{"product_id":"phantasms-of-the-living-1st-1886-ghosts-spirits-afterlife-psychic-research","title":"PHANTASMS OF THE LIVING - 1st 1886 GHOSTS, SPIRITS, AFTERLIFE, PSYCHIC RESEARCH","description":"\u003cdiv\u003ePHANTASMS OF THE LIVING\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBook Details + Condition: Rooms For the Society of Psychical Research and Trübner and Company (London). First Edition, 1886. Two-volume hardcover set. Pagination: 573pp; 723pp. Includes \"Table of Numbered Cases\" and Index. Illustrated. Co-authored by Edmund Gurney (1847–1888), Frederic W. H. Myers (1843–1901) and Frank Podmore (1856–1910), leading members of the Society for Psychical Research. The authors document and analyze more than 700 case studies of ghost sightings, phantasms and apparitions, arguing that rather than being supernatural spirits of the dead, they are evidence of living telepathic communication and unconscious thought-transference.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eVolume I features an introduction by Myers, outlines the research methods, and explores hypnotism, the transfer of thoughts or emotions, dreams and hallucinations. It also includes an essay on the history of witchcraft. Volume II examines the detailed data for visual, auditory, tactile, collective, and reciprocal hallucinations, followed by a collective conclusion. The work remains one of the most extensive historical collections of 19th-century ghost accounts and research, and stands as a foundational text in early psychical investigations and Victorian occult studies.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eFor both volumes: firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; wear to boards; inked name to ffep, with bookplate to inside front board; light foxing to first few pages (and to text block); interior is clean and free of markings. Volume II has clear tape to binding, and spine ends are a bit more chafed. All books are carefully packed, and shipped in boxes.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Black Cat Caboodle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58713821249839,"sku":"168746478050","price":945.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2803\/6230\/files\/57_f16601ee-31a8-4f2b-8a98-c741d49f8b07.png?v=1792961585","url":"https:\/\/blackcatcaboodle.com\/products\/phantasms-of-the-living-1st-1886-ghosts-spirits-afterlife-psychic-research","provider":"Black Cat Caboodle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}