Apparitions is an absorbing and authoritative exploration of a subject long obscured by superstition and fear the sensory hallucination, or apparition. The author, past presi dent of England’s famed Society for Psychical Research, offers logical, impartial explanations for phenomena too often dismissed as ”
‘supernatural.” He demonstrates effec-
tively that scientific investigation of apparitions can make a big contribution to our understanding of the human mind and personality.