New Books and Media

From the publisher's website: Silver Birch’s Medium emerges as a vivid, deeply researched portrait of Maurice Barbanell, the journalist‑turned‑medium whose voice helped shape twentieth‑century Spiritualism. Drawing on years of dedicated research, archivist and historian Nick Richbell reconstructs Barbanell’s journey from East London idealist to the steady hand behind Psychic News and the earthly channel for Silver Birch. Despite his profound influence, Maurice Barbanell has remained an overlooked figure in the development of Modern Spiritualism.

Further information at the publisher's website: White Crow Books.

From the publisher's website: During the years 1994-'97, depth psychotherapist Maureen B. Roberts experienced a series of fatefully impactful Dreams. The first involved Formula One racing legend Ayrton Senna, while the final Dreams featured Princess Diana. In July 1994, another powerful, precognitive Dream foreshadowed Maureen’s relationship with prominent Australian science fiction author Damien Broderick (who coined the term virtual reality). While they spent relatively little time together, for almost two years they corresponded regularly. These letters from the author, which amount to a colourful banquet of scholarly, anecdotal, personal, and psychospiritual reflections, shed light on how this unusual relationship became a challenging, mutually educational, yet eventually conflicted ‘dance of orbiting twin stars’ - one of the key images in the Dream. This uniquely intriguing book should appeal to lovers and students of science fiction, depth psychology, soul healing, transformational spiritual experiences, dreamwork, and philosophy (as the ‘love of wisdom’).

Further information at the publisher's website: 6th Books.

Review by Nemo C. Mörck.
 

For centuries, people across the world have reported encounters with the same mysterious figure: a woman dressed in white, appearing on lonely roads, in ruined castles, and among ancient landscapes. Beginning in Pembrokeshire, Wales, this book follows the trail of one of history's most enduring apparitions. But is the Lady in White a genuine ghost, or has her story become something far stranger a viral memory embedded deep within human consciousness? Blending folklore, eyewitness accounts, history, and paranormal investigation, The Lady in White, a Ghost or a Viral Memory? explores whether we are witnessing a restless spirit, or the power of a legend that refuses to die.

Review by Peter G. Maxwell-Stuart.

From the publisher's website: Paranormal researcher Ashley Knibb takes readers on a chilling, deeply personal journey through more than a decade of ghostly encounters, unexplained phenomena, and life-altering revelations at a historic English pub. The Royal Oak, located on the outskirts of Swanage, is no ordinary pub - those within whisper strange tales of apparitions, vanishing objects, and eerie sensations that blur the line between the seen and unseen.

Further information at the publisher's website: 6th Books.

Review by Peter McCue.
 

From the publisher's website: The Psi Enigma: When Anomalous Experiences Transcend the Everyday World explores one of science’s most fascinating frontiers: the study of psi phenomena including telepathy, precognition and mind– matter interactions.
While these phenomena remain controversial, recent research suggests current scientific paradigms may be too narrow to account for them. Professor Thomas Rabeyron draws on psychology, psychoanalysis, philosophy and physics to introduce the groundbreaking Orpheus Model – the first comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding psi.

Further information at the publisher's website: Routledge.

Review by Nemo C. Mörck.

From the publisher's website: When attorney-turned-psychic Nancy du Tertre traveled to St. Petersburg to train with Russia’s most renowned psychokinesis experts to learn how to bend metal with the mind, she discovered, that instead they were bending her mind. Her surreal descent into a strange world of Russian psychic training resembled both a Cold War science experiment and a psychological thriller.

In The Cult of the Occult: Falling Down the Russian Rabbit Hole, du Tertre takes readers deep into a shadowy Institute where the promise of learning to move objects with the mind is tangled with something far more sinister. The Institute keeps du Tertre and her fellow American colleague in a state of total isolation, locked in rooms for hours, deprived of meals, bathroom breaks, and often sleep, lied to about the training, blackmailed, and deliberately confused. At the center, is Roza, the mercurial second-in-command to the founder of the Institute, the so-called “wizard,” Vadim Medvedev. Roza’s method alternates between friendliness and heartless cruelty – classic prisoner methods used for interrogation and brain-washing.

Further information at the publisher's website: White Crow Books.

Review by Nemo C. Mörck.

