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OverviewFirst English translation of Victor Hugo’s writings on his experiments in spiritualism • Reveals Hugo’s conversations with renowned discarnate entities such as Shakespeare, Plato, Galileo, and Jesus • Examines his contacts with aliens from the planets Mercury and Jupiter and the revelation that our entire universe is a quantum hologram • Discusses Hugo’s possible role as a grand master of the Priory of Sion During Victor Hugo’s exile on the Isle of Jersey, where he and his family and friends escaped the reign of Napoléon III, he conducted “table-tapping” séances, transcribing hundreds of channeled conversations with entities from the beyond. Among his discarnate visitors were Shakespeare, Plato, Hannibal, Rousseau, Galileo, Sir Walter Scott, and Jesus. According to the transcripts, Jesus, during his three visits, condemns Druidism, faults Christianity, and suggests a new religion with Hugo as its prophet. To the skeptic, some of the “conversations” may seem self-serving--at best, the subconscious wishes of the naïve participants. But author John Chambers places Hugo’s experiments firmly in the tradition of visionary literature and psychic exploration, aligning those experiences with the poetry of William Blake, the table-tapping experiences of the Fox sisters, and the channeled writings of the great modern-day Pulitzer Prize-winning poet James Merrill, whose spirits’ utterances uncannily resemble those of Hugo’s. Hugo’s transcriptions are the missing link between the early nineteenth century’s fascination with the kabbalistic Zohar, reincarnation, and the writings of the Illuminati and the rise of spiritualism and the societies for the study of psychic phenomena in the latter nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John ChambersPublisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company Imprint: Destiny Books,U.S. Edition: 2nd ed. Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9781594771828ISBN 10: 1594771820 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 27 February 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: “Victor the Grandiose” by Martin Ebon I Jersey Island: Setting for a Séance II Léopoldine Beckons III Channeling the Enemy IV When the Spirits Spoke Hungarian V The Shadow of the Sepulcher VI Hannibal Storms the Tapping Tables VII God’s Convict VIII André Chénier Loses His Head but Ends Up Keeping It IX William Shakespeare, Channeled and Translated X Metempsychosis Speaks XI Victor Hugo and the Zohar XII Martin Luther on Doubt XIII Other Voices, Other Rooms XIV The Secret Life of Animals XV Roarings of Ocean and Comet XVI The Lady in White XVII The Lion of Androcles XVIII Astral Voyage to the Planet Mercury XIX Planets of Punishment and Worlds of Reward XX “You Will Awaken Me in the Year 2000 . . .” XXI The United States of Europe XXII Victor Hugo, James Merrill, and William Blake: Three Visionaries, One Vision XXIII Galileo Explains the Inexplicable XXIV Joshua Brings Down More Walls XXV Jesus Christ Revises His Thinking XXVI The Jersey Spirits: Reality and Legacy Appendix: First Act of a Play Said to Be Channeled from William Shakespeare Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsSo what was Victor Hugo, then: ascended master or madman? If it's a sign of their ultimate sanity that visionaries faithfully, coherently, and effectively practice what they preach, without harming others, and indeed often helping others, then Victor Hugo was a sane man. , . . for those individuals who have an interest in either the works of Hugo, or the Spiritualism movement, this will become a valued addition to their library. It is eminently readable and very informative. This is a very well presented biography, focusing on the three years that Hugo spent conversing with the spirit world. There are transcripts included that make this book extremely interesting, and whatever conclusions you draw from the material presented, I assure you that you will be entertained, amused and will find yourself pondering the conversations included in this book. It is a fascinating volume of work, and one which, if you are interested in either the life of Victor Hugo or in the various forms of Spirit Contact that are documented, you will find this an important addition to your library. Author InformationJohn Chambers (1939-2017) had a Master of Arts in English degree from the University of Toronto and spent three years at the University of Paris. He was the author of Victor Hugo’s Conversations with the Spirit World, The Secret Life of Genius, and The Metaphysical World of Isaac Newton. He published numerous articles on subjects ranging from ocean shipping to mall sprawl to alien abduction and contributed essays to Forbidden Religion: Suppressed Heresies of the West. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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