The Dibbuk Box / Jason Haxton ; afterword by Howard Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haxton, Jason, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Supernatural--Miscellanea.

Supernatural.

Cabinetwork--Miscellanea.

Cabinetwork.

Haxton, Jason, 1958-.

Haxton, Jason.

Dybbuk.

Miscellanea.

Physical Description:

xiv, 177 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Kirksville, Mo. : Truman State University Press, [2011]

Summary:

A dark secret slowly unravels when a wine cabinet sells at an estate sale in Oregon. It is soon sold and resold on eBay's Internet auction, and each new owner becomes desperate to get rid of the box along with the health problems, accidents, or death they claim came with it. The curator of a medical museum in a small Missouri town learns of the mysterious cabinet and is intrigued by it as an artifact to be studied and researched. Jason Haxton places a bid on eBay and he, too, "wins" and soon finds himself the proud owner of the dibbuk box. But as he carefully investigates and records everything he can about this unusual item said to be possessed by a Jewish spirit, he discovers far more than he bargained for. In this true account, a dark past comes to light a past that began at the time of the Holocaust and seems to have come full circle.

Contents:

Minding my own business

Second thoughts

Taking possession

Questions from all sides

Searching for the truth

Finding Kevin

Sophie's story

Rituals and mysticism

Understanding the Dibbuk Box

The Kirksville connection

Incompatible stories

Tying up loose ends

The dibbuk in Jewish folklore / Howard Schwartz.

ISBN:

1612480128

9781612480121

9781612480602

1612480608

OCLC:

733238848

Publisher Number:

99946259365