"The Spirit of Charles Dickens" from "Talks with the Dead" edited by John Lobb. London: 1907. New revised edition
Born 1812, passed on 1870, leaving his last novel, “Edwin Drood,” incomplete, which was finished through a medium at the close of the year 1873 after his entrance into spirit life. [John Lobb]
John Lobb (1840-1921) was a British businessman and public figure who became active in the cause of spiritualism. Lobb became a lay preacher in the Methodist ministry and campaigned on behalf of spiritualism; lecturing, writing and publishing on survival of personality after death, spirit photography, and materialization, among other things.
Lobb first published “Talks with the Dead: Luminous Rays from the Unseen World, Illustrated with Spirit Photographs” in 1906 in a limited edition of 2000 copies. They sold so quickly a new edition was inevitable. In his new preface, Lobb claims to have witnessed over 800 manifestations, "received messages from their spirit lips, been amazed at their intimate knowledge of my early life, have felt the touch of their celestial hands.” In spite of its ludicrous claims and phony-looking “spirits,” the book was considered one of the foremost literary works on spiritualism (a sad account of man’s gullibility). Nine editions of “Talks with the Dead” were published between 1906 and 1909.
"The Spirit of Charles Dickens" from "Talks with the Dead" edited by John Lobb. London: 1907. New revised edition
Born 1812, passed on 1870, leaving his last novel, “Edwin Drood,” incomplete, which was finished through a medium at the close of the year 1873 after his entrance into spirit life. [John Lobb]
John Lobb (1840-1921) was a British businessman and public figure who became active in the cause of spiritualism. Lobb became a lay preacher in the Methodist ministry and campaigned on behalf of spiritualism; lecturing, writing and publishing on survival of personality after death, spirit photography, and materialization, among other things.
Lobb first published “Talks with the Dead: Luminous Rays from the Unseen World, Illustrated with Spirit Photographs” in 1906 in a limited edition of 2000 copies. They sold so quickly a new edition was inevitable. In his new preface, Lobb claims to have witnessed over 800 manifestations, "received messages from their spirit lips, been amazed at their intimate knowledge of my early life, have felt the touch of their celestial hands.” In spite of its ludicrous claims and phony-looking “spirits,” the book was considered one of the foremost literary works on spiritualism (a sad account of man’s gullibility). Nine editions of “Talks with the Dead” were published between 1906 and 1909.