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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 February 2013
    08 March 2012
    ISBN:
    9781139176521
    9781108044394
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139176521
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.44kg, 344 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Physical Anthropology, History of Ideas, History, Anthropology, General
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge
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    Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Physical Anthropology, History of Ideas, History, Anthropology, General
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge
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    Although famous throughout Europe for his mind-reading skills, Stuart C. Cumberland (1857–1922) was a staunch critic of the 'rascality' of some spiritualist practices and their practitioners. He claimed that many of the séances and other events which he had experienced were merely fraudulent money-making impostures. He wrote several books on his life as a thought-reader, in which he also revealed the techniques of fake mediums and psychics. (His That Other World, of 1918, is also reissued in this series.) In this 1888 work, Cumberland narrates his own history and career and describes some of his most memorable séances. One of these took place in the House of Commons, where Cumberland subjected none other than the prime minister at the time, W. E. Gladstone, to having his thoughts read. Their encounter made a great impression on the author, who found Gladstone one of his most remarkable subjects.

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