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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Cover unavailableMediumship and Survival: A Century of Investigations
Alan Gauld examines the evidence used in psychical research to argue for, or against, survival after bodily death. His discussion centres on mediumship, with attention to investigations involving Leonora Piper and Gladys Leonard, as well…
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Cover unavailableModern Mysteries of Britain
Modern Mysteries of Britain surveys a century of reported strange events, covering cases recorded in Britain from around 1885 to 1985. Janet Bord and Colin Bord organise the book into 25 individual mysteries, allowing each…
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Cover unavailableModern Mysteries of Britain: One Hundred Years of Strange Events
Modern Mysteries of Britain examines a century of reported strange events across Britain, beginning in the late 19th century and continuing to the 1980s. Its 25 chapters consider separate subjects including ghosts, phantom black dogs,…
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