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Joan Grant (April 12, 1907 – February 3, 1989) was an author of historical novels and reincarnationist. Her first and most famous novel was Winged Pharaoh (1937). Grant shot to unexpected fame upon publication. The New York Times hailed it as "A book of fine idealism, deep compassion and a spiritual quality pure and bright as flame'" a sentiment echoed in countless reviews the world over. What her readers did not officially know for almost another twenty years, was that Joan claimed to have recalled the events in Winged Pharaoh while in a hypnotic or trance-like state, dictating piecemeal the lifetime that she believed herself to have lived. The book is still considered a cult classic by believers in the New Age religion. It was followed by other historical fantasies, or as Grant called them, "Far Memory books," or "previous life autobiographies".

Grant strove to disabuse herself and her readers of preconceptions, to eschew what she called 'group-think'. She was not interested in blind faith and blind belief, but in what could be perceived as true by the five senses. She claimed to have an unusual gift of "far memory" -- the ability to remember previous lives, and something she referred to as "sensory awareness". She said that she experienced many realities that are not available to most people.

A collection of previously unknown writings by Grant was published as Speaking from the Heart: Ethics, Reincarnation & What it Means to Be Human in 2007 by Overlook Press in the USA and Duckworth Press in the UK. It was edited by her granddaughter Nicola Bennett, with anthologist Jane Lahr and Joan's closest friend Sophia Rosoff. The book contains poetry, essays and a series of lectures she gave at Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach. She had a reputation for talking and writing with clear certainty about her belief in other realities, past lives, and death. She said that for her, the veil between the "worlds" simply did not exist.

With her third husband, Denys Kelsey, she wrote Many Lifetimes, in which she explained how she supposedly remembered her own and others' past lives.

She also wrote several children's books which contain stories she claimed she was told in past lives.

Some of her books were published under the names Joan M. Grant and Joan Marshall Grant.

Her books have been translated and published in many languages.

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Total Books: 76
The Australopedia How Australia Works after 200 Years of Other People Living Here
The Blue Faience Hippopotamus
The Blue Faience Hippopotamus (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780881380200
ISBN-10: 0881380202
Genre: Children's Books
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Cat and Fish
Cat and Fish (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780734404817
ISBN-10: 0734404816
Genre: Children's Books
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Cat and Fish Go to See
Cat and Fish Go to See (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781894965392
ISBN-10: 1894965396
Genre: Children's Books
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Cats and Fish Go to See
Cats and Fish Go to See (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780734407719
ISBN-10: 0734407718
Genre: Children's Books
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The Cuckoo on the Kettle
The Cuckoo on the Kettle [Animals] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781873580059
ISBN-10: 1873580053
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Die rote Feder
Die Rote Feder (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9783762605584
ISBN-10: 3762605580
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Eyes of Horus
Eyes of Horus (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780380006755
ISBN-10: 0380006758
Genre: Romance
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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Far Memory
Far Memory (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780552098533
ISBN-10: 0552098531
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Far Memory
Far Memory (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781597313612
ISBN-10: 1597313610
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Religion & Spirituality
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Gato y Pez A dnde van las olas
Gato Y Pez a Dnde Van Las Olas [Spanish Edition] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9788494033674
ISBN-10: 8494033670
Genre: Children's Books
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Gato y Pez / Cat and Fish
Gato Y Pez / Cat and Fish (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9788496509061
ISBN-10: 8496509060
Genre: Children's Books
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Junior Great Books
Junior Great Books [Series 3, Book One] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781933147024
ISBN-10: 1933147024
Genre: Children's Books
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L' Hippopotame Bleu
L' Hippopotame Bleu [French Edition] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780439948937
ISBN-10: 0439948932
Genre: Children's Books
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Life As Carola
Life As Carola (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780380013258
ISBN-10: 0380013258
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Life As Carola
Life As Carola (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780898041446
ISBN-10: 0898041449
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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Lord of Horizon
Lord of Horizon (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782280016124
ISBN-10: 2280016125
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Lord of the Horizon
Lord of the Horizon (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780552098120
ISBN-10: 0552098124
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 1.5/5 Stars.
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A Lot to Remember A Supernatural Journey Through Thr French Province of Lot
A Lot to Remember a Supernatural Journey Through Thr French Province of Lot [Joan Grant Autobiography] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780898041606
ISBN-10: 0898041600
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Religion & Spirituality
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Many Lifetimes
Many Lifetimes (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780405117862
ISBN-10: 0405117868
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Poisson et chat
Poisson Et Chat (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782355040610
ISBN-10: 2355040613
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The Winged Pharaoh [Dennis Wheatley library of the occult] (Paperback)