Talking With The Dead

The general public tends to think of séances and mediumship as fraudulent. Some few people may have vague doubts and think – perhaps even hope – that there are some “real” mediums that actually can connect and communicate with spirits of the deceased, but the majority of people have doubts. Yet just because it is easy to duplicate something in a fraudulent manner, does not mean that the real thing doesn’t exist. There has been a long history of people fooled by con artists pretending to be mediums, and bilking bereaved widows and widowers out of large sums of money, on the pretext of putting them in touch with their departed loved ones. Yet there have also been a large number of fraudulent insurance salesmen, bankers, politicians, television evangelical preachers, investment consultants, and more. There is life after death and it is possible to make contact with the Spirit World. It is also possible for many people – if not most – to themselves become mediums through whom such contact may be made. This book offers information on how to do so.

An introduction on how to communicate with deceased loved ones; methods that can be used by the ordinary person without special training. Although the history of Spiritualism revealed many frauds in its early days, there are today countless excellent mediums who can and have produced evidence showing the validity of contact. A number of mediums have appeared on television in weekly series, demonstrating immediate contact with the dead. John Edward, Lisa Williams, John Holland, James Van Praagh, Theresa Caputo, and others have shown millions of viewers that there is a continuation of life after that transition that we term "death". And it is not necessary to go to a professional medium or to take long and expensive training courses to make this contact. We all have the ability within us. Anyone who truly wishes to do so, can make contact with those no longer on this physical plane. This book shows exactly how to do it, and to do it safely. There is no fear of "possession" or of attracting undesirables. You can experience clairvoyance, psychometry, automatic writing, table tipping, spirit boards, and more.

In 1962 Raymond Buckland came to the United States from England, where he’d written comedy scripts and was personal scriptwriter for a popular British comedian. Raymond has had nearly seventy books published (fiction and non-fiction), with nearly three million copies in print and translated into seventeen foreign languages. He has received awards for his work and his books are featured in several national book clubs. He served as Technical Director for movies, working with Orson Wells, Vincent Price, John Carradine, and William Friedkin (director of The Exorcist). Raymond has lectured at colleges and universities across the country and has been the subject of articles in such newspapers and magazines as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, New York Sunday News, National Observer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Look Magazine, Cosmopolitan, True, and many others. He has appeared on numerous national television and radio talk shows, including The Dick Cavett Show, The Tomorrow Show (with Tom Snyder), Not For Women Only (with Barbara Walters), The Virginia Graham Show, The Dennis Wholey Show, The Sally Jessy Raphaël Show, and has been seen on BBC-TV, England, RAI-TV, Italy, and CBC-TV, Canada. He has appeared extensively on stage in England and played small character parts in movies in America. He has taught courses at colleges and universities and been a featured speaker at conferences and workshops. He teaches at Lily Dale Assembly, NY, and Camp Chesterfield, IN; two of the world’s largest Spiritualist communities. He is listed in a number of reference works including Contemporary Authors, Who’s Who In America, Men of Achievement, and International Authors’ and Writers’ Who’s Who. His recent books include The Spirit Book (Visible Ink Press), Buckland’s Book of Spirit Communications (Llewellyn), the novels Golden Illuminati (Pendraig), and Atomic Sunrise (Galde Press). A prolific author, Raymond Buckland is currently writing two series of Victorian mysteries. Today he lives on a small farm in north-central Ohio.