A UFO Digest Book Review
reviewed by Malcolm Robinson, SPI
(Copyright 2008, Malcolm Robinson, SPI, All Rights Reserved)
What makes this book also special is that the author makes sure that you the reader always know that there ARE other alternatives to what either the camera or human eye see's. Take for instance Simulacrum. Simulacrum for those who don't know what it is, it's a combination of normal natural things which construe to confuse or make the human mind see what essentially is not there. Take for instance the shapes in the clouds, they can look like a figure, a face, or whatever, or shapes in a fire, you get the picture don't you. The brain will always try to analyse as best it can on things it's seeing and provide to the viewer what is there. In some cases these images can also be photographed as on page 50 with the photograph of the Virgin Mary in some trees outside a church, it sure looks the real deal but taken with the knowledge of light streaming through the branches and the way that the actual branches are situated, it looks convincingly like a marvellous bright glowing image of the Virgin Mary when clearly it's not. The problem we have with this of course is the fact that some people really will think that they have seen the Virgin Mary, they'll tell their story and the story will go into paranormal folklore. Thankfully, by being captured on camera, we can see the photograph for what it really is, just a trick of the light. Don't let us ever forget Simulacrum for it makes up to me, many ghost and UFO photos, of that I'm sure.
I liked the Manila ghost photo on page 76 (buy the book to see what I mean) God this looks so spooky, I ain't gonna tell you anymore because I want you to buy the book, it's a cracker. So what other ghostly photographs are in here?
Well there is a Gordon Brown look alike ghost photo on page 78 followed by a photograph of two girls in Victorian dresses on page 84 and a photograph of a ghostly teacher on page 87. Then there is a photograph of a ghost hanging from a tree and ghosts appearing in old dusty churches. I remember speaking years ago to researcher Maurice Gross at the Ghost Club in London where he was giving a lecture about the Covent Garden ghost photo, (amoungst other ghostly photographs) that photo truly is baffling. Maurice was clearly convinced that this photo was the real deal and showed a ghostly young girl pushing her way in front of a lady with a child in a push chair.
Don't let us also forget that not only are we dealing with photographs of ghosts, we are dealing with the testimony of those people who have taken these photographs. Are they telling the truth, are they for real, are they after money? For instance the photo taken in the underground on the Bakerloo line which clearly shows a man in the electric chair, (through the window of the tube train) is either a downright forgery or a photographic anomaly of the highest importance which challenges the mind and pushes the mind to bursting point. What the hell is going on with this one!
All in all then this book is a bloody cracker, it's one of those books that will always spark a conversation if you have friends round. Some will believe some will not. Of course this book only scratches the surface of ghostly photographs, there are countless hundreds more from all over the world, you just need to type in ghost photographs in Google to see that. But like I said at the start, we are living in the age of digital software and it only takes two ticks to draught up a clever photo, but I've also said many, many times before, that just because something looks fake doesn't mean that it is so, so do remember that folks.
Yes a good read then I'm sure each new reader of this book will have their own thoughts about what they are looking at. I'll leave you with this thought, if you the reader of this review, have nothing to do later today, why don't you look back through your old photograph albums from yester-year, who knows, maybe you'll come across some photographs of orbs, or perhaps something even more spookier. You never know. Buy this book, it's a classic.
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