Discuss “The Greeks & the Irrational”: Introducing the Forbidden Histories Book Club February 14, 2021Buy Dodds, “The Greeks & the Irrational” on eBay: http://ebay.us/KK1Sd0 / Amazon: https://amzn.to/3b6xYxk
Weirdness without Spirits: Poltergeist Phenomena & Science in the 20th Century February 3, 2021Readings: Gauld & Cornell, “Poltergeists”, https://amzn.to/38Uvxhv. Fanny Moser, “Spuk. Irrglaube oder Wahrglaube?”, https://amzn.to/3auk0oS
Poltergeist Phenomena in the Scientific Revolution & the Enlightenment. April 19, 2020Sources & recommended readings for this video: https://www.forbiddenhistories.com/poltergeist
Magic and the Human Sciences: The Myth of Disenchantment March 31, 2020My review of “The Myth of Disenchantment” (University of Chicago Press, 2017). Buy a copy of the book at https://amzn.to/2XVUT8A.
Everything you always wanted to know about the history of science & magic (but were afraid to ask) June 27, 2018Welcome! I’m Dr. Andreas Sommer, a historian specialising in the hidden history of science & magic. For my academic credentials and links to some of my publications, see https://www.forbiddenhistories.com/about. If you’d like to start doing some background reading, I put together a comprehensive reading list, which you can check out at https://www.forbiddenhistories.com/key-readings.
Teaser – Forbidden Histories February 24, 2018Why everything you thought you knew about science and the “supernatural” is probably wrong.