Author: M. A. Oxon
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338541525X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

Author: William Stainton Moses Oxon
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781519535818
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 150

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Psychography a treatise on one of the objective forms of psychic or spiritual phenomena

Author: W. Stainton Moses
Publisher: Health Research Books
ISBN: 9780787306274
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158

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(Psychography) a Treatise on one of the objective forms of psychic or spiritual phenomena. There are few books on this subject. Covers automatic writing, slate writing, special tests of automatic writing, and experiments with other psychics.

Author: William Stainton Moses
Publisher:
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Category : Mirror-writing
Languages : en
Pages : 172

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Author: Efram Sera-Shriar
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822988712
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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Psychic Investigators examines British anthropology’s engagement with the modern spiritualist movement during the late Victorian era. Efram Sera-Shriar argues that debates over the existence of ghosts and psychical powers were at the center of anthropological discussions on human beliefs. He focuses on the importance of establishing credible witnesses of spirit and psychic phenomena in the writings of anthropologists such as Alfred Russel Wallace, Edward Burnett Tylor, Andrew Lang, and Edward Clodd. The book draws on major themes, such as the historical relationship between science and religion, the history of scientific observation, and the emergence of the subfield of anthropology of religion in the second half of the nineteenth century. For secularists such as Tylor and Clodd, spiritualism posed a major obstacle in establishing the legitimacy of the theory of animism: a core theoretical principle of anthropology founded in the belief of “primitive cultures” that spirits animated the world, and that this belief represented the foundation of all religious paradigms. What becomes clear through this nuanced examination of Victorian anthropology is that arguments involving spirits or psychic forces usually revolved around issues of evidence, or lack of it, rather than faith or beliefs or disbeliefs.

Author: Dr Keith Souter
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752478079
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 235

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The Victorians had a thirst for knowledge. This drove them to explore the unchartered corners of the world, plumb the unfathomable depths of science, discover evolution and create some of the engineering and architectural marvels of the world. Yet this open-mindedness also at times made them utterly gullible. Because of their closeness to disease and the ever-present threat of their own mortality, it was inevitable that they would be open to the claims of quacks who promised all kinds of panaceas, and to mediums who offered a means of communicating with the dead. So too did it make them eager for diversion and entertainment by the conjurers and illusionists of the great music halls. Strangely, it was through the magic-making skill of the conjurers that the activities of many of the tricksters and fraudulent mediums finally came to be exposed. Medical Meddlers, Mediums & Magicians is a box of delights for all students of Victoriana.

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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 702

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Author: John Harvey
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9781861893246
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 186

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Photography and spirit examines images of phantoms, psychical emanations, and religious apparitions.

Author: Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
Publisher: Philaletheians UK
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 22

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Author: Stainton Moses
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332397825
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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Excerpt from Psychography: A Treatise on One of the Objective Forms of Psychic or Spiritual Phenomena The following pages are concerned with what has been variously called Independent, Direct, or Spirit Writing. I have ventured to call it psychography, a term intel ligible in itself, moulded on already existing words, and expressive of what clumsy periphrases have hitherto vaguely conveyed. I was under the impression, when I first applied the term, that it was as new to the subject as it certainly was to me. I find, however, that I am using a word which has been before applied; and I am not sorry that I am only giving extended use to a term which is obviously applicable and convenient. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.