Modern Spiritualism
A History and a Criticism
2 Volume Set

Table of Contents

Volume 1: Preface
Introduction
Book I. The Pedigree of Spiritualism:
1. Possession and witchcraft
2. On poltergeists
3. The sympathetic system
4. Mesmer and his disciples
5. The second French commission
6. Spiritualism in France before 1848
7. The German somnambules
8. The English mesmerists
9. Community of sensation
10. Clairvoyance in England
11. Andrew Jackson Davis and the Univercoelum
Book II. Early American Spiritualism:
1. In Arcadia
2. Some dwellers in Arcadia
3. The physical phenomena
4. Clairvoyance and speaking with tongues
5. Trance writing and speaking
6. General survey of the movement. Volume 2: Book III. Spiritualism in England:
1. Table turning and table talking
2. The incubation period
3. The American invasion
4. Private mediumship
5. Physical mediumship in general
6. Materialisation
7. Spirit photographs
8. Clairvoyance and trance-speaking
9. Science and superstition
10. General survey of the movement
Book IV. Problems of Mediumship:
1. Some foreign investigations
2. Slate-writing
3. Daniel Dunglas Home
4. Was there hallucination? 5. The mediumship of Stainton Moses
6. Automatism
7. Dream-consciousness
8. The trance utterances of Mrs. Piper
Summary and conclusion
Index.