Principles & Practice of Radiesthesia

New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1959. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited). Octavo in brown board with mint green pictorial DJ, 230p., bibl., index DJ is near fine with slightest age toning at folds and extremities; a very good (+) copy with some scuffing to bottom edge and pen inscription on front pastedown; pages are clean and binding tight. Hardcover.

Translated from the French. Out of print.Wonderful diagrams and illustrations accompany this seminal work on radiesthesia written by a "country parish priest, who managed to look after his flock with singular devotion, and yet found time to make countless experiments whose results laid the foundations of a new science destined to revolutionise many established concepts in science and medicine."-- Jacket."The classic work of Abbe Mermet on the principles of radiesthesia has just been translated, and there is no doubt that it will arouse widespread interest among scientists and medical men as well as among the general public. [...] What is radiesthesia? Broadly speaking, it is sensitivity to radiations of all kinds emanating from living beings, inanimate objects, mineral ores, water and even photographs. It is a scientific fact which has been proved over and over again by a host of investigators ever since the turn of the century. And what is more, Radiesthesia, like science itself, has been evolving and advancing with giant strides for a long time past." --Jacket.

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