Author: University of Pennsylvania. Seybert Commission for Investigating Modern Spiritualism
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ISBN:
Category : Spiritualism
Languages : en
Pages : 172

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Author: University of Pennsylvania. Seybert Commission for Investigating Modern Spiritualism
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spiritualism
Languages : en
Pages : 172

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Author: University of Pennsylvania. Seybert Commission for Investigating Modern Spiritualism
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 182

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The book 'Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed to Investigate Modern Spiritualism' by the University of Pennsylvania Seybert Commission for Investigating Modern Spiritualism is a groundbreaking study on the phenomenon of modern spiritualism. This detailed report provides a comprehensive analysis of various spiritualist practices and manifestations, shedding light on the cultural and social context in which they arose. The writing style is scholarly and objective, presenting empirical evidence and testimonies gathered by the Commission. The book offers a unique insight into the spiritualist movement of the 19th century and its impact on society. The investigative approach of the Commission adds credibility to the findings and conclusions presented in the report. The University of Pennsylvania Seybert Commission was established in response to the growing interest in spiritualism during the 19th century. Composed of esteemed scholars and researchers, the Commission aimed to provide a scientific and rational analysis of spiritualist phenomena. The authorship of the report reflects the expertise and academic rigor of the University of Pennsylvania, enhancing the scholarly value of the book. I highly recommend 'Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed to Investigate Modern Spiritualism' to readers interested in the history of spiritualism, paranormal phenomena, and scientific investigations of the supernatural. This book offers a fascinating glimpse into a significant cultural movement and the efforts to understand and analyze unexplained phenomena.

Author: University of Pennsylvania. Seybert Commission for Investigating Modern Spiritualism
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spiritualism
Languages : en
Pages : 170

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Author: Harry Houdini Collection
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783337656041
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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Author: Elizabeth Schleber Lowry
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319615122
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 113

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This book is a rhetorical analysis of the "Seybert Report," based on the findings of the Seybert Commission formed in the nineteenth century at the University of Pennsylvania and tasked with investigating the paranormal phenomena alleged to arise in Spiritualist séances. The findings of the report are significant because they provide a historical benchmark for how “paranormal” research--or psi--has been addressed by academics for well over a century. Elizabeth Schleber Lowry examines academic discourse with respect to psi from such approaches as the rhetoric of science and scholarship in the history and philosophy of science.

Author: James Lewis
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047420136
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 494

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The Handbook of New Age is a comprehensive survey of alternative spiritualities: their history, their global impact, their cultural influence and how they are understood by scholars. Chapters by many of the leading scholars of the movement give the latest analysis of contemporary spiritual trends, and present up-to-date observations of the interaction between the New Age movement and many different fields of knowledge and research.

Author: Enrique de Heriz
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297860542
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369

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The world's best magician is going blind, but is there a story in his past that can save him? Victor Losa has spent his life studying magic. His mentor, Mario Galvan, taught him not only the practical aspects of the art, but also its history and the lives of famous Victorian magicians such as Hoffman, Maskelyne, and Cooke, and the most enigmatic historical figure of all, Peter Grouse, a pickpocket who decided to challenge the best magicians of the day. But suddenly things change for Victor Losa, just as he is proclaimed the world's best magician. A light appears in his eye, but this is no magic trick - he is diagnosed with a rare degenerative condition of the optical nerve. In short, he is rapidly going blind. As he loses his sight, Victor finds that there are new ways to conjure the world through stories of the past, present and future. And finally he learns the secret behind his mentor's teachings.

Author: Lisa Morton
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1789142814
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 353

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From Halloween expert Morton, a level-headed and entertaining history of our desire and attempts to hold conversations with the dead. Calling the Spirits investigates the eerie history of our conversations with the dead, from necromancy in Homer’s Odyssey to the emergence of Spiritualism—when Victorians were entranced by mediums and the seance was born. Among our cast are the Fox sisters, teenagers surrounded by “spirit rappings”; Daniel Dunglas Home, the “greatest medium of all time”; Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whose unlikely friendship was forged, then riven, by the afterlife; and Helen Duncan, the medium whose trial in 1944 for witchcraft proved more popular to the public than news about the war. The book also considers Ouija boards, modern psychics, and paranormal investigations, and is illustrated with engravings, fine art (from beyond), and photographs. Hugely entertaining, it begs the question: is anybody there . . . ?

Author: Averill Earls
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501777270
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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In Spiritualism's Place, four friends and scholars who produce the acclaimed Dig: A History Podcast, share their curiosity and enthusiasm for uncovering stories from the past as they explore the history of Lily Dale. Located in western New York State, the world's largest center for Spiritualism was founded in 1879. Lily Dale has been a home for Spiritualists attempting to make contact with the dead, as well as a gathering place for reformers, a refuge for seekers looking for alternatives to established paths of knowledge, and a target for skeptics. This intimate history of Lily Dale reveals the role that this fascinating place has played within the history of Spiritualism, as well as within the development of the women's suffrage and temperance movements, and the world of New Age religion. As an intentional community devoted to Spiritualist beliefs and practices, Lily Dale brings together multiple strands in the social and religious history of New York and the United States over the past 150 years: feminism, social reform, utopianism, new religious movements, and cultural appropriation. Podcasters and historians alike, Averill Earls, Sarah Handley-Cousins, Elizabeth Garner Masarik, and Marissa C. Rhodes each identify one site in Lily Dale and one theme that its history illuminates. They use those sites and themes to approach Lily Dale not as debunkers but as inquisitive researchers and storytellers. At the same time, they also reflect on their own relationships contending that it's never quite possible to separate grief, hope, faith, and friendship from understandings of the past. Spiritualism's Place breaks myths, unveils unexpected stories, and finds new ways to contemplate Spiritualism's role in American history.