The Survival of the Soul and its Evolution after Death

This classic book was first published in 1921, and records sittings just before the First World War. Apparently, it was a favourite text of Dr Robert Crookall, who himself wrote many classic books on consciousness and survival. The artist author found that one of his subjects was a sensitive and was able to enter into a hypnotic state and communicate with those on the other side as well as exhibiting remarkable clairvoyant powers, in spite of somewhat frail health. Over 100 seances are recorded and a few are prophetic of the impending war. Many topics are covered, including the nature of the spirit world and its interaction with the physical world. Due to the detail surrounding the actual sessions, the reader has to plough through many pages in order to find some nuggets. However, there are some highly evidential episodes. At the end, the author addresses the status of what he has discovered, and argues in a pincer movement against scoffers or sceptics and their inability to provide a coherent explanation of these phenomena without invoking nonphysical intelligences.