Death and Its Mystery: Before Death

About this book

A person dreams of a death before hearing the news. Another seems to know what is happening far away. Camille Flammarion collects such reports and asks whether consciousness can sometimes cross the boundaries of distance and ordinary sensation.

In the first volume of Death and Its Mystery, Flammarion examines premonitions, apparent telepathy and other unusual experiences. The accounts are often intimate, involving family members who fear for one another or hear news of a sudden loss. His attempt to assemble evidence is part of the history of psychical research, though the phenomena remain unverified.