The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer

Andrew MacKenzie examines the traditions surrounding Coinneach Odhar, the Highland figure remembered as the Brahan Seer. The book considers the prophecies attributed to him and the tradition of second sight in which those accounts are set, treating them as reported claims rather than established supernatural fact.

The subject connects Scottish folklore with the history of psychical research, a field central to MacKenzie’s writing on apparitions, hauntings and other reported experiences. Its focus is the cultural record of a celebrated seer and the continuing interest in predictions associated with the Highlands, rather than a general survey of paranormal phenomena.