The Soul of Things by William Denton (Used Paperback, 20th-Century Reprint of 19th-Century Classic)
 
The Soul of Things by William Denton is a remarkable and controversial 19th-century work that explores the idea that objects retain psychic impressions of events—a concept now referred to as psychometry. Through a series of experiments involving his wife and sister-in-law, Denton proposed that sensitives could “read” the history of objects through intuitive perception. Originally published in the 1860s, this book blends Victorian-era science, spiritualism, and emerging psychical research, offering a compelling early vision of consciousness and memory embedded in matter.