Introduction

Those who have attended a séance and actually experienced the moving of a glass seemingly of its own accord, as it spells out a message by moving towards specific letters placed around a table, usually find this quite a disturbing experience. What is more, they generally remain convinced that no one present was exercising undue physical pressure and thereby causing the glass to move. Hidden forces must have been at work.

If this is indeed so - and if, likewise, the experiments carried out by serious researchers, during which tables were seen to levitate without being lifted by anyone in any way, are genuine - then there may indeed be mysterious forces that perhaps regularly shape our lives in all sorts of different ways without us being aware of it.

Might it even be possible for some to harness such power so that they can wage wars psychically, as it is thought that a few gifted Soviets did at one time in order to gain access to secret information? Can mass hysteria perhaps be produces in a similar way, enabling such evil-mongers as Hitler to gain widespread influence? What sort of force is it that has enabled some of the greatest mediums of all time to perform such horrific tricks as the stopping of the beating of a frog's heart simply by staring at it intently? Is it actually possible to create an object, or even a live creature, straight out of the ether, as it were? Some people even claim to be able to see the aura around you that it quite invisible to ordinary folk but which apparently reveals an enormous amount, by virtue of its colour and intensity, about your health and state of mind. Kirlean photography can produce an image of the aura; but a few remarkable individuals say they can see it with the naked eye. Further astonishing phenomena are about to be revealed ...