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"This is a book of rich and complex texture dealing with important activities of Victorian and Edwardian society: spiritualism and physical research....a most stimulating study..." Journal of Modern History
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An examination of the public fascination with spiritualism and psychical research in Britain from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century. The book explores the variety of social background, education, and professional expertise that characterized the men and women who attended seances and investigated psychic phenomena, and places them in the context of their times without ridiculing their beliefs.
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An examination of the public fascination with spiritualism and psychical research in Britain from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century. The book explores the variety of social background, education, and professional expertise that characterized the men and women who attended seances and investigated psychic phenomena, and places them in the context of their times without ridiculing their beliefs.
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"No study of the spiritualist boom in the second half of the nineteenth century would be complete without the mediums - the men, women, and children who claimed to function as channels of communication between the living and the dead." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
progressive spiritualism, progressive spiritualists, spiritualist inquiry, spiritualist convictions, mesmeric performers, spiritualist hypothesis, spiritualist press, spiritualist phenomena, spiritualist faith, spiritualist manifestations, modern spiritualism, psychical researchers, spiritualist beliefs, spiritualist organizations, spiritualist vision, surrogate faith, spiritualist literature, convinced spiritualists, physiological selection, spiritualist societies, spiritualist circles, spiritualist groups, spiritualist association, cross correspondences, subliminal consciousness Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Stainton Moses, World War, British Association, Church of England, Florence Cook, Royal Society, University College, Madame Blavatsky, United States, Great Britain, Spiritual Magazine, Spiritualist Newspaper, Annie Besant, London Spiritualist Alliance, Emma Hardinge Britten, Oliver Lodge, Royal Institution, Anthropological Society, James Burns, London Dialectical Society, Arthur Balfour, Henry Sidgwick, Lord Rayleigh, Metaphysical Society, Psychological Society New!
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- The Founders of Psychical Research. by Alan Gauld on 9 pages
- Early Days of Theosophy in Europe by A. P. Sinnett on 6 pages
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- Phantasms of the Living by Eleanor M. Sidgwick on 5 pages
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