👻 Spiritualism

Books exploring the belief that the living can communicate with the dead — from the séance parlors of the 19th century to modern mediumship. A fascinating intersection of faith, fraud, grief, and genuine mystery.

A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult

by Suzannah Lipscomb • 2020

How magic shaped religion, science, and entertainment for 95,000 years, and never really vanished.

4.02

1k+

🕯️ Esoteric History 📜 Folk Magic Traditions ⚖️ Witch Trials 🌙 Magic In Antiquity 🔮 Ritual Magic

A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult

How magic shaped religion, science, and entertainment for 95,000 years, and never really vanished.

by Suzannah Lipscomb 2020

4.02

1k+ ratings

🕯️ Esoteric History 📜 Folk Magic Traditions ⚖️ Witch Trials 🌙 Magic In Antiquity 🔮 Ritual Magic

Ghostland

by Colin Dickey • 2016

America's ghost stories are a map of its hidden anxieties, buried crimes, and abandoned dreams.

3.73

11k+

🐴 American Folklore 👁️ Freudian Uncanny 🎟️ Dark Tourism 🧠 Collective Memory 🗺️ Psychogeography

Ghostland

America's ghost stories are a map of its hidden anxieties, buried crimes, and abandoned dreams.

by Colin Dickey 2016

3.73

11k+ ratings

🐴 American Folklore 👁️ Freudian Uncanny 🎟️ Dark Tourism 🧠 Collective Memory 🗺️ Psychogeography

Ghosts

by Hans Holzer • 1997

A field guide to ghost types, why they linger, and how to investigate without fear.

4.00

879

👻 Ghost Hunting 🔬 Parapsychology 🕊️ Life After Death 🏚️ Haunted Houses 🌀 Poltergeists

Ghosts

A field guide to ghost types, why they linger, and how to investigate without fear.

by Hans Holzer 1997

4.00

879 ratings

👻 Ghost Hunting 🔬 Parapsychology 🕊️ Life After Death 🏚️ Haunted Houses 🌀 Poltergeists

Afterlife

by Colin Wilson • 1987

The evidence for survival, assembled from mediums, reincarnation studies, and near-death cases.

3.57

151

🔬 Parapsychology 👻 Afterlife Evidence ✨ Near-Death Experiences 🔄 Reincarnation Cases 🕯️ Mediumship

Afterlife

The evidence for survival, assembled from mediums, reincarnation studies, and near-death cases.

by Colin Wilson 1987

3.57

151 ratings

🔬 Parapsychology 👻 Afterlife Evidence ✨ Near-Death Experiences 🔄 Reincarnation Cases 🕯️ Mediumship

The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes

by Andrew Lycett • 2007

Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.

3.91

299

📚 Literary Biography 👑 Victorian England 🔍 Detective Fiction ⭐ Literary Celebrity 🎤 Public Intellectual

The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes

Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.

by Andrew Lycett 2007

3.91

299 ratings

📚 Literary Biography 👑 Victorian England 🔍 Detective Fiction ⭐ Literary Celebrity 🎤 Public Intellectual

Ghosts

by Roger Clarke • 2012

Ghosts have a natural history: five centuries of sightings show how the dead reflect the living.

3.54

1k+

👻 Paranormal History 🔎 Skeptical Inquiry 🎭 Ghost Hoaxes 💥 Poltergeist Cases 🏚️ Haunted Places

Ghosts

Ghosts have a natural history: five centuries of sightings show how the dead reflect the living.

by Roger Clarke 2012

3.54

1k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal History 🔎 Skeptical Inquiry 🎭 Ghost Hoaxes 💥 Poltergeist Cases 🏚️ Haunted Places

Hauntings

by Paul Roland • 2008

She testified from beyond the grave and her killer was convicted. What the famous hauntings reveal.

3.27

201

🏚️ Ghost Lore 🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏰 Haunted Locations 🧠 Parapsychology 🔮 Mediumship

Hauntings

She testified from beyond the grave and her killer was convicted. What the famous hauntings reveal.

by Paul Roland 2008

3.27

201 ratings

🏚️ Ghost Lore 🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏰 Haunted Locations 🧠 Parapsychology 🔮 Mediumship

Freeing the Captives

by Louise Ireland-Frey • 1999

Psychiatry failed them. A doctor tried spirit release, and they got better.

4.33

🧿 Spirit Possession 🕊️ Spirit Release 🔮 Hypnotherapy ⏳ Past Life Therapy 🧠 Transpersonal Psychology

Freeing the Captives

Psychiatry failed them. A doctor tried spirit release, and they got better.

by Louise Ireland-Frey 1999

4.33

18 ratings

🧿 Spirit Possession 🕊️ Spirit Release 🔮 Hypnotherapy ⏳ Past Life Therapy 🧠 Transpersonal Psychology

Chasing Evil

by John Edward • 2025

Cold cases, a serial killer, and a psychic: when evidence runs dry, the dead step in.

4.44

6k+

🕵️ Criminal Profiling 📁 Cold Case Files 🔮 Psychic Mediumship 👮 Law Enforcement Memoir 👻 After-Death Communication

Chasing Evil

Cold cases, a serial killer, and a psychic: when evidence runs dry, the dead step in.

by John Edward 2025

4.44

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Criminal Profiling 📁 Cold Case Files 🔮 Psychic Mediumship 👮 Law Enforcement Memoir 👻 After-Death Communication

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