The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal

An examination of the reasons why people accept supernatural and paranormal belief systems in spite of substantial evidence to the contrary. According to the author, our deeply rooted tendency toward magical thinking—the "transcendental temptation"—undermines critical judgment and paves the way for willful beliefs. He explores the three major monotheistic religions of the world, as well as sections on why we believe in deities, the afterlife, mysticism, reincarnation, astrology, and UFOs, and advocates rational skepticism as an antidote to the belief in the transcendental.

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