Psychical Research Books from the UK & Ireland

Browse books on psychical research from the UK and Ireland, including investigations of ghosts, mediumship, unusual experiences and other claimed paranormal phenomena. These works follow the long history of attempts to study extraordinary experiences in a systematic way.

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A Natural History of Ghosts: 500 Years of Hunting for Proof

Roger Clarke

Roger Clarke traces five centuries of Western ghost stories, reported sightings and attempts to establish whether spirits exist. The book considers how hauntings are shaped by the stories told about them, and asks what witnesses…

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Adventures in Time: Encounters with the Past

Andrew MacKenzie

Adventures in Time examines reports of retrocognition: experiences in which people appear to encounter scenes, surroundings or events belonging to the past. Andrew MacKenzie considers several direct accounts, including the celebrated 1901 Versailles incident, when…

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Afterlife: An Investigation of the Evidence for Life After Death

Colin Wilson

Colin Wilson examines claims that consciousness may survive bodily death, bringing together psychical research, case histories and arguments from psychology. The book considers near-death and out-of-body experiences alongside mediumship, apparitions, telepathy, precognition and reported communication…

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Apparitions and Ghosts: A Modern Study

Andrew MacKenzie

Andrew MacKenzie examines reported apparitions and ghosts through the methods and questions of modern psychical research. The subject is treated as a body of testimony requiring assessment, rather than as proof of supernatural survival, with…

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Arthur Conan Doyle

Dr Andrew Norman

Arthur Conan Doyle examines the tension between the creator of Sherlock Holmes and the author’s later convictions about spiritualism and fairies. Dr Andrew Norman considers how a writer associated with logic and deduction came to…

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