Voices: A Doris Stokes Collection

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Stokes's death coincided with the publication of Catholic author Ian Wilson's 1987 book, The After Death Experience, in which he presented a detailed exposé of her methods. Some terminology that may be used in this description includes: Acceptable A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists. During a crisis of confidence in 1962, she gave up her work as a medium and retrained as a psychiatric nurse, [5] but had to retire five years later following an attack by a patient. During her lifetime she was a controversial figure, with some believing her to possess psychic abilities, but investigations published after her death demonstrated that she used techniques including cold reading, hot reading, and planting accomplices in her audience, giving the appearance of having paranormal abilities.

p>Sign up to the Little, Brown newsletter for news of upcoming publications, competitions and updates from our authors. From families wishing to contact departed loved ones to police forces trying to solve murder cases, the uncanny accuracy of her psychic powers were universally acclaimed, while her readings and performances in Australia, America, and at home in Britain were received with adulation. I would have loved to see her and meet her and also have a sitting but unfortunately I was too young and now she's passed over. Well,’ said Tony Ortzen, the helpful young reporter who picked up the phone, ‘there’s this medium just down from Lancashire we’re hearing good reports about.Copyright © Dark River 2019 Linda Dearsley has asserted her right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988 to be identified as the author of this book. She first came to public attention in 1978 during a visit to Australia, when she appeared on The Don Lane Show. During the second half of the performance, members of the audience were chosen apparently at random. Doris was genuinely surprised that, as a song says, she became ‘the celebrity celebrities wanted to meet.

During her lifetime she worked tirelessly to reunite the bereaved and their loved ones, and helped bring joy and happiness to thousands of people. In Voices Everywhere, Linda shines a light on her time working with Doris, right from the very early days when Doris was doing private readings in her Fulham flat, to filling the London Palladium and Barbican night after night, to subsequent fame outside the UK. I know what you're thinking There is, says the US 'mind reader' Marc Salem, no such thing as reading minds. The books featured on this site are aimed primarily at readers aged 13 or above and therefore you must be 13 years or over to sign up to our newsletter. In Innocent Voices In My Ear, Doris tells of her special relationship with children and her psychic communications with children of every age; from the heroic young men of the Falklands War, to the sixteen-year-old hostage of a ruthless gunman and the tragic stars who died too young: John Lennon, Marc Bolan and Richard Beckinsale.Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. After she passed on, tax bills arrived and the family had to sell Doris’ modest house in SE London and auction off her personal possessions to pay the bills.

From the palmist who saw pictures in people’s hands, to the couple whose marriage was predicted by Doris, and the woman who believes she captures departed spirits on camera – the mysterious world of the paranormal, and Doris Stokes’ place within it, continues to unfold. The morning I was going to e-mail them to him, I woke up thinking about the ‘voices books’ and how clever Doris’ publishers had been to think of so many permutations – Voices in My Ear, Joyful Voices, Whispering Voices, Voices of Love, etc. Asked how the latest book came about, Linda told Psychic News: “Last year, having written a couple of unrelated books for him, my editor at the publishers asked me to give him some ideas for another title.Yet, the following week, the board was out again, the words ‘PSYCHIC NITE’ now embellished with extravagant pink and blue chalk swirls. Driving past an unassuming village pub near the M1, not long ago, I was surprised to see a large board on the pavement outside on which someone had chalked – in big, rainbow letters – ‘PSYCHIC NITE. Stokes was accused of using various forms of deception to achieve the effect of communicating with the dead. The path of the total eclipse of August 2017 had our offices at 99% totality - we closed the office to go watch the spectacle, but first we put together this gallery inspired by eclipses to celebrate. Doris May Fisher Stokes (6 January 1920 – 8 May 1987), born Doris Sutton, was a British spiritualist, professional medium, and author.