THE MEDIUMS’ BOOK

INTRODUCTION
PART FIRST - PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ▸ ▾
- CHAPTER I - DO SPIRITS EXIST? ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER II - THE MARVELLOUS AND THE SUPERNATURAL ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER III - PLAN OF PROCEEDING. ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER IV - THEORIES ▸ ▾
PART SECOND - SPIRIT-MANIFESTATIONS ▸ ▾
- CHAPTER I - ACTION OF SPIRITS ON MATTER. ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER II - PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS - TABLE-TURNING ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER III - INTELLIGENT MANIFESTATIONS ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER IV - THEORY OF PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS ▸ ▾
  - Movements and liftings - Sounds - Temporary increase and decrease of the weight of bodies. ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER V - SPONTANEOUS PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS ▸ ▾
  - Noises, racket, and disturbances ▸ ▾
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  - Things thrown about ▸ ▾
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  - Objects brought by Spirits ▸ ▾
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  - Statements by a spirit in regard to these phenomena ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER VI VISUAL MANIFESTATIONS ▸ ▾
  - Apparitions ▸ ▾
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  - Theoretic explanation of Apparitions ▸ ▾
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  - Globular spirits ▸ ▾
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  - Theory of Hallucination ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER VII. BI-CORPOREITY AND TRANSFIGURATION ▸ ▾
  - Apparitions of the spirit of persons in the flesh ▸ ▾
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  - Doubles - Saint Alfonso of Liguori and Saint Antony of Padua ▸ ▾
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  - Vespasian ▸ ▾
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  - Transfiguration ▸ ▾
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  - Invisibility ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER VIII. LABORATORY OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD ▸ ▾
  - Spirit-clothing - Spontaneous formation of tangible objects- Modification of the properties of matter ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER IX. HAUNTED PLACES ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER X. NATURE OF SPIRIT COMMUNICATIONS ▸ ▾
  - NATURE OF SPIRIT COMMUNICATIONS ▸ ▾
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  - Coarse communications ▸ ▾
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  - Frivolous communications ▸ ▾
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  - Serious communications ▸ ▾
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  - Instructive communications ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER XI. SEMATOLOGY AND TYPTOLOGY ▸ ▾
  - The language of signs ; raps and tiltings - Alphabetical typtology ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER XII. PNEUMATOGRAPHY OR DIRECT WRITING - PNEUMATOPHONY OR DIRECT SPIRIT-SOUNDS ▸ ▾
  - Direct Writing ▸ ▾
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  - Pneumatophony ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER XIII. PSYCHOGRAPHY ▸ ▾
  - Indirect Psychography: Baskets and Planchettes ▸ ▾
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  - Direct or Manual Psychography ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER XIV - OF MEDIUMS ▸ ▾
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  - Mediums for Physical Effects ▸ ▾
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  - Electrical Persons ▸ ▾
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  - Sensitive or Impressible Mediums ▸ ▾
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  - Hearing Mediums ▸ ▾
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  - Talking Mediums ▸ ▾
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  - Seeing Mediums ▸ ▾
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  - Somnambulic Mediums ▸ ▾
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  - Healing Mediums ▸ ▾
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  - Pneumatographic Mediums ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER XV - WRITING OR PSYCHOGRAPHIC MEDIUMS ▸ ▾
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  - Mechanical Mediums ▸ ▾
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  - Intuitive Mediums ▸ ▾
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  - Semi-Mechanical Mediums ▸ ▾
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  - Inspired Mediums ▸ ▾
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  - Presentiment Mediums ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER XVI — SPECIAL MEDIUMS ▸ ▾
  - Special Aptitudes of Mediums ▸ ▾
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  - Synoptical List of the different Varieties of Mediums ▸ ▾
  - VARIETIES OF WRITING MEDIUMS ▸ ▾
- CHAPTER XVII - FORMATION OF MEDIUMS ▸ ▾
  - Developmeut of Mediumship ▸ ▾
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  - Change of Writing ▸ ▾
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  - Loss and Suspension of Mediumship ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER XVIII - INCONVENIENCES AND DANGERS OF MEDIUMSHIP ▸ ▾
