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927:John Edward
827:Dan Aykroyd
643:Hill, p.208
625:Hill, p.168
407:Soul flight
334:Theosophist
150:Psychometry
1544:Categories
1514:Amy Tanner
1369:Carl Hertz
1107:Bert Reese
1022:Cecil Husk
972:Rita Goold
756:Mediumship
564:Hill, p.36
515:Hill, p.44
502:0810394898
448:References
208:Paranormal
140:Mediumship
75:mediumship
1555:Spiritism
1162:Ena Twigg
977:Jan Guzyk
957:Colin Fry
741:Ectoplasm
712:spiritism
402:Shamanism
357:Afterlife
304:lessons.
188:Shamanism
173:Afterlife
134:Practices
122:Spiritism
59:afterlife
1252:Skeptics
397:Paradise
372:Exorcism
351:See also
85:a series
83:Part of
51:movement
308:History
198:Psychic
193:Animism
71:trances
67:séances
53:in the
47:spirits
801:Theism
761:SĂ©ance
726:Apport
582:
533:
499:
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387:Heaven
302:karmic
298:Heaven
213:Occult
107:Spirit
377:Ghost
339:Yet,
322:truth
218:Ouija
63:death
710:and
580:ISBN
531:ISBN
497:ISBN
467:ISBN
382:Hell
294:Hell
37:The
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87:on
69:,
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