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occultbot's review
Firstly, I’m thankful to have been able to read a physical copy of this essay from it’s time of publication in 1901. while it certainly still would’ve been an informative glimpse into the victorian occult renaissance, I have no doubt an e-book wouldn’t have afforded me the same experience .
The author of the essay argues his case for the survival of the personality prior to physical death (as well as our ability to correspond with the departed) based on numerous recounted personal experiences he lists throughout the book.
The entire essay is completely experience based and his somehow sensationalized yet casual recollection of events such as telepathy and precognition was unintentionally very funny (to me at least idk). He proves to be somewhat of an unreliable narrator ‘humoring’ skepticism by acknowledging it’s presence but basically rebutting it with ‘source; trust me bro’:
The author of the essay argues his case for the survival of the personality prior to physical death (as well as our ability to correspond with the departed) based on numerous recounted personal experiences he lists throughout the book.
The entire essay is completely experience based and his somehow sensationalized yet casual recollection of events such as telepathy and precognition was unintentionally very funny (to me at least idk). He proves to be somewhat of an unreliable narrator ‘humoring’ skepticism by acknowledging it’s presence but basically rebutting it with ‘source; trust me bro’:
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