I d like to thank a number of individuals for helping make this book a reality. They are, in no special order:
My family, especially my sister Kathleen Proud, for identifying a number of errors in the first draft;
Paul McLean, friend and spiritual ally, for the constructive criticism, harsh though it was;
David and Robert from New Dawn magazine, especially the former, for believing in my writing and helping me hone my skills. If you hadnt spurred me on, David, much of the material in this book would never have been written. May the New Dawn crew and the magazine itself live long and prosper!
Colin Wilson, for reading my work and taking it seriously, small fry though I am, and for kindly agreeing to write a foreword;
David J. Hufford, for all the inspiration, for critiquing the book and suggesting ways to improve it, and for kindly agreeing to write the other foreword;
J. Allan Cheyne, for allowing me to quote extensively from his work, namely the University of Waterloos Sleep Paralysis webpage;
Aeolus Kephas, for generously proving me with an original and fascinating description of his SP experiences;
Patrick Huyghe, for agreeing to publish this crazy book of mine, and for doing such a fine job of it;
All the author/researchers both dead and alive whose work I have drawn from, learnt from, and admire, primarily those who have contributed much to our understanding of paranormal and occult phenomena, among them Stan Gooch, Whitley Strieber, Guy Lyon Playfair, Trevor James Constable, Joe Fisher, Wilson Van Dusen, Robert Monroe, Dion Fortune, D. Scott Rogo, Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa, John E. Mack, John A. Keel, Chico Xavier, Allan Kardec, Emmanuel Swedenborg, and anyone else I may have left out by mistake;
Last but not least, Tseada Zekarias, for acquainting me with truth and beauty.
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