How To See Ghosts Everywhere

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Originally published in 1865 as </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Spectropia</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> this curious Victorian book invited readers to summon ghosts everywhere and of any colour using nothing but paper light and the mechanics of the human eye. Author J. H. Brown hoped his illusions would dispel superstition showing that ghosts were tricks of perception rather than spirits of the dead.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In this restored edition-</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>How to See Ghosts Everywhere</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-the original illustrations have been reproduced in full color alongside Brown's instructions for creating spectral afterimages. With a foreword by </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Michelle Newman</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> creator of the podcast </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Tell Me a Ghost Story</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> this edition re-frames Brown's skeptical science as both a parlor amusement and a celebration of the imagination.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Equal parts science spectacle and supernatural play </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>How to See Ghosts Everywhere</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a perfect companion for lovers of the occult curious historians and anyone drawn to the blurred boundary between reason and belief.</span></p><p></p>