Spirit Communication: An investigation into the extraordinary world of mediums, psychics and the afterlife

Roy Stemman has interviewed and witnessed the leading exponents of Spirit communication. His thought-provoking and authoritative books provides a detailed examination of the developments of the last 50 years, from channelling spirit guides to the amazing popularity of today's television mediums. Find out about: * The intruiging history of spirit communication * Different tyles of mediumship and the key personalities * Spiritual healers, psychic surgeons and their amazing claims * How crimes have been solved with help from the spirit world * The Spiritualist view of reincarnation and the afterlife * How mediums have influenced generations of royalty and world leaders. Foreword v 1. My Introduction to Spiritualism 1 2. When Spirits Take Over 16 3. Automatism — Spirits in Control? 33 4. Searching for Psychic Clues 53 5. Conversations with the Dead 70 6. Producing Visible Spirits 86 7. Recording Spirits 103 8. Spiritualism and Healing 121 9. Trance Healing 137 10. Psychic Surgeons 148 11. Believers and Sceptics 165 12. Spiritualism as a Religion 180 13. Spirit Guides and Beyond 200 14. Ghosts, Poltergeists and Exorcisms 214 15. Reincarnation 229 16. Television Mediums 243 17. The Best Evidence 257 Bibliography 269 Useful Websites 271 Index 273 "Is it possible to communicate with a loved one after they have passed over? How is it done - and who are the people who are able to do it? In this thought-provoking and authoritative book, Roy Stemman provides a detailed examination of the developments in the realm of spirit communication over the last fifty years."--Back cover Revealing interviews with top mediums, the different varieties of mediumship, and evidence for and against the ability to contact the dead are all detailedthe spiritualist view of reincarnation and the afterlife.