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Miracles: A Parascientific Inquiry into Wondrous Phenomena

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Rogo documents and speculates about various 'miracles' both famous and unknown: bleeding crucifixes, weeping madonnas, healings at Lourdes and other places, stigmata and stigmatists, Marian apparitions at Lourdes, Fatima, Guadaloupe and Cairo. One might not agree with his ideas but they certainly make good reading.

I enjoyed Rogo's analyses of various religious and parareligious phenomena. I wish he would stick to the facts, just the facts, thank you, and not go out on various limbs opining that which nobody asked him to opine. For example, he explains that what happened at Zeitoun in 1968 "becomes clear" (or was it "becomes completely obvious"). Well, it certainly wasn't obvious to me, and, for my money, it cheapened an otherwise careful, thoughtful analysis to proffer such flubgubbery. I also found it disappointing to read such fascinating occurrences--documented, absolutely-true-you've-got-to-trust-me and all--only to discover that the "references" for them were to be found in the august likes of National Enquirer, Weekly World News, and such (never forget the sight gag in "Airplane!" where, while all the other journals tell of the airline disaster, Weekly World News's headline is "Boy Trapped in Refrigerator Eats Own Foot").