Amalia Gkavea's Reviews > Atlas of Paranormal Places: A Journey to the World's Most Supernatural Places

This book is AMAZING! Capital letters and an awful load of exclamation marks AMAZING! It is a terrific, invaluable addition to the library of any paranormal/folklore aficionado, written in beautiful language that is neither simplistic nor verbose and allows Evelyn Hollow’s knowledge and love for the Paranormal to shine through. It is enriched with maps and absolutely stunning photos of the places described in a concept that hasn’t been done with such precision and in such detail.

The marvelous volume is divided into six parts and this is just a handful of the plethora of places and legends contained in it.

Haunted Places : This entire section is perfection! Charleville Castle in County Offaly, Ireland, a castle full of secrets and strange interactions, where Freemasons and Celtic lore meet. The Catacombs of Paris. The Chase Vault with the moving coffins of their barbaric inhabitants in Oistins in Barbados. The Borgvattnet vicarage in northern Sweden has proven an unbeatable foe for more than a dozen priests. Poveglia Island in Venice, once inhabited by victims of the bubonic plague, the Winchester Mystery House in California with its blind windows and staircases that lead nowhere.

Witchcraft : El Mercado de las Brujas in Bolivia, a market ideal for those who believe in witchcraft and such nonsense (but enticing nonetheless…), Rose Hall in Jamaica, a land scourged by the terrible actions of slave owners, Catemaco in Mexico where Santa Muerte, curanderos, Santeria, and the whole Satanic lot of it exploit the ones without faith. Pendle Hill in Lancashire, the spot of the infamous witch trials and one of the most tragic places in Europe.

Sacred Sites : Discover an exquisitely built city of the dead in La Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires, take in the silence of Luxor and its ancient secrets.

Myths and Legends : Learn the true history of Elizabeth Bathory in Slovakia, shiver at the descriptions of the Satanic acts in the Campanillas district in the paradise of Malaga, discover the myths of wizards in Haddington in Scotland, listen to the voices of the ghosts (100 of them!) that reside in Dragsholm Castle in Denmark and the spirits that haunt the Han river in Seoul.

Strange Nature : Iceland is the land of ice and fire and within its soil, angry ghosts are said to reside. Who hasn’t heard of the tragedy enclosed in Aokigahara Forest in Japan and who hasn’t read of Skinwalker Ranch and its endless UFO theories?

Cryptids and Creatures : The writer provides a superbly written chronicle of the origins of the Vampire with the chance of Slaghtaverty Dolmen and its strange dwarf in Ireland. In Shanghai, the opulent life of two brothers led to mystery and tragedy. In Ukraine, in Donbas, the protectors of the mines can be either benevolent spirits or female demons and in Bhutan, this magnificent land of mystery, the mists hide dragons.

100 parts of our planet full of legends, myths, strange phenomena and deeply humane stories are waiting for you to discover them. From Britain to New Zealand, from Ukraine to Chile, from the USA to Bhutan, this is paranormal Earth as you’ve never experienced it.

Many thanks to Ivy Press and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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