Thirty Years Among the Dead
- Los Angeles: National Psychological Institute, 1924
Los Angeles: National Psychological Institute, 1924. First Edition. Near Fine/Good. First edition. 390 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering. Former owner's bookplate on paste down, else Fine. In the rare dust jacket, chipped at the head with a circular tear in the spine, a few other small tears.
A spiritualist work on the afterlife, mediumship, and psychic/paranormal phenomena by a Swedish-born born psychiatrist with impressive credentials who turned away from conventional medicine and science in the early 20th century, believing that "obsessing spirits" were behind mental disturbances. This book was often referenced in occult circles for its examples of "possession" by evil forces.
Details
Title
Thirty Years Among the Dead
Author
Wickland, Carl
Publisher
National Psychological Institute: Los Angeles
Date
1924
Edition
First Edition