ABSTRACT
In the Swedish case, paranormal beliefs turned out to be strongest where traditional religion was weakest. Nowadays it is a widespread and established 'truth' that Swedes to a great extent believe in ghosts and similar phenomena. One could say that such paranormal belief has become a component of 'our generally accepted "storehouse" of truths'. Belief in reincarnation is not as important, or central, as it may at first appear. It also strengthens the hypothesis that the same may go for other forms of belief in the paranormal. One could expect the Christians to score high, and the non-Christians to score low, on the values Jesus and salvation, yet, when it comes to paranormal beliefs, using the dimensions found in the factor analysis and comparing the three types of religiosity, one finds no significant difference between the self-identity groups. As one would expect, Christians ascribe greater holiness to the religious dimension than do the other two religious groups.
