Book cover of Presence: The Strange Science and True Stories of the Unseen Other

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In this enthralling book, Ben Alderson-Day explores one of the most curious experiences known to humankind: the universal, disturbing sense that someone or something is there when we are alone - the feeling of an unseen presence.

When and why do presences emerge? What does this feeling mean and where…


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1 author picked Presence as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book covers all forms of this subject, from people feeling that they are not alone, to talking to unseen presences as in the case of explorers in the arctic wastes or climbing mountains. It also doesn't shy away from mediumship (is there anybody there?), even though this is a scientific attempt to understand the phenomena

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