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Rabbit Hole · First published 1879; selected London Spiritualist Alliance reprint 1902 · English

Spirit-Identity

by William Stainton Moses (M. A. Oxon)

About this book

William Stainton Moses considers how a communication attributed to a spirit might be connected with an identifiable person. The book brings together reported cases and reflections on the evidence offered by names, personal details, messages and the circumstances of mediumistic experience.

Moses gives attention to the subjective side of those experiences as well as to the testimony of observers. The central problem is continuity of identity: what an investigator could recognize, what information might establish a connection, and how unfamiliar experiences might be interpreted. This complete London Spiritualist Alliance reprint preserves the historical text and its introductory material; the work originally appeared in 1879.