The New York Public Library offers a lecture on how to research all subjects on the occult and parapsychology in the library. In fact there are a load of great resource material at the library on a range of new age subjects. They have an extensive collection of books and research materials on a range of new age subjects including astrology, ghosts, magic, alchemy, palmistry, witchcraft, UFOs, yoga, reincarnation, clairvoyance etc.
But because of the range of subjects, it is good to know how the library categorizes them. Before you start your search check out this of how the Library of Congress and the NYPL categorizes the subjects -
Library of Congress - search under the following:
Occultism
Magic
Witchcraft
Psychical research
Parapsychology
Superstition
Curiosities and WOnders
New Age movement
Folklore
New York Public Library (NYPL) categories are:
Curiosities and wonders
Magic
Occult Sciences
Superstition
Witchcraft
(Examples of some of the old books available at the NYPL in the occult and new age)
If you go to the library you will be able to access websites and sources that you cannot access at home on your computer. The library maintains some subscriptions and memberships for these great research sites. You can also search on rare and very old books and even print out some of the pages of these books. And the library also subscribes to journals - both old and new - on the subject. Examples are "Fate: True Stories of the Strange and Unknown" from 1948-1962), Fortean Times (1974-present), Journal of Parapsychology ((1937-present), Journal of Religion and Psychical Research ((1981-present), New Age Journal (1983-present), Journal of the Society of Psychical Research (1882-present) and Psi Researcher (1991-present).
Who would have thought?
