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Rating: 2.5 / 5

Speak with the Dead, seven methods of spirit communication.

by, Konstantinos.

Synopsis:

Modern technology has given us powerful new tools for an age-old dream: seeing and speaking with the dead. Using things you probably already own - such as a camcorder, computer, or tape recorder - you can contact departed loved ones or other spirits, record their images and voices, and establish two-way communications between the worlds. Speak with the Dead also details the more traditional methods of seance, trance, and scrying. You don’t have to be a “techie” or an occultist to use any of these techniques. This book will guide you to one of the most awe-inspiring experiences you’ll ever have - making contact with deceased loved ones and other souls.

Speak with the Dead is the first book in the modern marketplace to focus on practical, usable techniques for communicating with spirits. This book shows you seven methods for spirit contact:

-catching Electronic Voice Phenomena on tape -using radio noise to provide spirits with a voice -capturing ghostly images on videotape -letting spirits use your computer or telephone -scrying, establishing telepathic contact with the dead, and holding a seance

Sounds great, right? So why the mediocre rating, James? At first read, this is a great book. It contains methods for the technical experimenter as well as spiritual methods for the mroe esoteric researcher. This book takes the reader from basic tape recorder EVP methods to more advanced video methods, and into psychic experiments and seance procedures. This book has a lot of good content for the entry-level researcher, and has a lot of good background information regarding EVP and experiment preliminaries. So what’s the problem?

For me, the problem came after a visit to the author’s website. Not only ill-designed to the point of insanity, his website offers very little in the way of interesting content. At first visit, I was greeted with a spooky-looking goth photo of Konstantinos accompanied by some rather annoying music. After searching for the ‘mute’ button to no avail, I finally just turned down the volume. In his book, Konstantinos claims to have examples of EVP on his site…this of course, is what I was after. I found them (much to my dismay)… While the EVP samples are provided with interpretations, I found them to be noise at best. Beyond these colossal disappointments, there wasn’t much else on the site at all (not that I would remember beyond the shock of my visit).

So, is this book worth a read? Absolutely! As always, though, take it wit a grain of salt and remember that no one is truly an expert on such subjects. Anyone who claims to have a ‘how-to’ guide to the paranormal, doesn’t.

Thanks for taking the time…

-Cap’n Casper

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