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![]() | The Psychic Detectives (1984) The Story of Psychometry and Paranormal Crime Detection A non fiction book by Colin Wilson |
Publisher's Weekly
At the outset it should be stated that this book by the author of The Occult and The Outsider is only tangentially about paranormal crime detection, and is not for true crime buffs. While focusing on psychometry, Wilson surveys parapsychological phenomena with emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Psychometry, which is closely related to telepathy and clairvoyance, involves the psychic's touching of an object or, in some instances, only being in the presence of an object, and ''reading'' that object's history or the history of a person closely associated with it. The phenomenon, according to the author, has applications to police work and has been successful in archeological studies. But emerging from Wilson's admitted ''bewildering array of facts'' are his devout faith in poltergeists, spiritualism, dowsing and related areas, and his intention to convert skeptics.
At the outset it should be stated that this book by the author of The Occult and The Outsider is only tangentially about paranormal crime detection, and is not for true crime buffs. While focusing on psychometry, Wilson surveys parapsychological phenomena with emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Psychometry, which is closely related to telepathy and clairvoyance, involves the psychic's touching of an object or, in some instances, only being in the presence of an object, and ''reading'' that object's history or the history of a person closely associated with it. The phenomenon, according to the author, has applications to police work and has been successful in archeological studies. But emerging from Wilson's admitted ''bewildering array of facts'' are his devout faith in poltergeists, spiritualism, dowsing and related areas, and his intention to convert skeptics.
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Hardback Editions
January 1992 : Hardback
| Title: Psychic Detectives Author(s): Colin Wilson ISBN: 0-916515-03-6 / 978-0-916515-03-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Mercury House Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1991 : Hardback
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January 1989 : Hardback
| Title: The Psychic Detectives : The Story of Psychometry and Paranormal Crime Detection Author(s): Colin Wilson Publisher: Mercury House Availability: Amazon More details... |
January 1987 : Hardback
| Title: The Psychic Detectives Author(s): Colin Wilson Publisher: Berkley Availability: Amazon More details... |
January 1985 : Hardback
| Title: The Psychic Detectives: The Story of Psychometry and Paranormal CrimeDetection Author(s): Colin Wilson Publisher: Unknown Availability: Amazon More details... |
Paperback Editions
February 1989 : Paperback
| Title: The Psychic Detectives Author(s): Colin Wilson ISBN: 0-916515-06-0 / 978-0-916515-06-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Mercury House Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 1987 : Paperback
| Title: Psychic Detectives Author(s): Colin Wilson ISBN: 0-425-10015-4 / 978-0-425-10015-8 (USA edition) Publisher: G P Putnam's Sons Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1984 : Paperback
| Title: The Psychic Detectives: Story of Psychometry and the Paranormal in Crime Detection Author(s): Colin Wilson ISBN: 0-330-28119-4 / 978-0-330-28119-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Macmillan Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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