{"id":5681,"date":"2011-09-01T01:10:44","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T06:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=5823"},"modified":"2011-08-20T18:05:28","modified_gmt":"2011-08-20T23:05:28","slug":"review-the-weiser-field-guide-to-ghosts-by-raymond-buckland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2011\/09\/01\/review-the-weiser-field-guide-to-ghosts-by-raymond-buckland\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Weiser Field Guide to Ghosts by Raymond Buckland"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Weiser Field Guide to Ghosts\u00a0 by Raymond Buckland <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a9 2009 <\/em><\/p>\n

Weiser Books\u00a0 ISBN:\u00a0 978-1578634512 <\/em><\/p>\n

Paperback\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 192 pages <\/em><\/p>\n

$14.95 (U.S.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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There are field guide and there are field guides.\u00a0 Weiser is, apparently, planning to produce a series of field guides on a variety of topics.\u00a0 This is the second one I have reviewed (see The Weiser Field Guide to Vampires<\/em> previously).\u00a0 My only comment on the series<\/strong>, so far, is that it is somewhat inconsistent.\u00a0 Vampires<\/em> didn’t really seem to fit the category (although it was technically well-written and interesting), whereas this volume is truer to the format.\u00a0 Oh, it ranges a bit afield \u2013 monsters and vampires being technically beyond the scope of the book \u2013 but it concentrates on the various forms of ghosts and what may inspire their appearance.<\/p>\n

The book is broken down loosely into types of ghosts, although there is a degree of overlap, as is to be expected.\u00a0 There are personal anecdotes as well as \u201cofficial\u201d accounts (newspaper articles, etc.).\u00a0 The types of ghosts run the gamut from Ancestral to Warning with numerous other divisions along the way.\u00a0 Mr. Buckland does his best, and that is saying quite a bit, to show the differences between the various types and to explain the origins (both known and conjectured) of the spirits.<\/p>\n

Given the current interest in \u201cghost hunting\u201d (just check your local cable channels for numerous examples) it was inevitable that the author would include a section on practical ghost hunting.\u00a0 In this chapter he helps you to understand the equipment which will help you in your searches as well as giving you a rough idea of the cost of such equipment.<\/p>\n

Considering Mr. Buckland’s lengthy exposure to paranormal phenomena, and his ability to communicate information clearly and without condescension, it would be extremely difficult to do anything other than recommend this book to those interested in apparitions, ghosts, spirits, or whatever other term you would like to use to describe the apparent reappearance of those who have crossed over to the other side of the river Styx.<\/p>\n

No doubt in my mind \u2013 if the topic of ghosts interests you and you want\u00a0 more than just a collection of ghost stories, this is the book for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Weiser Field Guide to Ghosts\u00a0 by Raymond Buckland \u00a9 2009 Weiser Books\u00a0 ISBN:\u00a0 978-1578634512 Paperback\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 192 pages $14.95 (U.S.) There are field guide and there are field guides.\u00a0 Weiser is, apparently, planning to produce a series of field guides on a variety of topics.\u00a0 This is the second one I have reviewed (see The Weiser Field Guide to Vampires previously).\u00a0 My only comment on the series, so far, is that it is somewhat inconsistent.\u00a0 Vampires didn’t really seem to fit the category (although it was technically well-written and interesting), whereas this volume is truer to the format.\u00a0 Oh, it ranges a bit afield \u2013 monsters and vampires being technically beyond the scope of the book \u2013 but it concentrates on the various forms of ghosts and what may inspire their appearance. The book is broken down loosely into types of ghosts, although there is a degree of overlap, as is to be expected.\u00a0 There are personal anecdotes as well as \u201cofficial\u201d accounts (newspaper articles, etc.).\u00a0 The types of ghosts run the gamut from Ancestral to Warning with numerous other divisions along the way.\u00a0 Mr. Buckland does his best, and that is saying quite a bit, to show the differences between the various types and to explain the origins (both known and conjectured) of the spirits. Given the current interest in \u201cghost hunting\u201d (just check your local cable channels for numerous examples) it was inevitable that the author would include a section on practical ghost hunting.\u00a0 In this chapter he helps you to understand the equipment which will help you in your searches as well as giving you a rough idea of the cost of such equipment. Considering Mr. Buckland’s lengthy exposure to paranormal phenomena, and his ability to communicate information clearly and without condescension, it would be extremely difficult to do anything other than recommend this book to those interested in apparitions, ghosts, spirits, or whatever other term you would like to use to describe the apparent reappearance of those who have crossed over to the other side of the river Styx. No doubt in my mind \u2013 if the topic of ghosts interests you and you want\u00a0 more than just a collection of ghost stories, this is the book for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}