Book Recommendation: The Supreme Adventure

Title: The Supreme Adventure Author: Crookall Year: 1961 Description: This was one of Michael Tymn's top picks for 1954-1971 books about life after death. Best Amazon Review: This is one of the most convincing books ever written on Spiritualism . . . Crookall gathered together an incredible collection of books on psychic communications, literally thousands of books from around the world in many languages going back several centuries. His hypothesis was that should these books be based on fraud, there would be no correlation between the events portrayed in them. Astonishingly, what he demonstrates is that the experiences in a mediumistic seance ARE the same, the world over, regardless of culture, language, or time period. The only explanations are: (1) there has been a worldwide conspiracy by thousands of mediums the world over going back many centuries, if not millennia, to always make sure they create the same experience, or (2), the experiences reported in the many books quoted really took place. On the basis of the various information on how people reported feeling after death, Crookall breaks down the various experiences of death, depending on how it occurred. For example, soldiers killed in action, or young people killed suddenly and unexpectedly, generally report no break in consciousness. They see their bodies lying on the ground from a height, or they continue the charge with their fellow soldiers only to realize after a while that they have no body. On the other hand, people who die slowly on their death

beds of old age or disease lose consciousness for 3 days, during which time they cannot be contacted by a medium. However, those who were blown into bits by bomb explosions lost consciousness for several weeks before 'coming round'. Almost all (except those instantly killed) report the 'life flashing before their eyes' experience, when life's experiences and sensations come rushing back in a rushed but detailed review of one's time on earth. I'd strongly advise this book to any sceptics, along with all of Arthur Findlay's books.