BIRTH AND DEATH - BARON HELLENBACH, 1st 1886 - CLAIRVOYANCE, PSYCHICS, AFTERLIFE

  BIRTH AND DEATH AS A CHANGE OF FORM OF PERCEPTION: OR, THE DUAL NATURE OF MAN — by BARON HELLENBACH — 1st Edition / 1st Printing (English Translation), 1886 — Mediumship, Seance, Steps for Clairvoyance, Channeling, Trance Speaking, Automatic Writing, Psychic Abilities, Conjuring, Occult, Afterlife

 Publisher: The Psychological Press, London (1886)

First English edition (London) from 1886; very scarce. In well preserved condition. 223 pages. The boards and binding are solid and tight save for light shelfwear. Presentation inscription on the top of the first blank page. The pages are crisp and clean save for some light foxing to the first and last three pages. Please see photos for Contents. Hellenbach, Baron Lazar De Baczolay (1827-1887) was a Hungarian occultist and philosopher whose numerous important works, including "Birth and Death" and "The Philosophy of Sound" closely concern psychical research. In "Birth and Death," which was translated into English in 1886, Hellenbach proposes the original idea that no change of world occurs at the moment of birth and death, except in the method of perception, and relates his experiences of his psychical investigations and encounters and practical studies of how to manifest psychic abilities and psychic phenomena through study and mediums.