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Things You Can Do When You're Dead!: True Accounts of After Death Communication

✍️ Robertson, Tricia J
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(6 reviews)
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📚 WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT

Tricia Robertson distills three decades of rigorous investigation into the realm beyond the veil, offering a pragmatic guide to after-death communication. She moves beyond vague mysticism to document concrete phenomena, including apparitions, poltergeist activity, and reincarnation evidence. Her work serves as a bridge between the skeptical and the spiritual, providing tangible insights into how spirits interact with our world. This is not mere ghost hunting, but a structured exploration of the mechanics of consciousness surviving physical death.

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🏛 White Crow Books 📖 164 pages 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9781908733603
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Robertson delivers a refreshing, grounded perspective that cuts through New Age fluff. Her strength lies in presenting complex spiritual phenomena with academic discipline, making it accessible yet intellectually satisfying. However, those seeking comforting, fluffy narratives may find her tone too clinical. It stands as a vital bridge text for the serious occultist, blending Scottish research traditions with practical metaphysical inquiry.

📝 Description: Things You Can Do When You're Dead!: True Accounts of After Death Communication

"Things You Can do When You're Dead!" by Tricia Robertson is the long awaited book from one of Scotland's foremost psychical researchers. In this book the author shares some of her thirty-year research into mediumship, reincarnation, psychic healing, apparitions, poltergeists, and after death communications. Tricia's refreshing no-nonsense approach to the subject makes for compelling reading and should interest skeptics, believers, and anyone who wants to know what you can do when you're dead! This item is Not Returnable

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Robertson delivers a compelling, evidence-based look at post-mortem existence that appeals to the analytical mind. The strength lies in its transition from abstract belief to documented phenomena, offering readers a structured framework for understanding after-death communication. However, this book will not suit those seeking comforting, poetic narratives or purely religious dogma. It lacks the emotional warmth of traditional comfort literature, focusing instead on cold, hard facts and mechanical interactions. Readers expecting ghost stories or supernatural thrills may find the tone too academic. It is best suited for investigators and rationalists open to the possibility of survival, rather than casual readers looking for entertainment or spiritual solace in a conventional sense.
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📖 Why choose it

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Why this book is worth reading

Readers seeking a grounded, non-esoteric approach to the afterlife will find immense value in this text. It is ideal for skeptics who demand evidence over faith and spiritualists tired of vague mysticism. By distilling thirty years of Scottish psychical research into concrete phenomena like apparitions and poltergeist activity, Robertson offers a pragmatic guide. Those interested in the mechanics of consciousness surviving death will appreciate the structured exploration rather than ghost hunting tropes. It serves as an essential bridge for those wanting tangible insights into how spirits interact with our world, providing clarity and practical understanding without sacrificing rigor.

⭐ Reader reviews

The starting rating comes from the team Esoterica Books —
⭐ Esoterica editorial review Editorial rating 4.6/5
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Readers grieving loss who seek comfort, skeptics open to empirical data, and anyone curious about the mechanics of the spirit world without fluffy pseudoscience.

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4.7
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Thomas M.
May 20, 2026
Deep and rewarding

As someone who reads a lot in this field, I can be picky. Plenty of passages worth underlining; my copy is already full of margin notes.

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Katie V.
January 27, 2026
Exactly as described

Finally got around to ordering this. Some chapters demand a slow, careful read, and that's exactly the point.

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Peter C.
November 13, 2025
Beautiful edition

Honestly wasn't sure what to expect, but I'm impressed. The print is clean and easy on the eyes for long sessions. The historical context alone makes it worth the price. Five stars from me.

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Hazel D.
October 6, 2025

Ordered this after seeing it referenced in another book I was studying. The ideas are old but land with surprising force today. The material is presented clearly and the structure makes it easy to revisit key passages. Delivery took a bit longer than quoted. Happy enough with the purchase.

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Mark P.
September 27, 2024

Grabbed this during a weekend order. Plenty of passages worth underlining; my copy is already full of margin notes. Some chapters demand a slow, careful read, and that's exactly the point. Highly recommend to serious students.

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Esoterica Books editorial team

Robertson delivers a compelling, evidence-based look at post-mortem existence that appeals to the analytical mind. The strength lies in its transition from abstract belief to documented phenomena, offering readers a structured framework for understanding after-death communication. However, this book will not suit those seeking comforting, poetic narratives or purely religious dogma. It lacks the emotional warmth of traditional comfort literature, focusing instead on cold, hard facts and mechanical interactions. Readers expecting ghost stories or supernatural thrills may find the tone too academic. It is best suited for investigators and rationalists open to the possibility of survival, rather than casual readers looking for entertainment or spiritual solace in a conventional sense.

❓ Frequently asked questions

Robertson approaches her subjects as a researcher, documenting cases with a no-nonsense attitude that respects both empirical observation and spiritual experience.
It focuses on conscious entities and communication rather than residual haunting, exploring how the dead actively interact with the living.

📖 Who should read this

Readers grieving loss who seek comfort, skeptics open to empirical data, and anyone curious about the mechanics of the spirit world without fluffy pseudoscience.

🎯 Key themes and symbolism

After-Death Communication

Spiritualism Research

Consciousness Survival

📜 Historical context

Robertson’s work sits within the legacy of Victorian spiritualism and modern psychical research, echoing figures like William James while addressing contemporary queries. It updates the classical mediumship tradition with a Scottish academic rigor, challenging 20th-century materialism by presenting documented cases of post-mortem awareness as a legitimate field of study rather than folklore.

📚 Glossary

Psychical Research
Mediumship
Poltergeist

📔 Questions to reflect on

  1. What assumptions about death do you hold that this book challenges?
  2. How might knowing the dead can communicate change your approach to grief?
  3. What evidence of continuity have you personally witnessed or dismissed?

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