Psychic Detectives
by Colin Wilson | Professional & Technical | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0916515036 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0916515036 Global Overview for this book
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buttonbright
of Raleigh, North Carolina USA on 6/14/2020
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buttonbright of Raleigh, North Carolina USA on 6/14/2020 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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From Publishers Weekly
At the outset it should be stated that this book by the author of The Occult and The Outsider is only tangentially about paranormal crime detection, and is not for true crime buffs. While focusing on psychometry, Wilson surveys parapsychological phenomena with emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Psychometry, which is closely related to telepathy and clairvoyance, involves the psychic's touching of an object or, in some instances, only being in the presence of an object, and "reading" that object's history or the history of a person closely associated with it. The phenomenon, according to the author, has applications to police work and has been successful in archeological studies. But emerging from Wilson's admitted "bewildering array of facts" are his devout faith in poltergeists, spiritualism, dowsing and related areas, and his intention to convert skeptics.
I found this book on the discount shelves of a local used book store.
At the outset it should be stated that this book by the author of The Occult and The Outsider is only tangentially about paranormal crime detection, and is not for true crime buffs. While focusing on psychometry, Wilson surveys parapsychological phenomena with emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Psychometry, which is closely related to telepathy and clairvoyance, involves the psychic's touching of an object or, in some instances, only being in the presence of an object, and "reading" that object's history or the history of a person closely associated with it. The phenomenon, according to the author, has applications to police work and has been successful in archeological studies. But emerging from Wilson's admitted "bewildering array of facts" are his devout faith in poltergeists, spiritualism, dowsing and related areas, and his intention to convert skeptics.
I found this book on the discount shelves of a local used book store.
Journal Entry 2 by buttonbright at Deco Free Book Drop in Raleigh, North Carolina USA on Monday, June 15, 2020
buttonbright at Deco Free Book Drop in Raleigh, North Carolina USA on Monday, June 15, 2020
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I am buying books from the outside shelves at The Readers Corner (a Raleigh used book store) and releasing them. This is one of those books. If you like it, take it and write a journal entry at www.BookCrossing.com - its easy and anonymous. Then when you are done with it, find a nice person or place to release it. I look forward to reading your thoughts on this book and finding out where you got it from. This book is on an adventure we can share with it.
I am buying books from the outside shelves at The Readers Corner (a Raleigh used book store) and releasing them. This is one of those books. If you like it, take it and write a journal entry at www.BookCrossing.com - its easy and anonymous. Then when you are done with it, find a nice person or place to release it. I look forward to reading your thoughts on this book and finding out where you got it from. This book is on an adventure we can share with it.
