Premanand’s popular book, “Science versus Miracles”, has not been available for some time now. Since Premanand himself was the distributor of the books he published and since he did not make any specific arrangement to print and distribute the books he brought out under Indian Skeptic logo, after his death there was nobody to carry on the job.
“Science versus Miracles” was and continues to be a handy manual for those activists who want to debunk the so called “miracles” performed by Indian godmen. Since Premanand’s death we have received a number of queries about the availability of this book with us or in bookstores.
We have hence decided to upload selected chapters of the book with appropriate images. Here is the link:
Science versus Miracles
(Explains tricks behind 150 miracles of
famous gurus)
B. Premanand
Table of Contents
An Interview with the Author by
Shinie Antony
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Poltergeist phenomena: Hutments
catch fire suddenly
Cloths kept in cupboard, or hung
out to dry, suddenly catch fire
A sea-shell turns on a stick when
holy water is sprinkled on it
Lighting candles by prayers
Lighting candles by simply
touching them
Smoke from one's fingers
Burning cloth and restoring it
Ghostly fires at night
Predicting questions through your
ears
Answers to your problems appear
on paper when it is immersed into water
Preparing tea with fire made on
the head
Creating fruits which people ask
for
Cooking rice in cold water
Cloth does not burn when lit
A metal ring hangs by a thread
even after the thread is burnt
Spirit Phenomena
A Spirit levitating a table
Photographing the dead spirit
Spirit photographs
A picture of Satya Sai Baba
appears when you blow on a ring, a locker or a glass plate
Uri Geller - The Psychic
Bending, twisting and breaking
spoons by psychic power
Restarting watches and timepieces
which have stopped working
Predicting the words of the line
of a news paper column where it is cut
Curing the lame, blind, deaf and
dumb
Picking the card which you have
selected with X-Ray powers
Telling the card while blind
folded
Hypnotising the whole audience
with a pack of cards
Psycho-Kinetic power proved with
a pack of cards
Blessing a childless couple with
a child
A vessel with rice rises up when
a knife is inserted in the vessel
Moving objects by mental power
Moving fruits and other objects
by psychic power
Eating hot chillies
Piercing a balloon without it
bursting
Burning water with psychic power
When you spit fire bursts out
God's name appears on the body
when ash is rubbed on
Magic tattooing
Telling a number, or the name of
any flower a person thinks of
God's spirit on a wick
Spirit within a coconut
Eagle appearing at 12 noon in a
temple
Natural gas burning without crude
oil catching fire
lashing with a whip without
getting hurt
Catching the thief by sorcery
Cutting the body with a knife
Another way of cutting the body
with a knife
Hot electrical soldering iron on
the hand
When the tantrik spits on saw
dust it bursts into flames
The oracle gets possessed and
blows out sparks and flames from his mouth
Telling the number a person
thinks
Reading a message in a sealed
cover
Overcoming pain while burning
your finger
Leaping on broken glass
Sleeping on thorns
The tantrik gives devotees a
miracle amulet which becomes hot and produces holy ash
Licking a red-hot poker
Goddess drinks blood
A person dies, when a doll's head
is twisted
Psychic surgery
Curing jaundice by psychic power
Shakuntala Devi - Human computer
Ideomotor Response
The pendulum moves in circle or a
straight line when you concentrate on a circle or a straight line
Water divining by Y shaped branch
of a tree
Working of the planchet board
Chapter X
National Integration and
Socialism
National Integration
Socialism demonstrated
Chapter XI
Man Created God in His Image
God is a puppet in the hands of
the priests
Chapter XII
Conclusion
After Word
The Challenge
Indian Committee for Scientific
Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal - Objective
