Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- BOOK I THE PEDIGREE OF SPIRITUALISM
- CHAPTER I POSSESSION AND WITCHCRAFT
- CHAPTER II ON POLTERGEISTS
- CHAPTER III THE SYMPATHETIC SYSTEM
- CHAPTER IV MESMER AND HIS DISCIPLES
- CHAPTER V THE SECOND FRENCH COMMISSION
- CHAPTER VI SPIRITUALISM IN FRANCE BEFORE 1848
- CHAPTER VII THE GERMAN SOMNAMBULES
- CHAPTER VIII THE ENGLISH MESMERISTS
- CHAPTER IX COMMUNITY OF SENSATION
- CHAPTER X CLAIRVOYANCE IN ENGLAND
- CHAPTER XI ANDREW JACKSON DAVIS AND THE UNIVERCŒLUM
- BOOK II EARLY AMERICAN SPIRITUALISM
CHAPTER IV - MESMER AND HIS DISCIPLES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- BOOK I THE PEDIGREE OF SPIRITUALISM
- CHAPTER I POSSESSION AND WITCHCRAFT
- CHAPTER II ON POLTERGEISTS
- CHAPTER III THE SYMPATHETIC SYSTEM
- CHAPTER IV MESMER AND HIS DISCIPLES
- CHAPTER V THE SECOND FRENCH COMMISSION
- CHAPTER VI SPIRITUALISM IN FRANCE BEFORE 1848
- CHAPTER VII THE GERMAN SOMNAMBULES
- CHAPTER VIII THE ENGLISH MESMERISTS
- CHAPTER IX COMMUNITY OF SENSATION
- CHAPTER X CLAIRVOYANCE IN ENGLAND
- CHAPTER XI ANDREW JACKSON DAVIS AND THE UNIVERCŒLUM
- BOOK II EARLY AMERICAN SPIRITUALISM
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- Modern SpiritualismA History and a Criticism, pp. 51 - 66Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1902