Things You Can Do When You're Dead

Trish Robertson worked for many years with Prof Archie Roy and is a former President of the Scottish Society for Psychical Research. She has a scientific background and is very experienced as a field investigator, from which most of the material in this book is drawn. Investigations are designed to ascertain the facts and integrity of those involved. Once this has been done, interpretation of the implications of the case can be made. The book covers apparitions, poltergeist activity, hybrid cases involving both of these phenomena, drop-in communicators, mediumship, reincarnation and paranormal healing - in other words a very good range of original case material. One of the apparitions involved an airline pilot meeting and talking to a former colleague at Glasgow airport and remarking that he seemed to have lost a lot of weight. He had died a few days before, and, as it happened, his coffin was passing through the airport at just that time. Similar cases have been documented for over 100 years. There is also a very interesting reincarnation case involving a boy insisting that he had a family in Barra and who recognised the house when he was eventually taken there. At the end of the book, she cautiously sums up the evidence and implications, concluding that we should ask how we can progress our understanding of these matters if they indeed cannot be explained 'normally.' This is a very down to earth and readable book, especially for those new to the subject, but experienced investigators will be fascinated by the new material presented.