According to Wikipedia, “Metaphysics is the study of the most general features of reality, including existence, objects and their properties, possibility and necessity, space and time, change, causation, and the relation between matter and mind. It is one of the oldest branches of philosophy.”

Stewart Edward White (March 12, 1873 – September 18, 1946) was an American writer, novelist, and Spiritualist. He was a brother of noted mural painter Gilbert White. A prolific writer, his books were often of a motivational nature. His writing in the area of metaphysics includes the collection of essays, The Stars are Still There. This book is part of a series that starts with The Betty Book, based, according to White, on his wife Betty’s channeling with spirits.

One of White’s short stories, “The Gal Who Got Rattled”, inspired a chapter in the 2018 movie Ballad of Buster Scruggs produced by the Coen brothers. You can find some of the Betty Book series and a more detailed biography here.

For those with an interest in metaphysics, S. E. White and his Betty Book series can be considered alongside works by Aristotle, Kant, Plato, and Swedenborg, as well as Aldous Huxley’s Doors of Perception and the essays of C.S. Lewis, available in our collections.

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