the hit series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Visit
this entertaining, informative resource and chat with other Buffy
fans, join a discussion forum, and do a keyword search within
the Buffy and Angel databases.
www.fatima.org
The Fatima Network endorses the public, prophetic revelation that
was given by the Blessed Virgin Mary to three shepherd teenagers,
Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco, in a series of six apparitions near
the town of Fatima, Portugal in 1917. All popes since the Fatima
miracle recognize that the message of peace is authentic and believe
that the Lady of Fatima accurately predicted many world events that
have since followed. Fatima.org contains the latest news
and updates of apparitions around the world and a schedule of upcoming
pilgrimages can be accessed through the site. Also available is
a section dedicated to prayer and devotion, an online library, and
an index of Catholic resources and publications currently on the
Web.
saints.catholic.org/index.shtml
The saints and angels page is a collection of facts and information
concerning saints and angels on the Internet. A full listing of
Catholic saints are indexed alphabetically and each includes a bio
of the particular saint and provides information on when they lived/died
and when their feastday is. Visitors can discover all the saints
for a particular month and get a list of patron saints and feastdays.
There is also a link to ethnic saints where both Black and Irish
saints have been researched and indexed. Read through the angels
FAQ's and find all the information you need regarding angels. Learn
more about guardian angels, fallen angles and the nine choirs of
angels.
www.circle-of-light.com
Circle-of-light.com offers spiritual guidance with psychic
and angel readings by psychic/clairvoyant Reverend Cassandra Anaya,
an ordained minister who helps balance your E.S.P. (emotional, spiritual
and physical). Rev. Cassandra performs psychic readings by channeling
three angels, Uriel, Metatron and Yannie, and can also help connect
clients with their own personal angels. Subscribe to the newsletter,
join the prayer circle, search the A-Z directory on angels and obtain
free astrology charts, biorhythms and tarot readings. This site
also provides multiple links to all things concerned with angles
including cards, jewelry, music, magazines, networks and even a
page dedicated to the hit television series Touched By an Angel.
www.mysteries-megasite.com/main/bigsearch/apparition-1.html
Dreamscapes, one of the biggest mystery megasites online, contains
a database with over 100,000 links to worldwide mysteries of every
kind. From acupuncture to zombies, crop circles to killer bees,
and yetis to whirling dervishes, this site contains a complete A-Z
subject guide list and its own search engine. Find out the meaning/mystery
of names and link to popular X-Files sites on the Web.
FANTASY SITES
www.cityofangel.com
City of Angel (COA) is the definitive source for the WB's hit series
Angel. Visitors can access a complete listing of media articles
related to the show, review episodes from seasons 1 and 2, read
spoilers, and watch WB trailers of upcoming episodes. Visit the
online forum and read what other Angel fans and those who
have worked on the set of Angel have to say in the VIP forum.
Sign up for the COA bi-monthly newsletter, download desktops, send
COA E-cards to your friends, and purchase official Angel
merchandise. Search within the COA database and link to over 3,000
fan sites. Enter the Beastiary, where you can click on images of
demons, monsters and villains that have appeared on the show; find
out who they are, what species they belong to, what planet they
come from, and what if any special powers they possess.
www.smallvilleledger.com
The WB show Smallville is the newest spin on the enduring
Superman myth, with Clark Kent in the role of a teenager struggling
to come to terms with his new powers and the chaos that accompanies
adolescence. This creative site, maintained by the WB, is set up
to look like an online newspaper called the Smallville Ledger.
Published weekly from Smallville, Kansas, the front-page recaps
what happened on that week's episode of Smallville using
pictures, headlines, investigative pieces and feature articles.
Read other fans commentary in "letters to the editor"
and get a laugh out of the satirical classified listings. Link to
the Smallville Torch, the official newspaper of Smallville
high school, where you can read your horror-scope, view the student
directory, and find out which clubs/sports the characters of the
show participate in.
www.mugglenet.com
This Harry Potter fan site is maintained by a group of teenage boys
and girls ages 12-15. Review basic information about Hogwarts, Quidditch,
the HP series, and author J.K. Rowling. Participate in the daily
polls and contribute to the fan forums. Learn the latest HP jokes,
print lyrics to HP song parodies, and check out alternative spoof
titles like "Harry Potter and the Kidney Stone." Visitors
can play games, test their HP knowledge, and discover the origins
behind their favorite HP character's names.
TRUE BELIEVERS
spiritnetwork.com
The Spirit Network offers visitors the opportunity to chart their
biorhythms, read their monthly horoscopes, look up over 2,000 spiritual
and metaphysical terms in the new spirit glossary, and submit true
personal accounts of paranormal phenomenon. Organized into categories
according to divination, mediumship and healing, the extensive practitioner's
directory can help find someone for all your spiritual and wellness
needs.
www.wiseoracle.com
The diverse staff of this online oasis offers visitors a vast collection
of spiritual insights. From Angel Therapy and communication, to
classes in Reiki, this site provides an array of services, books
and resources. Subscribe to the Crystal Oasis, an online
spiritual magazine that provides diverse discussion and expression,
join the mailing list, and receive a free dream interpretation by
a certified hypnotherapist.
www.angelspeake.com/angelspeake.htm
Authors of four best selling books on the subject of speaking to
angels, sisters Trudy and Barbara were awakened by their angels
in 1991. The sisters offer a variety of services including Teleclasses,
interactive angelspeake classes over the phone that teach the seven
basic steps to making contact with angels and receiving angelic
messages. They invite visitors to attend a three-day intensive program
to become certified angelspeake facilitators and lead spiritual
awareness classes across the country. A schedule of upcoming angelspeake
seminars and Spiritual Development Weekends is available online.
THE GOTH SUBCULTURE
www.religioustolerance.org/goth.htm
An open-minded description of Goth culture and the tendencies toward
different religious traditions and practices among those who are
drawn to Goth. Excellent source of links.
Harry
Potter Center for Studies on New Religions
A collection of published editorials exploring the relationship
between Harry Potter stories and the controversies they've generated
among Christian communities.
--Website information and summaries researched and written by
Nicole DeJarnatt
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