Ghost Land; or, Researches into the Mysteries of Occultism

About this book

An unnamed investigator moves between séances, occult teachers and inexplicable encounters, claiming to have seen forces hidden from the rest of the world. The first-person account has the intimacy of autobiography, although its central experiences cannot be independently checked.

Ghost Land ranges across mesmerism, séance rooms, spirit appearances, travel and supposed magical practice. Emma Hardinge Britten supplies an introduction and editorial commentary to the extraordinary first-person claims. The episodes follow one another with the energy of an occult adventure, while their historical reliability remains difficult to assess.