Author: Adin BALLOU
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
An Exposition of Views respecting the Principal Facts, Causes, & Peculiarities involved in Spirit Manifestations ... Edited and republished with introduction by G. W. Stone
Author: Adin BALLOU
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
An Exposition of Views Respecting the Principal Facts, Causes, and Peculiarities Involved in Spirit Manifestations
Author: Adin Ballou
Publisher:
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Category : Spiritualism
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Publisher:
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Category : Spiritualism
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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The Specter of the Indian
Author: Kathryn Troy
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438466102
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The Specter of the Indian unveils the centrality of Native American spirit guides during the emergent years of American Spiritualism. By pulling together cultural and political history; the studies of religion, race, and gender; and the ghostly, Kathryn Troy offers a new layer of understanding to the prevalence of mystically styled Indians in American visual and popular culture. The connections between Spiritualist print and contemporary Indian policy provide fresh insight into the racial dimensions of social reform among nineteenth-century Spiritualists. Troy draws fascinating parallels between the contested belief of Indians as fading from the world, claims of returned apparitions, and the social impetus to provide American Indians with a means of existence in white America. Rather than vanishing from national sight and memory, Indians and their ghosts are shown to be ever present. This book transports the readers into dimly lit parlor rooms and darkened cabinets and lavishes them with detailed séance accounts in the words of those who witnessed them. Scrutinizing the otherworldly whisperings heard therein highlights the voices of mediums and those they sought to channel, allowing the author to dig deep into Spiritualist belief and practice. The influential presence of Indian ghosts is made clear and undeniable.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438466102
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The Specter of the Indian unveils the centrality of Native American spirit guides during the emergent years of American Spiritualism. By pulling together cultural and political history; the studies of religion, race, and gender; and the ghostly, Kathryn Troy offers a new layer of understanding to the prevalence of mystically styled Indians in American visual and popular culture. The connections between Spiritualist print and contemporary Indian policy provide fresh insight into the racial dimensions of social reform among nineteenth-century Spiritualists. Troy draws fascinating parallels between the contested belief of Indians as fading from the world, claims of returned apparitions, and the social impetus to provide American Indians with a means of existence in white America. Rather than vanishing from national sight and memory, Indians and their ghosts are shown to be ever present. This book transports the readers into dimly lit parlor rooms and darkened cabinets and lavishes them with detailed séance accounts in the words of those who witnessed them. Scrutinizing the otherworldly whisperings heard therein highlights the voices of mediums and those they sought to channel, allowing the author to dig deep into Spiritualist belief and practice. The influential presence of Indian ghosts is made clear and undeniable.
Ghosts of Futures Past
Author: Molly McGarry
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520274539
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
"Simpson, imprint in humanities"--Page opposite title page.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520274539
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
"Simpson, imprint in humanities"--Page opposite title page.
Psychics, Sensitives and Somnambules
Author: Rodger I. Anderson
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 147660648X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Claimants of paranormal abilities have always attracted controversy and fascination, and sometimes rigorous study by scientists. Charles Bailey, an Australian medium, was seemingly able to materialize different objects--animate and inanimate--under conditions which made it difficult to conceive how they could have been normally produced. Sumitra Singh, a woman of Northern India who in 1984 became subject to epileptic-type seizures, claimed to be possessed by spirits of the dead. Franck Kluski was a Polish poet, banker and physical medium who specialized in both human and animal materializations. This biographical dictionary contains profiles of 330 psychics worldwide from Tony Agpaoa to Elenor Zugun, each accompanied by a bibliography listing the primary sources consulted. The primary focus is on those claimed psychics who have figured prominently in the history of the subject, though some lesser-known figures are included to show how rich, varied, and colorful that history has been. The aim throughout is to present each case as fairly and dispassionately as the facts allow, with a particular eye for accuracy in details and presentation. The approach is historical, not apologetic or accusatory, making the work ideally suited as a permanent reference.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 147660648X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Claimants of paranormal abilities have always attracted controversy and fascination, and sometimes rigorous study by scientists. Charles Bailey, an Australian medium, was seemingly able to materialize different objects--animate and inanimate--under conditions which made it difficult to conceive how they could have been normally produced. Sumitra Singh, a woman of Northern India who in 1984 became subject to epileptic-type seizures, claimed to be possessed by spirits of the dead. Franck Kluski was a Polish poet, banker and physical medium who specialized in both human and animal materializations. This biographical dictionary contains profiles of 330 psychics worldwide from Tony Agpaoa to Elenor Zugun, each accompanied by a bibliography listing the primary sources consulted. The primary focus is on those claimed psychics who have figured prominently in the history of the subject, though some lesser-known figures are included to show how rich, varied, and colorful that history has been. The aim throughout is to present each case as fairly and dispassionately as the facts allow, with a particular eye for accuracy in details and presentation. The approach is historical, not apologetic or accusatory, making the work ideally suited as a permanent reference.
Dictionary of American Religious Biography
Author: Henry W. Bowden
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313369607
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
The first edition of this award-winning reference, published in 1977, contained 425 biographical profiles of the most significant American religious figures. This new edition includes profiles for 125 additional people, and the earlier biographical sketches have been revised and updated. The volume includes religious leaders who died before July 1, 1992. Among its pages are entries for reformers, philosophers, social activists, doers and dreamers. While many of the people are mainstream, white ordained clergymen, many more stand outside traditional denominations and reflect the cultural and religious diversity of modern America. The result is a systematic overview of 400 years of American religion from the colonial period to the present day. Each profile begins with a capsule summary of the chief events in that person's life. The biographical essay that follows places the basic facts of the figure's life within the larger context of American religious history. A bibliography of the most significant works by and about the figure concludes each entry. Appendices at the end of the work categorize each individual by religious denomination and by place of birth.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313369607
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
The first edition of this award-winning reference, published in 1977, contained 425 biographical profiles of the most significant American religious figures. This new edition includes profiles for 125 additional people, and the earlier biographical sketches have been revised and updated. The volume includes religious leaders who died before July 1, 1992. Among its pages are entries for reformers, philosophers, social activists, doers and dreamers. While many of the people are mainstream, white ordained clergymen, many more stand outside traditional denominations and reflect the cultural and religious diversity of modern America. The result is a systematic overview of 400 years of American religion from the colonial period to the present day. Each profile begins with a capsule summary of the chief events in that person's life. The biographical essay that follows places the basic facts of the figure's life within the larger context of American religious history. A bibliography of the most significant works by and about the figure concludes each entry. Appendices at the end of the work categorize each individual by religious denomination and by place of birth.
The Natural History of Man
Author: James Cowles Prichard (M.D., F.R.S.)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Memorial of Adin Ballou
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Abyss of Reason
Author: Daniel Cottom
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195068572
Category : Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
A study from the American perspective of modern spiritualism, which flourished in the mid-19th century, and of surrealism, a movement that produced a major following between the two World Wars.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195068572
Category : Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
A study from the American perspective of modern spiritualism, which flourished in the mid-19th century, and of surrealism, a movement that produced a major following between the two World Wars.
Hopedale
Author: Edward K. Spann
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
ISBN: 0814205755
Category : Hopedale (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"Edward Spann's study of a town shaped by two distinct dreams of a good society provides new insight into the development of utopian societies ... for those interested in utopian and religious communities, nineteenth-century American history, urban history, and business communities." --book jacket.
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
ISBN: 0814205755
Category : Hopedale (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"Edward Spann's study of a town shaped by two distinct dreams of a good society provides new insight into the development of utopian societies ... for those interested in utopian and religious communities, nineteenth-century American history, urban history, and business communities." --book jacket.