Practical Guide to the Investigation of Spiritualism, Healing, and the Occult Sciences book cover
Rabbit Hole · 1898 expanded anniversary edition · en

Practical Guide to the Investigation of Spiritualism, Healing, and the Occult Sciences

by George W. Walrond

About this book

George W. Walrond’s compact guide introduces the Spiritualist and occult subjects he taught and practiced in the late nineteenth century. Definitions of Spiritualism and mediumship lead into his account of investigation, séance conditions, and the development of abilities he describes as clairvoyance, psychometry, and intuition. This anniversary edition of 1898 expands earlier versions with additional material on occult training and astrology.

Other sections outline the book’s ideas about magnetic healing, hypnotism, palmistry, zodiacal correspondences, and practical success. A concluding collection of quotations presents testimony Walrond regarded as supportive of psychic phenomena. The original covers also preserve his school and literature advertisements, giving readers a view of the commercial and educational setting in which this short guide circulated.