Set off on a mystical adventure like no other and trace the history of magical ritual--from alchemy and divination to fortune-telling and séances. Meet witches and wizards, fairies and monsters, UFOs and aliens, and much, much more.

Includes index.

Introduction --Mesmerizing magic. Magical objects -- Magical figure -- Witches and wizards -- Familiars -- Divination -- Magical spells -- Powerful plants -- Potent potions -- Apothecary -- Books full of magic -- Alchemy -- Magnificent minds. Psychometry -- Science and our minds -- Telepathy -- Psychokinesis -- Talking spirits -- Times of trickery -- Curious cryptids. Cryptozoology -- Hidden people -- Fairy sightings -- Monster shark -- What could it be? -- A world of big feet -- Looking for Bigfoot -- Lake monsters -- What do we know? -- Real-life cryptids -- Strange happenings. Phantom number 7 bus -- Ghost trains -- Flying Dutchman -- Troubled waters -- Amelia Earhart -- Hauntings -- Curse of Kariba Dam -- Animal ghosts -- Fascinating phenomena. Battle of the giants -- Rainbows -- Natural phenomena -- Light phenomena -- Legendary lands. Jade Mountain -- Wonders of Jade Mountain -- Island of the dolls -- Scholomance -- Studying at Scholomance -- Seven wonders of the ancient world -- Hanging gardens of Babylon -- Yggdrasil -- Ryåujin's underwater palace -- Looking for alien life. Flying saucers -- Playground UFO -- UFO sightings -- UFO investigations -- Area 41 -- Alien interaction -- Looking for life -- Space hoppers -- Big questions. What made the universe? -- What are we made from? -- Humans in nature-- Can we measure everything? -- Mapping the deep -- Could you be a time traveler -- Is this the only universe? -- Glossary.