How to speak with the dead

The book is strictly impartial from all points of view--whether Religious, Scientific, Agnostic, Spiritualistic, or Rationalistic. It is impersonal. It sets aside the writer’s o...

If survival after what is called “death” be not a fact, the idea of communication with the dead becomes nonsensical. The first question, therefore, that has to be asked in any c...

The phrase that the dead still live does not mean the same thing as when it is said that a human body lives. In the former case the word “live” merely means “exist”; in the latt...

Science has not yet accepted definitely the existence of telepathy and can hardly be said to have even begun the study of tele-mnemoniky. But the idea of these matters is so int...

These conditions have been for thousands of years the subject-matter of positive statements. The sacred writings and inscriptions, and the traditions of the various religions th...

Inequality is the rule of the universe. It is particularly observable in the characters and capacities of human beings. Many persons are musicians; others are incapable of playi...

Very many methods have been discovered of communicating with discarnate spirits; but it is not needful in the present volume to deal with any system of incantation or “magical”...

1.--As a general rule applying to all methods of communicating, every person who desires to be brought into touch with discarnate spirits should make a point of being tranquil,...

The thoughts need not take any religious turn, and prayer is quite unnecessary. It is desirable, in fact, to think as little as possible about anything, except in the event of t...

This book ought not to be concluded without something being said as to its design and character, and as to the mental attitude it presumes on the part of its readers.