Read an Nov. 4, 2011 Huffington Post article drawing a comparison between the smartphone app Angry Birds and religious lessons.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, in defining “religion,” says that, “In every form of religion is implied the conviction that the mysterious, supernatural Being (or beings) has control over the lives and destinies of men.”

The National Study of Youth and Religion, in a nationally representative survey of more than 3,000 American teenagers, found teens to be open to the idea of the paranormal while remaining somewhat skeptical. Relatively few were certain they believed in things such as psychics, astrology or communicating with the dead. But 40 percent of the teens surveyed said […]

A poll of nearly 500 college students, reported in the January-February 2006 issue of Skeptical Inquirer magazine, found that college seniors and graduate students were more likely to believe in paranormal concepts than freshmen.

Read a Nov. 17, 2004, story from BBC News report of a 10-year-old’s partially eaten toasted cheese sandwich with the image of Mary that drew big attention on eBay.

Check out The Ultimate Vamp-List wesbite for over 4,500 titles of books on vampires and the paranormal.

Read a June 7, 2013 Westword Book Club interview with Lynda Hilburn, author and psychotherapist, about the popularity and therapeutic relief of reading books on the paranormal, vampires and erotic fiction.

Read a Feb. 22, 2013 article posted by the Columbus Dispatch that addresses the stereotypes associated with Wiccan belief and the practitioners who feel misunderstood in the mainstream.

Read a Q&A article from The Celtic Connection website that provides more information on Witchcraft, Wicca and Paganism.