Title: Mediums of the 19th century.
Authors: Podmore, Frank, 1856-1910; Podmore, Frank, 1856-1910.; Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection
Publisher: University Books
Year: 1963
Subjects: Spiritualism; Spiritualism
Abstract: Critical history of paranormal occurrences, given in extensive detail, by a member of the Society for Psychical Research.
Contents: Book I: The pedigree of spiritualism -- Possession and witchcraft -- On poltergeists -- The sympathetic system -- Mesmer and his disciples -- The second French commission -- Spiritualism in France before 1848 -- The German somnambules -- The English mesmerists -- Community of sensation -- Clairvoyance in England -- Andrew Jackson Davis and the Univercœlum -- Book II: Early American spiritualism -- In Arcadia -- Some dwellers in Arcadia -- The physical phenomena -- Clairvoyance and speaking with tongues -- Trance writing and speaking -- General survey of the movement -- Book III: Spiritualism in England -- Table turning and table talking -- The incubation period -- The American invasion -- Private mediumship -- Physical mediumship in general -- Materialisation -- Spirit photographs -- Clairvoyance and trance-speaking -- Science and superstition -- General survey of the movement -- Book IV: Problems of mediumship -- Some foreign investigations -- Slate-writing -- Daniel Dunglas home -- Was there hallucination? -- The mediumship of Stainton Moses -- Automatism -- Dream-consciousness -- The trance utterances of Mrs. Piper -- Summary and conclusion.