Robert Van de Castle -  Foreword Jack Hunter -  Introduction: Anthropology & the Paranormal Lee Wilson -  The Anthropology of the Possible: The Ethnographer as Sceptical Enquirer Mark A. Schroll -  Reflecting on Paranthropology Charles D. Laughlin -  Transpersonal Anthropology: What is it, and What are the Problems we Face in Doing it? Fiona Bowie -  Devising Methods for the Ethnographic Study of the Afterlife: Cognition, Empathy and Engagement' James McClenon -  Anthropology, Evolution and Anomalous Experience  Fabian Graham -  Money God Cults in Taiwan: A Paranthropological Approach Serena Roney-Dougal -  The Effect of Meditation Attainment on Psychic Awareness: Research With Yogis and Tibetan Buddhists David E. Young -  Dreams and Telepathic Communication David Luke -  Experiential Reclamation and First-Person Parapsychology' Michael Winkelman - Afterword:  Paradigms and Methodologies for Anomalous Research We live in a world that is impossibly more fantastic than the present materialist and scientistic paradigms allow. In such a gross mismatch between the weirddom of the real and the Flatland of the boring and banal, it is so hopeful, and so refreshing, to see serious intellectuals take the strange so seriously. What we have with this new journal and this remarkable collection of essays is a cause for celebration. Prof. Jeffrey J. Kripal , Author of Authors of the Impossible: The Sacred and the Paranormal. In 1908 William James wrote that: 'The great world, the background, in all of us, is the world of our beliefs. That is the world of the permanencies and the immensities.' More than a century later Jack Hunter has collated a selection of thought-provoking new narratives to help chart the geography of this world. In essays covering ground all the way from Tibet to Taiwan and into the landscape of dreams and the Afterlife an array of internationally renowned researchers discuss the discourse between the human, natural and supernatural worlds. Dr. Wendy Cousins , University of Ulster. This compilation is an impressive collection of academic approaches to the anthropological study of anomalous experience...To have a collection of essays of this calibre in one volume makes this book a real gem. Previously those of us interested in the anthropological approach to the paranormal had to make do with occasional contributions in other publications. David Taylor , Anomaly: Journal of Research Into the Paranormal We are living in a complicated period in relation to our understanding of 'extraordinary' phenomena. There is a growing body of writing which takes the paranormal and extraordinary seriously, while bringing to it the same academic standards that any other subject matter would require. The articles in this Paranthropology reader provide important clues and suggestions, along with rigorous argument, to help us in exploring what is likely to be a major area of anthropological engagement in coming years. Prof. Geoffrey Samuel , Cardiff University .