The Spirit Book | Free Book
Never say die!
Can the living communicate with the dead? Many believe that
spirits are constantly about us and that it is possible, through a
variety of means, to speak to them and to have them speak to
us. The Spirit Book: The Encyclopedia of Clairvoyance, Channeling,
and Spirit Communication looks at these methods of communication, their history, and
the personalities involved throughout the past three hundred years
of this eternal quest.
The fascinating history of Spiritualism is coaxed into the material realm as the object of this perceptive and sweeping overview by that legendary author of the occult and supernatural, Raymond Buckland. Drawing on decades of research, writing, and transcendence, he describes sundry methods of channeling, events associated with Spiritualism, including séances and exorcism, organizations focused on clairvoyance, and a colorful host of mortals—famous and infamous—who delved into Spiritualism. Nostradamus, Helena Blavatsky, and Edgar Cayce receive their due, as well as Joan of Arc, William Blake, Susan B. Anthony, Winston Churchill, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mahatma Gandhi, Harry Houdini, and Mae West (look up and see her sometime).
The Spirit Book explores Qabbalah, Sibyls, Fairies, Poltergeists; phenomena such as intuition and karma; objects useful in the attempt to cross the divide, including tarot cards, flower reading, and runes; and related practices such as Shamanism, transfiguration, meditation, and mesmerism. This comprehensive reference also reports on investigations of contemporary manifestations, including electronic voice phenomena and spirit appearances on TV screens, plus channeling, fraud, psychic research, and possession. Containing more than 500 entries and 100 illustrations, this fun, fact-filled tome is richly illustrated. Its helpful bibliography and extensive index add to its usefulness.
In The Press
“… a basic, readable encyclopedia of major terms, people, and
events in modern Spiritualism. … Some 500 entries range from short
paragraphs to a page or two, and each entry includes a list of
sources … Recommended for academic libraries with popular religion
collections and public libraries where there is an interest in
Spiritualism and similar beliefs.” – Booklist
“Students of the goofily strange will go for this ‘encyclopedia of
clairvoyance, channeling and spirit communication.’” – PEOPLE magazine
“The Spirit Book, the latest in Wicca Buckland's extensive occult oeuvre (Buckland's Book of Spirit Communications), cuts a wide swath through the history of spiritualism, its
precursors, and widely related supernatural subjects…. There is
nothing else quite like this resource on the market.” – Library Journal
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