Johannes Greber. Communications with the Spirit World : Personal Experoences of a Catholic Priest. New York: John Felsburg, 1932.
Second edition (220 x 150 mm) pp. v, 432. Internally clean. Bound in textured purple publishers cloth with title in Gothic-style lettering in gilt. Inscribed by the author, Johannes Greber, in English, consistant with other examples of his signature. Minor sun fade to top of binding. Overall VERY GOOD.
Johannes Greber (1874–1944) was a former Catholic priest whose life took a decisive and radical turn toward spirit communication in the early twentieth century, placing him among the most influential — and controversial — Christian spiritualists of his age. Ordained in Germany at the turn of the century, Greber served for years within the Church before a series of encounters with spirit phenomena in 1923 irrevocably altered his understanding of divine revelation and the afterlife.
Convinced that communication with the spirit world was not only possible but foundational to early Christianity, Greber abandoned his clerical office and emigrated to the United States, where he devoted the remainder of his life to the study, practice, and dissemination of spirit communication as a sacred science. Settling in New Jersey, he formed an independent prayer and healing circle and began recording what he described as direct instruction received through spirit intermediaries.
His most enduring work, Communication with the Spirit World of God, presents a systematic cosmology of the spirit realms, outlining the laws governing spirit beings, the mechanics of mediumship, and the role of humanity in a divinely ordered universe extending beyond the material world. Written as both testimony and instruction, the book positions spirit communication not as occult deviation, but as the lost inheritance of authentic Christianity.
Greber later applied the same spirit-guided methodology to his controversial translation of the New Testament, asserting that its meanings had been obscured over centuries and could only be restored through collaboration with higher spirits. While rejected by orthodox theologians, his works circulated widely among spiritualist, metaphysical, and esoteric communities, where they were read as revelatory texts bridging Christian doctrine and spirit knowledge.
Greber’s legacy endures as that of a visionary who crossed the threshold between Church and séance room, leaving behind a body of work that continues to challenge boundaries between faith, mediumship, and divine communication.