INDEX
Index of "The
Mediums' Book"
Translator's Preface
Introduction
PART FIRST
Preliminary Observations
CH 1 Do Spirits Exist | ||
CH 2 Marvelous and the Supernatural | ||
CH 3 Plan of Proceeding | ||
With Materialists; Systematic Materialists, and Materialists from lack of any better hypothesis; Incredulity from ignorance, from ill-will, from self-interest, from dishonesty, from pusillanimity, from religious scruples, from hoaxings; Three Classes of Spiritists; Order to be observed in the investigation of Spiritism | ||
CH 4 Theories | ||
Different opinions in regard to Spiritism - Theories of Negation; Charlatanism; Madness; Hallucination; The Cracking Muscle; Physical Causes; Reflexion or Cerebration - Affirmative Theories; The Collective Soul; The Somnambulic; The Pessimist; The Diabolic or Demoniacal; The Optimist; The Unispiritist or Monospiritist; The Multispiritist or Polyspiritist; Theory of the Material Soul | ||
PART SECOND Spirit Manifestations |
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CH 1 Action of Spirits on Matter | ||
CH 2 Physical Manifestations. Table-Turning | ||
CH 3 Intelligent Manifestations | ||
CH 4 Theory of Physical Manifestations | ||
Self-Imposed Trials and the True Meaning of Self-Sacrifice | ||
CH 5 Spontaneous Physical Manifestations | ||
Noises, racket, and disturbances; Things thrown about; Objects introduced spontaneously into rooms; Statements by a Spirit in regard to these phenomena | ||
CH 6 Visual Manifestations | ||
Theoretical explanation of Apparitions; Theory of Hallucination | ||
CH 7 Bi-Corporeity and Transfiguration | ||
Apparitions of the Spirit of persons in the flesh; Doubles; St Alfonso of Liguori and St. Antony of Padua: Vespasian; Transfiguration; Invisibility | ||
CH 8 Laboratory of the Invisible World | ||
Spirit-clothing; Spontaneous formation of tangible objects; Modification of the properties of matter; Curative action of animal magnetism | ||
CH 9 Haunted Places | ||
CH 10 Nature of Spirit Communications | ||
Course, frivolous, serious, and instructive communications | ||
CH 11 Sematology and Typtology | ||
The language of signs, raps, and tiltings; Alphabetical typtology | ||
CH 12 Pneumatography or Direct Writing; Pneumatophony or Direct Spirit-Sounds | ||
CH 13 Psychography | ||
Indirect Psychography; Planchettes, etc,; Direct or Manual Psychography | ||
CH 14 Mediums | ||
Physical Mediums; Electric Persons; Sensitive or Impressionable Mediums; Hearing Mediums; Speaking Mediums; Seeing Mediums; Somnambulist Mediums; Healing Mediums; Pneumatographic Mediums | ||
CH 15 Writing Mediums or Psychographs | ||
Mechanical Mediums; Intuitive Mediums; Semi-mechanical Mediums; Inspired or Involuntary Mediums; Presentient Mediums | ||
CH 16 Special Mediums | ||
Special aptitudes of Mediums; Synoptical Table of the Different Varieties of Mediums | ||
CH 17 Formation of Mediums | ||
Development of Medianimity; Changes in the writing of Medium; Loss and Suspension of Medianimity | ||
CH 18 Difficulties and Dangers of Medianimity | ||
Influence of Medianimity on the Health; Idem on the Brain; Idem on Children | ||
CH 19 The Action of the Medium in the Obtaining of Spirit-Manifestations | ||
Influence of the Medium; Mediumship attributed to inert bodies; Aptitude of certain mediums for languages, music, drawing, & etc., of which they have no present knowledge; Dissertation of a Spirit on the action of mediums in Spirit-Manifestations | ||
CH 20 Mental and Moral Influence of the Medium | ||
Questions; Dissertation of a Spirit on the Mental and Moral Influence of Mediums on Spirit-Manifestation | ||
CH 21 Influence of Surroundings on Spirit-Manifestations | ||
CH 22 Medianimity of Animals | ||
CH 23 Obsession | ||
Simple Obsession; Fascination; Subjugation; Causes of Obsession; Means of Combating Obsession | ||
CH 24 Identity of Spirits | ||
Obtainable proofs of Identity; Distinction between Good and Evil Spirits; Questions on the Nature and Identity of Spirits | ||
CH 25 Evocations | ||
General Considerations; Spirits who may be evoked; Mode of addressing Spirits; Utility of Special Evocations; Questions on Evocation; Evocation of Animals; Evocation of Living Persons; Human Telegraphy | ||
CH 26 Questions That May Be Addressed to Spirits | ||
Preliminary Observations; Questions that are agreeable or disagreeable to Spirits; Questions about the Future; About Past and Future Existences; About Moral and Worldly Interests; About the Destiny of Spirits; About Health; About Inventions and Discoveries; About Hidden Treasures; About Other Worlds | ||
CH 27 Contradictions and Hoaxings | ||
CH 28 Charlatinism | ||
Mercenary Mediumship; Sham Spiritism | ||
CH 29 Spiritist Meetings and Societies | ||
Purpose: To Be Said for the Spiritually Disturbed | ||
CH 30 Parisian Society for Psychologic Studies | ||
CH 31 Dissertations by Spirits | ||
On Spiritism; Mediums; Meetings; Apocryphal Communications | ||
CH
32 Spiritist Vocabulary |