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100 1 $aKripal, Jeffrey J.$q(Jeffrey John),$d1962-$eauthor.
245 10 $aMutants and mystics :$bscience fiction, superhero comics, and the paranormal /$cJeffrey J. Kripal.
260 $aChicago :$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$c[2011], ©2011.
300 $axvii, 370 p. :$bcol. ill. ;$c23 cm.
520 $a"Account of how comic book heroes have helped their creators and fans alike explore and express a wealth of paranormal experiences ignored by mainstream science. Delving deeply into the work of major figures in the field--from Jack Kirby's cosmic superhero sagas and Philip K. Dick's futuristic head-trips to Alan Moore's sex magic and Whitley Strieber's communion with visitors--Kripal shows how creators turned to science fiction to convey the reality of the inexplicable and the paranormal they experienced in their lives. Expanded consciousness found its language in the metaphors of sci-fi--incredible powers, unprecedented mutations, time-loops and vast intergalactic intelligences--and the deeper influences of mythology and religion that these in turn drew from; the wildly creative work that followed caught the imaginations of millions. Moving deftly from Cold War science and Fredric Wertham's anticomics crusade to gnostic revelation and alien abduction, Kripal spins out a hidden history of American culture, rich with mythical themes and shot through with an awareness that there are other realities far beyond our everyday understanding."--Jacket.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [337]-353) and index.
505 0 $aOrigins -- Orientation: from India to the planet Mars -- Alienation: Superman is a crashed alien -- Radiation: metaphysical energies and super sexualities -- Mutation: X-men before their time -- Realization: reading the paranormal writing us -- Authorization: writing the paranormal writing us -- The third kind: the visitor corpus of Whitley Strieber -- Toward a soul-sized story.
650 0 $aComic books, strips, etc.$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aSuperheroes in literature.
650 0 $aOccultism in literature.
650 0 $aScience fiction, American$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aFantasy fiction, American$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aMyth in literature.
650 0 $aLiterature and myth.
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