The Persistence of the Soul

Mediums, Spirit Visitations, and Afterlife Communication

Mark Ireland

• Publisher: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9781644117194
• Edition: 0

Compelling evidence for afterlife messages backed by scientific research • Presents detailed accounts of experiments conducted to obtain evidence for the survival of consciousness after death, including the author's own test involving a secret message left behind by his late sister• Shares interviews with mediums to understand how they receive information from the spirit world and explains how to recognize fraudulent mediums• Explores the healing impact that afterlife communications can have on people who are grievingAfter the unexpected passing of his youngest son, Mark Ireland began a search for messages from the afterlife and discovered remarkable proof of life after death.Interweaving profound personal experience and compelling scientific evidence, Ireland presents a deep dive into psychic-medium phenomena, spirit visitations, afterlife communication, reincarnation, synchronicity, and near-death experiences, pointing to the survival of consciousness after bodily death. He details how he confronted his resistance to engaging in the spiritual and parapsychological practices of his deceased father, prominent 20th-century psychic Dr. Richard Ireland, who counseled celebrities such as Mae West and the Eisenhower family. On his journey, he meets with respected mediums who deliver unexpected messages from his son, father, and others who have passed and explores the healing impact that such messages can have on people who are grieving. He shares his interviews with mediums to understand how they see, hear, and feel the information they receive from the spirits of the deceased, and he explains how to recognize fraudulent mediums. Ireland presents detailed accounts of scientific experiments conducted to obtain evidence for the continuity of consciousness, including the author's own test involving a secret message left behind by his deceased sister, Robin. The contents of this message were unknown to any living person and remained sealed in an envelope until the author received messages from a group of mediums. He exposes deceptive arguments made by skeptics and examines mediumship through the lens of multiple religious traditions—including some factions who seek to demonize the practice. Showing how spirit communication can be undeniably accurate and frustratingly ambiguous, Ireland reveals the profound healing and transformative possibilities available to those who come to believe in the persistence of the soul.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• A Note to Readers
• Introduction: The Catalyst
• 1 The “Why”
• 2 The Next Phase
• 3 Seeing Things Differently
• 4 Does Good Mediumship Prove Survival?
• 5 The Skeptical Neurosis
• 6 Interviews with Two Psychic-Mediums
• 7 Psychic Phenomena and Mediumship in Religion and History
• 8 Reflections on Reincarnation
• 9 Life as Richard’s Son
• 10 “That’s So Random”
• 11 Unfoldment
• 12 Robin’s Flight
• 13 The Combination-Lock Experiment
• 14 A Reading to Remember
• 15 It’s Up to You
• 16 Finding a Credible Medium
• Postscript: Letter from Richard Ireland to His Dying Father, 1962
• Appendix: More Signs: Reports of Synchronicity and After-Death Communication
• References
• Index
• About the Author
• Books of Related Interest
• About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
• Backcover