Haunted Scotland

by Martine Roddy

• ISBN13: 9781841587400
• ISBN10: 1841587400
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2010-09-01
• Publisher: Birlinn Ltd

Summary

Roddy Martine looks beyond the everyday world in this thought-provoking selection of real-life encounters with the supernatural. Based on personal experience and interviews with those who have witnessed all manner of paranormal activity, Haunted Scotland is a fascinating glimpse into a world unexplainable by the laws of science, and includes spine-chilling cases of hauntings, time slips, exorcisms, reincarnation, omens and witchcraft from all parts of Scotland.

Author Biography

Roddy Martine was born in Sarawak and educated in Scotland. A former editor of Scottish Field magazine, he now focuses on writing books of Scottish interest from clan tartans to the supernatural, including the classic The Swinging Sporran and Secrets of Rosslyn. He is contributing editor to Scotland magazine and editor of The Keeper, and he regularly writes for a wide range of magazines and newspapers. He lives in Edinburgh.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Shadows from the Past	p. 7
Stone Tapes	p. 13
Second Sight	p. 21
An Awakening	p. 27
Multiple Occupancy	p. 35
Unexpected Visitors	p. 43
The People Upstairs	p. 49
To Triumph in Glory with the Lamb	p. 59
Hell and Purgatory	p. 67
For Those in Peril on the Sea	p. 73
Visions from the Past	p. 81
A State of Grace	p. 91
The Stuff that Dreams Are Made of	p. 105
Castles in the Air	p. 111
Keeping it in the Family	p. 119
Warlocks and Witches	p. 125
The Landscape over the Fireplace	p. 135
The Cold Hearth	p. 145
The Great Hector	p. 149
The Dark Lord	p. 155
Distilled Spirits	p. 163
The Sleeping Beauty	p. 169
Omens and Curses	p. 179
Palimpsest	p. 185
Bibliography	p. 189
Index	p. 191
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