|
The Supreme Adventure: Analyses of Psychic Communications
Meticulously compiled from a wide variety of sources, this analysis of personal testimonies of the experience of death and survival was first published in 1961, and remains an important work in the field of psychical research.
ISBN-13: 9780227676066 |
While religious faith, at least that which is of the orthodox type, appears to be on the decline and church attendance fall, the great experience of death which all men must undergo continues to intrigue many who seldom, if ever, cross the threshold of a church. In this meticulously compiled volume, Dr. Robert Crookall, an eminent scientist who is also a student of psychical research, has brought together, from a great many different sources, what appear to be the personal testimonies of the experiences of death and survival. Taken together they form an impressive body of evidence on a topic where opinion is frequently expressed but evidence seldom considered: what we have here an entirely new kind of evidence. The success of the first edition of this book, published in 1961, has led to the issue of this revised and updated edition.
"Dr Crookall has sifted the vast literature of the subject with exceptional thoroughness ... The volume offers plenty of material for anyone who wishes to arrive at an informed opinion in a field where strong opinions are not always well-informed."
The Observer
"One of the most important books dealing with evidence for survival to appear in a long time. This book is to be strongly recommended."
The Greater World
"The appearance of Dr Crookall's The Supreme Adventure is to be hailed as a landmark ... This is a profoundly important and invaluable book. It is a must for all students, whether learned or simple."
Psychic News
"An exhaustive research, scientifically approached but easy to read ... has done the field of parapsychology a favour."
Fate Magazine
"He builds up a consistent picture of the process of dying and the experiences hereafter."
Church of England Newspaper
"Very informative and a good example of what unbiased study of the facts can achieve."
Yours Fraternally
Robert Crookall, born in 1890, was educated at Westminster College, London, and Bristol University. He graduated with first-class honours in Chemistry, Botany and Psychology. After taking his Ph.D. he lectured at Aberdeen University. He then joined the staff of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, specialising in coal-forming plants. He helped in the search for new coal-bearing areas, which work culminated in the publication of a monograph on Fossil Plants of the Carboniferous Rocks of Great Britain (1955-70), the standard work on the subject. He was awarded a Doctorate in Science in 1930. Crookall resigned from his geological work in 1952 in order to devote the rest of his life to psychological studies.
Other titles available by Robert Crookall:
Intimations of Immortality
James Clarke and Co
PO Box 60, Cambridge, CB1 2NT, England
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 350865 Fax: +44 (0) 1223 366951
email: publishing@jamesclarke.co.uk
