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Occult Science Exhibit

Aug 2, 2008

The Mandevillle Collection in the Occult Sciences exhibit sponsored by the Education and Social Science Library can be seen in the Main Library Hallway throughout the month of August. This exhibit highlights the Library's collection of occult materials supported by an endowment established by the late Merten J. Mandeville, a professor of management at the Urbana campus. Under the terms of the endowment, works of a serious nature and those emphasizing the positive aspects of the occult are acquired. The primary subject areas for which materials are collected are astrology; the divinatory arts and palmistry; esoteric religion and mysticism; occult techniques for health, happiness and success; psychical phenomena and research, including clairvoyance, ESP and out-of-body experiences; spiritualism, including apparitions, mediumship, and reincarnation; unidentified flying objects; and witchcraft and magic.