Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World - Robert Dale Owen - Bog

""Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World"" is a book written by Robert Dale Owen, originally published in 1860. It is a collection of essays and personal accounts of supernatural experiences and paranormal phenomena, including ghostly apparitions, premonitions, and messages from the dead. The author, a prominent social reformer and spiritualist, uses these stories to argue for the existence of an afterlife and the possibility of communication with the deceased. The book also includes discussions of various spiritualist practices and beliefs, as well as critiques of skeptics and critics of the movement. Overall, ""Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World"" provides a fascinating glimpse into the world of spiritualism and the Victorian era's fascination with the supernatural.1859. Contents Book I. Preliminary: Statement of the Subject; The Impossible; The Miraculous; The Improbable. Contents Book II. Touching Certain Phases of Sleep: Sleep in General; and Dreams. Contents Book III. Disturbances Popularly Termed Hauntings: General Character of the Phenomena; Narratives; and Summing Up. Contents Book IV. Of Appearances Commonly Called Apparitions: Touching Hallucination; Apparitions of the Living; and Apparitions of the Dead. Contents Book V. Indications of Personal Interferences: Retribution; and Guardianship. Contents Book VI. The Suggested Results: The Change at Death.5This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.