This book contains a brief account of psychic beginnings. Parapsychology, today, utilizes a highly advanced methodology. It has, long since, left behind the era of dim-lit parlors and spiritual melodramatics. It is, now, a completely legitimate field of study based upon precise and sophisticated test procedures. It began quite differently. . . Mediums Rare is a very personal project for Richard Matheson -- focusing on his life-long interest in paranormal phenomena. At times creepy and filled with true-to-life chills."