William Danmar. Ghostology : Products of Nature. Jamaica, NY: Wm. Danmar, 1924.
(210 x 140 mm) pp. 226. Photographic plate of Danmar and diagrams. Bound in publisher’s red cloth with Phoenix emblem on cover in red, black and gilt.Front and back cover split, tender but intact. Bottom endbands threadbare. Some light pencil line in margins, pencil annotations on back pastedown. Overall FAIR condition.
The most well-known work of William Danmar (1853-1937), professor of architecture at Cooper Union and the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (now the Brooklyn Museum) and member of the American Society for Psychical Research – Ghostology promotes Danmar’s theory that ghosts are physical natural phenomena rather than supernatural entities. Danmar suggests that ghosts are made of a physical stuff, galom, can be studied scientifically, proposing a science-based alternative to spiritualism.