Author: Buckland, Raymond
Can the living communicate with the dead? Many believe that spirits areconstantly about us and that it is possible, through a variety ofmeans, to speak to them and to have them speak to us. Author Bucklandlooks at these methods of communication, theirhistory, and thepersonalities involved throughout the past three hundred years of thiseternal quest. Includes accounts of ghosts and hauntings, levitationand trances, astral projection, psychic surgery, selfpaintingportraits, crystal gazing, predictions, and poltergeists. Mediums,clairvoyants, telepaths, and other well-known people connected to thefield worldwide are profiled, as are notorious fakes and frauds. Spiritbeliefs among the famous, including Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, andMae West, are examined.--From publisher description.
Can the living communicate with the dead? Many believe that spirits areconstantly about us and that it is possible, through a variety ofmeans, to speak to them and to have them speak to us. Author Bucklandlooks at these methods of communication, theirhistory, and thepersonalities involved throughout the past three hundred years of thiseternal quest. Includes accounts of ghosts and hauntings, levitationand trances, astral projection, psychic surgery, selfpaintingportraits, crystal gazing, predictions, and poltergeists. Mediums,clairvoyants, telepaths, and other well-known people connected to thefield worldwide are profiled, as are notorious fakes and frauds. Spiritbeliefs among the famous, including Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, andMae West, are examined.--From publisher description.