Ebook: Nothing So Strange

The story of Arthur Ford related here reveals the amazing spiritual and psychic gifts of a man whose outward life was not otherwise particularly remarkable. It is a genuine collaboration, as a medium cannot actually write his own full story for he does not know what goes on in his own trance, nor can he enter into spontaneous discussion with his unseen colleagues. Margueritte Harmon Bro, Mr. Ford’s collaborator, is not only a skilled questioner and a meticuluous recorder but she is able to present in simple unornamented prose those episodes of Arthur Ford’s life which best portray the development of his powers and which highlight his contention that everyone is psychic, at least latently.

NOTHING SO STRANGE will speak to many conditions of men and women— the gifted who wonder at the source of their own inspiration and know an unaccountable quickening of their gifts under certain conditions; ordinary persons who at times sense untapped resources; the hurried and worried who seek a peace they cannot name; the ill of body or mind who have all but given up hope of help through recognized channels; the distraught who wish to learn concentration; the lonely who scarcely dare believe in the love of God.

The milestones in the life of Arthur Ford
•    “seeing” war casualty lists before they were announced
•    working with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sir Oliver Lodge to establish high standards of professional mediumship
•    breaking the famous “Houdini code” through which the noted escape artist was able to authenticate himself to his wife
•    being publicly recognized by the magician Howard Thurston (after Thurston’s bitter attack in the press and on the lecture platform) as a reliable exponent of communication with the dead
•    overcoming the effects of a near-fatal accident and the resultant drug addiction through spiritual healing
•    meeting recognition from distinguished members of university and college faculties
•    joining with groups of ministers from various denominations in exploring the place of clairvoyance, clairaudience and precognition in religious experience