The Mediums Book

Cover 1 THE MEDIUMS’ BOOK 2 TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE 5 INTRODUCTION 13 PART FIRST - PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS 18 CHAPTER I - DO SPIRITS EXIST? 18 CHAPTER II - THE MARVELLOUS AND THE SUPERNATURAL 26 CHAPTER III - PLAN OF PROCEEDING 37 CHAPTER IV - THEORIES 49 PART SECOND. - SPIRIT-MANIFESTATIONS 68 CHAPTER I - ACTION OF SPIRITS ON MATTER 68 CHAPTER II - PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS. - TABLE-TURNING 75 CHAPTER III - INTELLIGENT MANIFESTATIONS 79 CHAPTER IV - THEORY OF PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS 83 CHAPTER V - SPONTANEOUS PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS 98 CHAPTER VI - VISUAL MANIFESTATIONS 123 CHAPTER VII - BI-CORPOREITY AND TRANSFIGURATION 143 CHAPTER VIII - LABORATORY OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD 154 CHAPTER IX - HAUNTED PLACES 164 CHAPTER X - NATURE OF SPIRIT COMMUNICATIONS 170 CHAPTER XI - SEMATOLOGY AND TYPTOLOGY 174 CHAPTER XII - PNEUMATOGRAPHY OR DIRECT WRITING - PNEUMATOPHONY OR DIRECT SPIRIT-SOUNDS 180 CHAPTER XIII - PSYCHOGRAPHY 186 CHAPTER XIV - MEDIUMS 189 CHAPTER XV - WRITING MEDIUMS OR PSYCHOGRAPHS 206 CHAPTER XVI - SPECIAL MEDIUMS 212 CHAPTER XVII - FORMATION OF MEDIUMS 232 CHAPTER XVIII - DIFFICULTIES AND DANGERS OF MEDIANIMITY 251 CHAPTER XIX - THE ACTION OF THE MEDIUM IN THE OBTAINING OF SPIRIT MANIFESTATIONS 255 CHAPTER XX - MENTAL AND MORAL INFLUENCE OF THE MEDIUM 271 CHAPTER XXI - INFLUENCE OF SURROUNDINGS ON SPIRIT-MANIFESTATIONS 283 CHAPTER XXII - MEDIANIMITY OF ANIMALS 287 CHAPTER XXIII - OBSESSION 294 CHAPTER XXIV - IDENTITY OF SPIRITS 313 CHAPTER XXV - EVOCATIONS 336 CHAPTER XXVI - QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO SPIRITS 371 CHAPTER XXVII - CONTRADICTIONS AND HOAXINGS 390 CHAPTER XXVIII - CHARLATANISM 405 CHAPTER XXIX - SPIRITIST MEETINGS AND SOCIETIES 415 CHAPTER XXX - PARISIAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHOLOGIC STUDIES 432 CHAPTER XXXI - DISSERTATIONS BY SPIRITS 435 CHAPTER XXXII - SPIRITIST VOCABULARY 463 INDEX 467