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A book I read last year that may be of interest to anyone exploring "Is Death Really the End" is "The other side: an account of my experiences with Psychic Phenomena" by Bishop James Pike . I thought the book was excellent in describing contact with 'the departed', but having looked up Bishop Pike on Wiki I reckon this has to be one of the most reliable and objective explorations of the subject that I have come across. Bishop Pike took on the likes of McCarthy, JFK, and the Catholic Church, supported civil rights, gays and the ordination of women in 1950's and 1960's America. A Treasury Department lawyer before ww2 and a naval intelligence officer,he was not your gullible type, a self professed rationalist he made detailed transcripts/tapes with independent witness' of all his experiments or planned experiences in the paranormal. Largely dealing with clairvoyance you are left to draw your own conclusions, but he is not a fake or fantasist and definately not a Harry Price. Book seems to be out of print but 2nd hand copies may be available http://www.amazon.co.uk/Account-Experie ... B001UP6GRU