The book is a comprehensive overview of psychic phenomena, including clairvoyance, telepathy, precognition, and psychokinesis.Wright was a prominent figure in the Spiritualist movement and a respected investigator of psychic phenomena. In "Practical Views on Psychic Phenomena," he presents a wealth of information on various forms of psychic phenomena, including personal anecdotes, case studies, and scientific research.The book covers a range of topics related to psychic phenomena, includin...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Poision Squad and The Poisoner's Handbook tells the amazing story of William James's quest for empirical evidence of the spirit worldWhat if a world-renowned philosopher and professor of psychiatry at Harvard suddenly announced he believed in ghosts? At the close of the nineteenth century, the illustrious William James led a determined scientific investigation into "unexplainable" incidences of clairvoyance...

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Reveals the evidence of life beyond death• Examines 125 years of scientific research into reincarnation, apparitions, and communication with the dead showing these phenomena are real• Reveals the existence of higher planes of consciousness where the souls of the dead can choose to advance or manifest once again on Earth• Explains how these findings have been ignored and denied because they are incompatible with materialist doctrinesIn this book, Chris Carter...

A comprehensive survey of ghosts and apparitions from the records of the Society for Psychical Research.Ghosts and Apparitions is a classic in the field of paranormal research, written by a former president of the Society for Psychical Research, W.H. Salter. The author of Zoar, or the Evidence of Psychical Research Concerning Survival, Salter here mines his experiences and those of his colleagues for cases that throw light on the many different as...

An in-depth history of psychical research and spiritualism, accompanied by period illustrations.Is spiritualism a religion or a racket? How does it differ from psychical research? What went on in the world of séances, mediums, and the scientists who investigated them in the early decades of the twentieth century? This fascinating account, first published in the 1930s, brings to life an era when spiritualists gripped the public imagination and researchers fought to ...

"Ellison was . . . a dedicated paranormal researcher who believed the science was too narrow to account for things like out-of-body experiences" (io9).In facts, not fiction, this book presents the case for the paranormal. Changing the way we look at the universe is not easy, and requires a true openness to exploration and experiment. Professor Ellison suggests that most of us are conditioned by our Western science-based education to think that the universe is much s...

During his 50 years of psychical research, Sir William Fletcher Barrett (February 10, 1884 May 26, 1925) observed many types of phenomena. In his reminiscences, read at a private meeting of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR) on June 17, 1924, less than a year before his death, Barrett said: I am personally convinced that the evidence we have published decidedly demonstrates (1) the existence of a spiritual world, (2) survival after death, and (3) of occasional communication from thos...

Is the near-death experience a defense mechanism of the brain or have people actually been on the threshold of another world? Colin Wilson assesses the evidence that includies mediumship, paranormal activity, spirit sightings, and spirit communications. Above all, he includes the striking case histories of people who claim to have "died, " and reported their experiences of the afterlife.

Whether or not we survive physical death is one of humanity's most fundamental concerns. Here Dr. Gauld draws on a century of evidence - mediumship, reincarnation, obsession, possession, hauntings and apparitions all seem to indicate survival. This is a compulsively readable assessment of evidence for and against survival and an excellent introduction to the field of psychical research.The Paranormal, the new ebook series from F&W Media International Ltd, resurrecting rare titles, c...

The evidence for an afterlife is vast, varied, and ancient. Now, meticulously compiled into one place, this evidence can be critically evaluated to resolve the age-old controversy of survival beyond death.Equipping you with a tool kit drawn from science, philosophy, and legal reasoning, Oxford-educated philosopher Chris Carter facilitates a thorough examination of the evidence and its corresponding counterarguments. Explore compelling case studies of near-death exp...

The evidence for an afterlife is vast, varied, and ancient. Now, meticulously compiled into one place, this evidence can be critically evaluated to resolve the age-old controversy of survival beyond death.Equipping you with a tool kit drawn from science, philosophy, and legal reasoning, Oxford-educated philosopher Chris Carter facilitates a thorough examination of the evidence and its corresponding counterarguments. Explore compelling case studies of near-death exp...