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Published June 26, 2009
THE
SECRET LIFE OF GENIUS
How 24
Great Men and Women Were
Touched
by Spiritual Worlds
by
John Chambers
ISBN-13: 978-1-59477-272-6 / ISBN-10: 1-59477-272-X. Quality
Paperback. July 1, 2009. 6’x 9’. 336 pp. 24 b&w illustrations.
Imprint: Destiny Books. Inner Traditions/Bear & Co., P.O. Box 388,
Rochester, VT 05767. 1-800-246-8648 / (802) 767-3174,
Fax: (802) 767-3726, <http://www.innertraditions.com>,
$18.95.
"Rare and penetrating
glimpses into the paranormal
dimension of the creative
lives of 24 famous artists,
scientists, and politicians.
From Benvenuto Cellini to
Churchill and Carl Jung,
this book offers fresh
perspectives on the
achievements of greatness.
Written with grace, wit, and
quiet erudition—heartily
recommended." - Michael
Grosso, Ph.D, author,
Soulmaker, The
Millennium Myth.
Click on <http://www.newpara.com/johnchambers.htm>
for details, including
all pre-publication reviews.
Click on cover image, top left,
to enlarge.
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In January
2008, Inner Traditions/Bear & Company <http://www.InnerTraditions.com>,
of Rochester, Vermont, published a completely revised and expanded
edition of Conversations with Eternity: The
Forgotten Masterpiece of Victor Hugo
(New Paradigm Books, 1998) under the title
 VICTOR HUGO'S CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE SPIRIT WORLD
A Literary Genius's
Hidden Life
by
John Chambers
Imprint: Destiny Books. ISBN-13: 978-1-59477-182-8. ISBN-10:
1-59477-182. 0. $18.95. Paper. 384 pages. 6 x 9. Three illustrations.
"Things to do on Jersey when
you're dead...This intriguing corner of the
great novelist's life is
exceptionally well documented in
Victor Hugo's Conversations with the
Spirit World, by John
Chambers. Chambers, the first person
to translate the séance transcripts
into English (in an
earlier edition of this book),
does a fine job of evoking the
atmosphere of the exiles' home away
from home, their bitter homesickness
and burgeoning fascination with the
occult. His book is unusually well
written for a study of this kind,
laced with keen character sketches
and absorbing sidelights on William
Blake,
James Merrill, and Kabbalah. He
presents the facts without undue
speculation and lets his readers
draw their own conclusions....Victor
Hugo's Conversations with the Spirit
World is a superb contribution
to literary history and to the study
of the paranormal. I recommend it
highly." - Michael Prescott,
April 28, 2008. For full text,
click on <http://michaelprescott.typepad.com/michael_prescotts_blog/2008/04/things-to-do-on.html>
"Focuses on Victor Hugo's
exile on the island of
Jersey, where he and his
friends escaped the reign of
Napoleon III and where he
transcribed hundreds of
channeled conversations with
various incarnate energies
from beyond. New age
collections will find it an
intriguing addition."
-
Midwest Book
Review,
April 3, 2008 (Oregon, WI).
"...Hugo comes across as a
complex man - as one would
expect - egotistical and
selfish, overbearing towards
his family, yet sensitive
and passionate on occasion.
He was also capable of
surprising insights, musing
on time running backwards,
or prefiguring David Bohm's
holographic universe. While
not convinced that the
séances were "the
greatest... adventure into
the supernatural that has
ever been recorded", I would
agree that this is a
fascinating story, and it is
told in an engaging way." -
Tom Ruffles, NTHPOSITION
Online Magazine, March 2008.
For full text, click here:
<http://www.nthposition.com/victorhugosconversations.php>
"I assure you you will
be entertained, amused and
will find yourself pondering
the conversations included
in this book. It is a
fascinating volume."
- ZODIAC BISTRO.
"I picked up this book
as a lark, but to my
surprise it turned out to be
a fascinating read full of
forgotten little tidbits of
history." - SME, Bookworm
Collective, Jan. 25, 2009.
"Chambers’s
writing is somewhat
redolent of the
style of some French
popular biographers
of the 1950s, such
as André Maurois.
This is not a
criticism by any
means. Quite the
opposite, in fact:
the novelistic way
in which he presents
a certain number of
scenes – all
conscientiously
documented, one
should add – makes
for very pleasant
reading and helps to
better grasp the
ambiance of the time."
- Dr. Vittorio Frigerio,
Head, Department of French,
Dalhousie University,
Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada, Dalhousie French
Studies, No. 86, Spring
2009.
ROCK
STAR POWER PROPELS HUGO’S
CONVERSATIONS
(June 17, 2008) A mention of
Victor Hugo’s
Conversations with the
Spirit World by rising
28-year-old Brit rock star
Natasha Khan in an interview
in the Manchester
Guardian for Monday,
June 16, sent sales of the
book soaring on
AMAZON.COM.UK (and
probably in bookstores).
MORE...
For more reviews, reviews in
full, and other information,
go to
JOHN CHAMBERS page
at
<http://www.newpara.com/johnchambers.htm>
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