The Other World
Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850–1914
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- Author: Janet Oppenheim
- Date Published: February 1988
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521347679
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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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"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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- Date Published: February 1988
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521347679
- length: 532 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 153 x 33 mm
- weight: 0.81kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. The Setting:
1. Mediums
2. Membership
Part II. A Surrogate Faith:
3. Spiritualism and Christianity
4. Psychical research and agnosticism
5. Theosophy and the occult
Part III. A Pseudoscience:
6. Concepts of mind
7. The problem of evolution
8. Physics and psychic phenomena
Conclusion
Notes
Index.
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