Conversations with Eternity

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Conversations with Eternity
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AuthorJohn Chambers

Conversations with Eternity is a book by John Chambers, published from a series of notes by Victor Hugo. It "set out to present the Hugo family's table-turning seances in Marine-Terrace on the island of Jersey between 1853 and 1855". [1] Chambers translated the original notes, which dealt with themes of spirituality. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Conversations with Eternity By John Chambers". Victor Hugo Online. Archived from the original on 2006-02-12.
  2. Knut Rio (2010), Olaf H. Smedal (ed.), Hierarchy: Persistence and Transformation in Social Formations, Berghahn Books, ISBN   978-1-84545-490-6 , retrieved 4 April 2011
  3. Rob Brezsny (2009), Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings, North Atlantic Books, p. 262, ISBN   978-1-55643-818-9 , retrieved 4 April 2011