List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. The Setting: 1. Mediums; 2. Membership; Part II. A Surrogate Faith: 3. Spiritualism and Christianity; 4. Psychical research and agnosticism; 5. Theosophy and the occult; Part III. A Pseudoscience: 6. Concepts of mind; 7. The problem of evolution; 8. Physics and psychic phenomena; Conclusion; Notes; Index.
A study of the public fascination with spiritualism and psychical research in Victorian and Edwardian times.
"This is a book of rich and complex texture dealing with important activities of Victorian and Edwardian society: spiritualism and physical research...a most stimulating study..." Journal of Modern History
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