What is an Occult Detective?

Here's an off the cuff summation of what I feel differentiates an occult detective from that of a paranormal investigator or ghost hunter.
Includes a preview of titles I am reading for review from Llewellyn Books and I mention a recent video from ‪@JasonMillerStrategicSorcery‬ -
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[@giordanobruno8325]

Thank you so much, sir. All the best to you.

[@occultdetective]

My most extreme pleasure.

[@user-gr7wd4kg3e]

Interesting video... Didn't know you did that for real world applications. If you have any recommendations for learning more about how Palo Mayombe and Santeria in Cuba interacted and/or diverged, I'd be interested to hear...
Also had some recommendations for you on areas I've been looking into recently:
Spirit Possession: Modernity & Power in Africa, edited by Heike Behrend & Ute Luig-- good overview of different possession practices in Africa, covering many different practices with fascinating similarities
Alice Lakwena & the Holy Spirits by Heike Behrend-- a great in depth presentation of one of the practices most relevant to US military operations, although it stops before the US really appears on the scene & doesn't cover but obliquely the insurgents we fought
Zar: Spirit Possession, Music, and Healing Rituals in Egypt by Hager el Hadidi-- great treatment of Egyptian Zar practice by someone who is both a trained anthropologist & a Zar initiate
Islam, Arabs, and the World of the Jinn by Amira el-Zein -- largely a treatment of fiqh & tradition in regards to Jinn, but authoritative on the subject, rarely taken seriously in English works
And two works by a neuroscientist on the nature of possession & religious experience: The Neuroscience of Religious Experience, and Spirit Possession and Exorcism: History, Psychology, and Neurobiology-- both are by Patrick McNamara, a BU neuroscientist with a compelling account of the mechanism behind possession -- i recommend the Neuroscience book as filling out the gaps in the model in the possession book, myself, but I'm more interested in the neuroscience than you might be

[@giordanobruno8325]

Thank you for bringing these authors to the viewers' attention. I'm afraid I wasn't aware of any of them.

[@occultdetective]

Great suggestions. Much appreciated.
As for Palo/Santeria, you might take a look at Miguel Barnet or Eugenio Matibag. I was referred to Nicholaj De Mattos Frisvold's Garden of Blood and Bones, but haven't read it yet.

[@user-gr7wd4kg3e]

@@occultdetective Thank you, those look great! Amazon (& me) appreciates your expertise...

[@Watchoutforwerewolves]

Great video!
Any recommendations on werewolf's/dogman books in the same vein.

[@occultdetective]

Linda Godfrey is a great place to start from a modern perspective. I also have Montague Summers' The Werewolf in Lore & Legend on my shelf. I'll take a closer look when I'm home.