This is the past lives podcast episode 266 and I'm your host Simon Bown.

My mission here at the past lives podcast is to investigate evidence of demonstrates

survival of the human soul. We will look at past life memories,

near-death experiences, spirit communication and other incredible phenomena. And there is a past

lives podcast Facebook group. And if you'd like to join you, be very welcome. And if you want to hear

the extended version of this episode, please join the Patreon campaign. This week I'm talking to Zofia Weaver about her book, Other Realities,

The Enigma of Franit Kluxky's Mediumship.

Sophia Weaver, PhD, is a council member of the Society for Psychical Research in England.

She is a former editor of the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research.

She is co-author with the late Mary Rose Barrington and the late Professor Ian Stevenson

of a book called A World in a Grain of Sand, the Clairvoyance of Stefan Ozzywieski.

Hi, Sophie, thanks a lot for coming back to the podcast.

Oh, it's a pleasure to be here.

So we're going to be talking about your book.

It's called Other Realities, the Enigma of Franek-Kluski's Mediumship.

Did I pronounce his name properly?

Yes, you did.

Yes.

Congratulations.

So right at the beginning, you've got this title for the introduction, which is physical mediumship, the refuge of cheats and scoundrels.

So what did you mean by that?

Well, the problem is that the attitude to physical mediumship was very much colored in the early stages and even now by the fact

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