  - Influence of the Exercise of Mediums hip on tlie Health; on the Brain ; on Children ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER XIX - ROLE OF THE MEDIUM IN SPIRIT COMMUNICATIONS ▸ ▾
  - Influence of the Personal Spirit of the Medium ▸ ▾
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  - Aptitude of some Mediums for Things they do not know: Languages, Music, Drawing, &c ▸ ▾
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  - Dissertation of a Spirit on the Role of Mediums ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER X - MORAL INFLUENCE OF THE MEDIUM ▸ ▾
  - Various Questions ▸ ▾
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  - Dissertations of a Spirit on Moral Influence ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER XXI - INFLUENCE OF THE SURROUNDINGS ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER XXII - OF MEDIUMSHIP IN ANIMALS ▸ ▾
  - Dissertation on the question of the medianimity of animals ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER XXIII - ON OBSESSION ▸ ▾
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  - Simple Obsession ▸ ▾
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  - Subjugation ▸ ▾
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  - Causes of Obsession ▸ ▾
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  - Means of combating it ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER XXIV - IDENTITY OF SPIRITS ▸ ▾
  - Possible Proofs of Identity ▸ ▾
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  - Distinction of Good and Bad Spirits ▸ ▾
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  - Questions on the Nature and Identity of Spirits ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER XXV - ON INVOCATIONS ▸ ▾
  - General Considerations ▸ ▾
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  - Spirits who may be invoked ▸ ▾
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  - Language to hold with Spirits ▸ ▾
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  - Utility of Special Invocations ▸ ▾
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  - Questions on Invocations ▸ ▾
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  - Invocation of Animals ▸ ▾
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  - Invocation of Living Persons ▸ ▾
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  - Human Telegraphy ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER XXVI - QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO SPIRITS ▸ ▾
  - Preliminary Observations ▸ ▾
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  - Questions sympathetic ou antipathetic to Sprits ▸ ▾
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  - Questions on the Future ▸ ▾
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  - Questions on Past and Future Existences ▸ ▾
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  - Questions on Moral and Material Interests ▸ ▾
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  - Questions on the Fate of Spirits ▸ ▾
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  - Questions on the Health ▸ ▾
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  - Questions on Inventions and Discoveries ▸ ▾
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  - Questions on Hidden Treasures ▸ ▾
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  - Questions on other Worlds ▸ ▾
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- CHAPTER XXVII - CONTRADICTIONS AND MYSTIFICATIONS ▸ ▾
  - Of Contradictions ▸ ▾
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  - Of Mystifications ▸ ▾
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- Chapter XXVIII - CHARLATANISM AND JUGGLERY ▸ ▾
  - Self-interested Mediums ▸ ▾
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  - Spirit Frauds ▸ ▾
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- Chapter XXIX - REUNIONS AND SPIRITIST SOCIETIES ▸ ▾
  - Of Reunions in General. ▸ ▾
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  - Of Societies Proper ▸ ▾
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  - Subject for Study ▸ ▾
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  - ▸ ▾
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- Regulations of the Parisian Society for Spiritist Studies ▸ ▾
  - Founded on April 1, 1858
  - Chapter 1 - Purpose and composition of the society
  - Chapter 2 - Administration
  - Chapter 3 - Sessions
  - Chapter 4 - Miscellaneous dispositions
- CHAPTER XXXI - DISSERTATIONS BY SPIRITS ▸ ▾
  - On Spiritism ▸ ▾
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    - II
    - III
    - IV
    - V
    - VI
    - VII
    - VIII
    - IX
  - On Mediums ▸ ▾
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    - XI
    - XII
    - XIII
    - XIV
    - XV
  - On Spiritist Societies ▸ ▾
    - XVI
    - XVII
    - XVIII
    - XIX
    - XX
    - XXI
    - XXII
    - XXIII
    - XXIV
    - XXV
    - XXVI
    - XXVII
    - XXVIII
  - Apocryphal Communications ▸ ▾
    - XXIX
    - XXX
    - XXXI
    - XXXII
    - XXXIII
    - XXXIV
- CHAPTER XXXII - SPIRITIST VOCABULARY ▸ ▾
  - AGENERATE
  - SPIRIT-RAPPERS
  - ERRATICITY
  - SPIRITIST
  - SPIRITISM
  - SPIRITIST
  - SPIRITUALISM
  - SPIRIT
  - SPIRITUALIST
  - STEREOTYPE
  - MEDIUM
  - MEDIUMSHIP
  - MEDIANIMIC
  - MEDIANIMITY
  - MEDIUMAT
  - PERISPIRIT
  - PNEUMATOPHONY
  - PNEUMATOGRAPHY
  - PSYCHOPHONY
  - PSYCHOGRAPHY
  - PSYCHOGRAPHER
  - REINCARNATION
  - SEMATOLOGY
  - TYPTOLOGY
  - TYPTER

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