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A book written by the spirits of the so-called dead

Also known as A book written by the spirits of the so-called dead, with their own materialized hands by the process of independent slate-writing through Mrs. Lizzie S. Green and others as mediums

by Carl Gustaf Helleberg (Compiler)

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

"A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead" by Carl Gustav Helleberg is a spiritualist publication written in the late 19th century. This work compiles communications purportedly received from disembodied spirits through mediums, focusing on the nature of life after death, spiritual insights, and experiences in the spiritual realm, engaging with notable figures like Emanuel Swedenborg. The opening of this intriguing book provides an introduction from the author, Carl Gustav Helleberg, who outlines his background and motivations for compiling these spirit communications. He shares that the messages were transcribed during sittings with various mediums, particularly Mrs. Lizzie S. Green, revealing how these spirits convey valuable wisdom and insights about existence beyond the physical world. Helleberg expresses his hopes that these messages will enlighten readers and ease their skepticism about the spiritual realm, setting the stage for deeper explorations into the nature of life, death, and the interconnectedness of souls. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Parapsychology and psychical research and Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling.

  • Controlled discovery queries from project-gutenberg matched “spiritualism”. Retained metadata contains “Mediums” in the alternative title, “Mediums” in the description, “Spiritualism” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • spiritualism· via Project Gutenberg
    • Mediums· in alternative title
    • Mediums· in description
    • Spiritualism· in subject
    • Mediums· in edition title
  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary matched “Psychical research”. Retained metadata contains “Psychical research” in the subject metadata.

    • Psychical research· via Internet Archive
    • Psychical research· via Open Library
    • Psychical research· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 7 editions; 3 cataloged here.

A book written by the spirits of the so-called dead, with their own materialized hands by the process of independent slate-writing through Mrs. Lizzie S. Green and others as mediums

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1883-01-01T00:00:00ZCincinnatiEnglishPublic digitized item

Open Library record

1883EnglishPublic

Project Gutenberg electronic edition

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2011-05-01Project GutenbergEnglishPublic domain (USA)

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Robarts - University of Toronto
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: toronto
  • Open Library reports 7 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
  • Scanner: scribe15
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL251913W
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