Paul Beard was an author and was the president of the College of Psychic Studies

College of Psychic Studies

The College of Psychic Studies is a non-profit organisation based in South Kensington, London. They are dedicated to the study of spiritual phenomenon.-History:...

. Beard was based in London, England for sixteen years.

The organization was devoted to finding in spiritualism

Spiritualism

Spiritualism is a belief system or religion, postulating the belief that spirits of the dead residing in the spirit world have both the ability and the inclination to communicate with the living...

 evidence of life after death. During his tenure as a member and president Beard wrote an article that was published in Spiritual Frontiers in 1970 on "How to Guard Against Possession." During this research he experimented extensively with using an ouija

Ouija

The Ouija board also known as a spirit/fire key board or talking board, is a flat board marked with the letters of the alphabet, the numbers 0-9, the words "yes", "no", "hello" and "goodbye", and other symbols and words are sometimes also added to help personalize the board...

 board.

Beard has written a trilogy of books analyzing the evidence for and against the survival of the human soul after death. He made a lifetime study of psychical research. He was also a member of the Society for Psychical Research.

Books

• Beard, Paul (1966). Survival of Death. Hodder & Stoughton, London. ISBN 0-946259-25-9.
• Beard, Paul (1980). Living On. A study of altering consciousness after death. George Allen & Unwin, London. ISBN 0-04-133009-9. re-print by Pilgrim Books, 1987; ISBN 0-946259-24-0.
• Beard, Paul (1986). Hidden Man. Pilgrim Books; ISBN 0-946259-16-X.

External links

• Obituary from London newspaper The Independent