📖 Book Overview:
Mediumship and Survival is a landmark study of psychic communication and the question of life after death, written by respected parapsychologist Alan Gauld. This meticulously researched book investigates historical and contemporary cases of mediumship, assessing the evidence for spirit survival, personal identity beyond death, and the authenticity of spiritualist phenomena. Gauld combines scholarly analysis with a balanced, open-minded approach to one of the most enduring questions in human history.
✍️ Author:
Alan Gauld is a British psychologist, historian, and parapsychologist known for his rigorous work on spiritualism, hypnosis, and the history of psychical research. He is a prominent member of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR) and a key voice in bringing academic scrutiny to mediumistic claims.
📚 Genre & Themes:
This book falls into the categories of parapsychology, spiritualism, and afterlife research. Themes include mediumship, communication with the dead, spirit identity, survival of consciousness, and the scientific investigation of psychic phenomena.