From the publisher's website: Dimensión Paranormal ofrece una síntesis científica de las experiencias anómalas, desplazando los fenómenos de telepatía, precognición y psicoquinesia del mito al laboratorio. A través de décadas de investigación clínica, el Dr. Alejandro Parra analiza las fronteras de la consciencia y el enigma de la supervivencia biológica, devolviendo estos estados extraordinarios al terreno de la psicología académica con rigor y espíritu crítico. Esta obra se consolida como un manual esencial para profesionales y buscadores que exploran lo que la ciencia tradicional suele ignorar. Es una invitación directa a replantear nuestra realidad y a descubrir si lo paranormal es, sencillamente, una capacidad humana aún no cartografiada por nuestra especie. Parra cree que la parapsicología puede contribuir a este banco de datos e incluso puede tener un impacto en la sociedad y la cultura. Este libro preparará a los lectores hispanohablantes para seguir los futuros acontecimientos en el campo de la parapsicología a medida que se desarrollen y decidir por sí mismos el impacto que los acontecimientos sorprendentes y su estudio tienen en el mundo y en los intentos de la humanidad por comprenderlos. Stanley Krippner Journal of Scientific Exploration.

Further information at the publisher's website: Kier.

From the publisher's website: Have you ever noticed that libraries emanate a certain energy? If you've ever been alone in a library, chances are you've noticed a not-quite-empty feeling. This isn't surprising. From the constant flow of people, the echoing voices from authors on the shelves, and archives full of artifacts and records, libraries are inherently haunting spaces. There is no other place in society quite like the library, in fact, and their liminal nature might just serve as a beacon to the strange. It's no wonder that people experience anomalous phenomena in libraries around the world.

Further information at the publisher's website: Bloomsbury Academic.

From the publisher's website: The untold story of an iconoclastic scientist: a psychiatrist who dedicated his career to documenting consciousness after death. While Ian Stevenson (1918–2007) was an academic psychiatrist with a serious demeanor, right down to his three-piece suits and wingtip shoes, he made his name researching an unusual topic for a behavioral scientist: the afterlife. For over four decades, Stevenson traveled the globe investigating cases of reincarnation, apparitions, possessions, and near-death experiences. At the time of his death, Stevenson was widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in parapsychology, a field devoted to psychic phenomena and paranormal experiences.

Further information at publisher's website: University of Chicago Press.

Review by Nemo C. Mörck.

From the publisher's website: We measure the world with finite concepts such as up and down, left and right, dark and light, north and south, and so on. In this reality of many realities, our world is a quantum leap beyond our perceptions, so vast that it is understandable that we should feel safer mapping our perceptual plot of land in the universe. It is when we spend our lives nurturing the existence of that perceived plot of land that we lose sight of the vast valleys beyond, as we are convinced that plot is all there is. What if the parameters were all false?

Further information at the publisher's website: 6th Books.

Review by Ciaran Farrell.

From the back cover: Far from isolated incidents, ghostly experiences reveal a continuity that challenges the belief that ghosts are mere superstition, misinterpretations or hoaxes. Drawing from historical accounts, modern case studies, and firsthand investigations, this compelling work examines the patterns that suggest hauntings are not random but instead are deeply rooted in the fabric of human experience.

From shadowy figures emerging from closets and doorways to recurring apparitions tied to specific locations, this book uncovers striking consistencies that challenge conventional explanations. Are ghosts residual energy, intelligent entities, or something even more mysterious? Blending folklore, parapsychology, and cutting-edge theories, The Persistence of Ghosts delves into liminal spaces, the psychology of witnesses, and the enduring connection between reality and consciousness.

Review by Melvyn Willin.

From the publisher's website: How can science explain ghost sightings, psychic readings, or the feeling of presence in an empty room? This book explores eerie, unexplained experiences through the lens of neuroscience and psychology. With chapters on sleep paralysis, alien abductions, false memories, psychic readings, mystical experiences, and even zombies, it invites readers to examine how the brain generates strange sensations - and why we often interpret them as supernatural. Designed to spark curiosity and sharpen critical thinking, this book blends scientific insight with storytelling. It is perfect for students, educators, and curious readers alike. Whether you're a skeptic, a believer, or somewhere in between, you'll come away with a deeper understanding of how our brains shape belief.

Further information at: Cambridge University Press,

Review by Nemo C. Mörck.