A Psychical Experience. A Man Works for Help with Personalities in the Wider Life.
Boston, MA: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 126pp. Green cloth with gilt title, etc, to spine, and rules and publisher's symbol blind-stamped to cover. In her "Best Books On Spirit Phenomena" (1925) Henrietta Lovi wrote of Comstock and his work: "William C. Comstock, after forty years of active business life, developed a facility in receiving writing which according to his understanding — was dictated by spirit intelligences. Such communications form the basis of several books, a representative title being "Thought for help, from those who know men's need." These works comprise advice and explanation regarding the conduct of life, the statements varying incoherence and clearness. Certain of the messages the author sincerely believes came from some of the great minds of the past. While not suited to the needs of the uninitiated, believers will extract from this material portions which will mean increased understanding. Mr. Comstock in 1923, by selecting bits from his various volumes, commenting on the interpretation of these paragraphs, and describing hisexperience in psychical study, made a book useful and attractive in itself, and illuminating when applied in connection with his previous compilations. The title of this is 'A Psychical Experience; a man works for help with personalities in the wider life.'" Unfortunately the book has suffered a damp exposure at some stage in its early history: portions of the dust jacket are adhering to the front edges of both boards, there are brown tide marks starting barely visibly at about p. 65, but getting progressively worse throughout the volume and becoming very noticeable from p. 71 onwards (a photograph of two of the worst affected pages is included). Internally it is otherwise clean and tight, although due to the damp-staining it would only rate as G+. In the very shabby remains of the dust jacket (missing large sections, barely worth preserving, now protected by a mylar sleeve). Item #18328
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