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POSTHUMOUS HUMANITY: A Study Of Phantoms by Adolphe D’Assier 1981 H/C

by Adolphe D’Assier

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First edition

This is the scarce 1981 Wizards Bookshelf edition of Adolphe d'Assier's Posthumous Humanity, released as part of their highly collectible Secret Doctrine Reference Series. Originally written in 1883 by d'Assier (a member of the Bordeaux Academy of Sciences), this unique work attempts to ground paranormal phenomena into a structured scientific framework. Rather than dismissing accounts of phantoms, doppelgängers, lycanthropy, and vampires, d'Assier uses the concepts of "magnetic fluid" and the mesmeric ether to analyze the "post-mortuary personality." This edition features the definitive English translation and extensive annotations by Colonel Henry S. Olcott, President-Founder of the Theosophical Society. It includes Olcott's valuable appended survey examining traditional Indian beliefs regarding the post-mortem journey of the human soul. A beautiful, high-quality, and increasingly uncommon reference copy for serious libraries of the occult, theosophy, and early psychical research.

  • Publisher: Wizards Bookshelf
  • Year: 1981
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 9780913510360
  • Condition: Very Good

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