by John Cornwell · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140139136
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«Powers of Darkness, Powers of Light» is John Cornwell's travel and spirituality essay, published by Penguin in paperback (416 pages, in English).
Cornwell travels through several countries in search of the miraculous and the demonic: apparitions, healings, stigmata and possessions. He examines cases such as the Shroud of Turin and the blood of Saint Januarius in Naples, and talks with Graham Greene and A. J. Ayer. The book vindicates the spiritual value of these phenomena against science and fundamentalism.
Published in 1992, the full title includes the subtitle Travels in Search of the Miraculous and the Demonic.
For readers interested in religion, mysticism, paranormal phenomena and travel narratives.
John Travers Cornwell VC, commonly known as Jack Cornwell or as Boy Cornwell, is remembered for his gallantry at the Battle of Jutland during World War I. Having died at the age of only 16, he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Cornwell is the third-youngest recipient of the VC after Andrew Fitzgibbon and Thomas Flynn.
