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It is now more than a century since serious research into ostensible paranormal phenomena began. Read the first page
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Many other books apparently discussing the evidence for an afterlife are not presented in a fair, balanced manner with either an uncritical author selecting just the seeming wonders or the hardened sceptic author selecting cases of fraud or self-deception as somehow representative of all cases ... often only the preferred half of the story is being told.
Fontana presents the cases past and more recent in a balanced and fair manner, giving both the intriguing evidence that remains hard to explain away, nor avoiding the suspicions, problems or claims of fraud/self deception often made by sceptics, non present commentators or revisionists. The information is discussed in such a manner that the reader is left to make up his or her own mind, however this is not to suggest Fontana's opinion is neutral, nor should it be, after 30 years of psychical research and personal observation, his experience indicates that the best explanation is that some paranormal phenomena is real
Throughout the book Fontana convincingly casts doubt that 'Super-ESP' is a valid alternate explanation of such afterlife phenomena. Super-ESP is a popular theory amongst some parapsychologists that all psychic phenomena suggestive of survival is really just a human interpretation of unconscious ESP (extra sensory perception), a mind to mind transfer of information involving only earthly minds in our world. Yet Fontana shows that Super-ESP theory seldom fits the actual reports in psychical research that well, pointing out that parapsychology (looking for human ESP ability) has rarely if ever found evidence of strong enough ESP or PK (psychokinesis) under human conscious or unconscious control to satisfactorily explain much stronger if rarer psychic phenomena reported in this book and witnessed by Fontana and other psychical researchers under controlled conditions. Nor can these be easily dismissed as trickery, as often in past magicians were present who found none and other critics or magicians have often declined to try and replicate the claimed phenomena under the exactly the same conditions as serious researchers. .
This is surely one of the best books written on afterlife paranormal phenomena and very much needed as today opinions have often been slanted by cynical sceptics or the overly keen believers in almost any claim being made.
On the final pages the book closes with David Fontana's opinion based on many years of research... .... 'Psychic abilities are a matter of fact, not of belief. What they are and what they mean for our view of reality is another matter, but one cannot dismiss them as fiction and yet retain credibility as an unbiased observer'
Fontana's professionalism, experience, knowledge and wisdom shine through.
The author's approach tends towards the conservative, always exploring alternative explanations where applicable. However, he doesn't shy away from drawing a firm conclusion in the book's final chapter.
This excellent overview will probably remain the benchmark work for many years to come.
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