Gone West: Three Narratives of After-Death Experiences by J. S. M Ward

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Gone West: Three Narratives of After-Death Experiences is a book by J. S. M. Ward, first published in 1917, that presents three detailed accounts of encounters with the world beyond the grave. Ward — writing in the classical spiritualist tradition and working as a medium — gives the narratives in a clear, measured voice, describing trance communications, visions, and reports of the astral plane. The work treats life after death, after-death experiences and mediumship as serious subjects rather than sensational curiosities, and repeatedly questions easy assumptions about death while offering lucid descriptions of spirit life, reunion, and the moral consequences that follow physical passing. Carefully observed and sceptical where necessary, the book sits at the crossroads of early 20th-century spiritualism, psychical research and religious reflection. Readers searching for historical accounts of near-death and after-death experiences, accounts of the astral plane, or primary spiritualist testimony will find Ward’s narratives both instructive and unsettling: they read like case studies that invite further inquiry rather than neat conclusions. The tone is traditional and contemplative, making the book useful to anyone researching spiritualism, historical accounts of life after death, or the development of mediumship literature in the modern era.

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