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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Scary Stories: A Supernatural Yearbook

Jenny Randles

Scary Stories: A Supernatural Yearbook is a 1991 collection of supernatural and paranormal material by Jenny Randles and Peter Hough. The title places it within the tradition of the yearbook: an accessible record of reported…

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Search for Truth: My Life for Psychical Research

Harry Price

Search for Truth presents Harry Price’s autobiographical account of a career spent investigating mediumship, alleged hauntings and other psychical claims. He describes the experiences that drew him towards the subject, his work as a conjurer…

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Second Sight: Its History and Origins

Lewis Spence

Lewis Spence examines second sight as a reported faculty of pre-vision, tracing the term’s meaning and distinguishing it from dreams, divination and prophecy. His account places particular emphasis on Celtic traditions, the Scottish Highlands and…

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Seeing Myself: The New Science of Out-of-Body Experiences

Susan Blackmore

Seeing Myself examines reported out-of-body experiences through Susan Blackmore’s personal history and a career spent investigating consciousness. She begins with an intense experience during her student years, then traces her search for explanations through spirituality,…

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Silver Birch’s Medium: Maurice Barbanell and Twentieth-Century Spiritualism

Nick Richbell

Maurice Barbanell became a prominent voice in British Spiritualism through his journalism and mediumship. Nick Richbell follows his journey from East London to his work with Psychic News. The biography examines Barbanell’s association with the…

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Spontaneous Human Combustion

Jenny Randles

Spontaneous Human Combustion investigates reports of people apparently burning to death without an obvious external source of ignition. Jenny Randles and Peter Hough examine the history of the claim, assemble accounts from different periods, and…

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Stella C: An Account of Some Original Experiments in Psychical Research

Harry Price

Harry Price’s account centres on his 1923 sittings with Dorothy Stella Cranshaw, the physical medium known as Stella C. Nineteen sessions were held in London between February and July, with the proceedings recorded through controlled…

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Supernatural England

Eric Maple

Supernatural England brings together material on English folklore, occultism and parapsychology, presenting the subject through reports, beliefs and traditions associated with supernatural experience. Eric Maple places these themes within an English setting rather than treating…

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