GHOST LAND 

or Researches Into the Mysteries of Occultism 

1897

GHOST LAND or Researches Into the Mysteries of Occultism 
Britten, Emma Hardinge 
Publisher: Progressive Thinker Publishing House, Chicago, IL, 1897. Second Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 358pp+ 22 pp publisher's catalog at rear. Original silver decorated red pebbled cloth, silver titling to spine and upper cover, patterned endpapers. Author's photo with tissue guard following title page.. Slight waer to the extremities of the covers. Paper crack on the front gutter. Strong binding. Some yellowing of the pages. Clean. Condition: Very Good.
Emma Hardinge Britten (1823-1899) was one of the most famous nineteenth century advocates of Spiritualism. She supposedly developed her psychic talents whilst employed by a secret quasi-Masonic fraternity as a medium whilst still a child. In adulthood she became one of six founding members of the Theosophical Society, and also founded an umbrella orgnanisation for Spiritualist groups: the Spiritualists National Union. She wrote a number of books, including Ghost Land, in which she tells of her spiritualist and occult experiences and beliefs through a series of autobiographical sketches.

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