Stephen E. Braude is Emeritus Professor and former Chair of Philosophy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Scientific Exploration. Prof. Braude is the recipient of numerous grants, fellowships, and awards, including Research Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the BIAL Foundation in Portugal, as well as the Distinguished Achievement Award from the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, and the F.W.H. Myers Memorial Medal from the Society for Psychical Research. He has published six other books and more than 100 book chapters and essays in philosophical and scientific journals.

Chapter 1 Preliminaries Chapter 2 Drop-In Communicators Chapter 3 Trance Mediumship Chapter 4 The Case of Sharada: Psychopathology and Xenoglossy Chapter 5 The Case of Patience Worth Chapter 6 Reincarnation and Possession Chapter 7 Lingering Spirits Chapter 8 Out-of-Body Experiences Chapter 9 Conclusion