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'Derek is the model of the modern medium.' – The Guardian Weekend
'Acorah is regarded by some as the most inspirational living medium in the UK'. – Independent
'Derek [is] now the country's best-known ghost hunter.' – The Sun
‘Britain's best-known medium…….Acorah is a thoroughly modern medium.’ – The Express 15th Sept 05
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The UK's number one TV psychic is back with a fascinating and compelling guide to ghost hunting. With tips and hints on tools, locations, and types of spirit activity a budding ghost hunter might encounter, Acorah provides a remarkable guide with plenty of brilliant and absorbing stories of his own encounters.
Derek Acorah, well-known from the television programme "Most Haunted," has written a guide to ghosts that will fulfil your every ghost-related desire! Whether you want to find your very own ghost, learn more about how Derek does it, or just share more of Derek's exciting experiences with the spirit world, Ghost Hunting With Derek Acorah is sure to satisfy you!
Along with numerous entertaining and occasionally frightening true-life accounts of Derek's own experiences with ghosts, Ghost Hunting With Derek Acorah will give you intriguing insights into Derek's world and the world of the spirits.
The book contains:
- Information of different types of ghost you may encounter, such as residual energy, anniversary ghosts, poltergeists and the spirit people.
- Hints on how to prepare and what tools to use.
- Where to go to find ghosts, with examples of some of the best places to find a ghost in the UK such as Chingle Hall, Goosnargh, Rufford Old Hall, Ormskirk, Lancs, Speke Hall, Liverpool, and Smithills Hall, Bolton, Lancashire.
- Information on which ghosts you might encounter and their history.
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I personally am a great admirer of Derek's work, but sceptics should also give this a chance; it may just change their minds...
The book is very nicely layed out with chapters devoted to particular ghostly topics such as ghosts in the home, workplace and a few other less ordinary places such as theatres.
The final few chapters provide very useful information and helpful tips about how to try and track down some of those elusive ghosts yourself and list some of the places that Derek has been too that have provided plenty of paranornmal activity.
Especially at this price, you really should definately pick this up. You really won't regret it, whether you're a believer or a sceptic.
Unfortunately most of the book was taken up by relaying well known ghost stories about famous haunted places.
There are a few (but obvious) ghost hunting tips, such as take a torch and camera !
The book very briefly touches on different forms of spirit contact in laymans terms ie: ouiji boards, table tipping, but doesn't go in depth at all.
Also some of Dereks own stories from giving people readings- none were terribly interesting or entertaining.
I disliked Dereks constant referring to his "Tv work" and his "other book" throughout the book- it just seemed he was always trying to sell and prove himself.
A boring and disapointing read.
Derek fans might disagree, but I learned nothing new or interesting from this book.
Derek talks about situations where there was no haunting at all, and it was all a hoax set up by people for one reason or another. He has a chapter discussing Ouija boards, and in Chapter discusses poltergeists who often appear at the home of a child in early puberty, who is experiencing anxiety or frustration, Derek relates one or two events of this sort that he has been called in to observe and if possible solve.
He explains the different how Ghostly Communication such as Seances, Table tilting, Dowsing rods and pendulums, Scrying, Automatic writing and the Tarot.
Then he describes the different locations where he has come across ghostly activity such as Haunted Hotels, the Workplace, our Homes , theatres and night clubs. There is a fascinating section of ghosts of animals. As Derek explains, animals too have spirits and pass into the spiritual realm after death and have life experiences which are reenacted.
There is a really interesting chapter on Ghosts of long ago, where Derek talks about his visits to places such as Vale Royal Abbey, Smithill Hall and Pompeii, and experienced psychic reenactments of the past.
A bonus of the book were the beautiful poems I discovered by a friend of the Acorah's Patricia Smith, who after reading this book has become one of my favourite poets! She writes a tragic poem about the Holocaust following Derek's visit to Ann Frank House and heartwarming poem about the spirits of departed pets called the 'Paw on the Stair.
In the book not only does Derek give information on haunted locations for budding ghost hunters to... Read more
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