{"product_id":"from-matter-to-spirit-the-result-of-ten-years-experience-in-spirit-manifestation-paperback-9781108027441","title":"From Matter to Spirit; The Result of Ten Years’ Experience in Spirit Manifestation (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108027441","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFrom Matter to Spirit\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Result of Ten Years’ Experience in Spirit Manifestation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA decade-long study of the spiritualist world, this volume provides a glimpse into the Victorian fascination with the occult.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSophia Elizabeth De Morgan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108027441, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 May 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e444 pages, 5 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSophia Elizabeth De Morgan (1809–1892) was the wife of the mathematician and logician Augustus De Morgan and mother of the celebrated ceramicist William De Morgan. In this book, published in 1863, De Morgan, writing as 'CD' – with a preface by her husband signed as 'AB' – acknowledges that alleged spirit manifestations have faced much criticism and scepticism, but argues that it was a little-understood phenomenon that merited further investigation. She spent a decade on this research, and focused on the role of the mediums, people who were believed to communicate with the spirit world. She was aided in this by the arrival of a medium who lived with the De Morgan family for six years. Her chapters also examine in depth the process of dying and ideas about the afterlife. A first-hand account of the nineteenth-century spiritualist world, this book provides a fascinating glimpse into Britain's changing religious landscape.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface Augustus De Morgan\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introductory – method of experimenting\u003cbr\u003e 2. Rapping and table-moving – reality of phenomena\u003cbr\u003e 3. Writing: first experiments\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mesmerism\u003cbr\u003e 5. Mediumship: modes of influence\u003cbr\u003e 6. Mediumship (continued): writing-vision-drawing\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mediumship (continued): the voice and hearing\u003cbr\u003e 8. Mediumship: nature of influence\u003cbr\u003e 9. Process of death and formation of the spiritual body\u003cbr\u003e 10. Daybreak\u003cbr\u003e 11. The home of the spirit\u003cbr\u003e 12. Appearances after death\u003cbr\u003e 13. Correspondence and development\u003cbr\u003e 14. Influx and inspiration\u003cbr\u003e 15. The word of God\u003cbr\u003e Notes to chapter XV.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005145207064,"sku":"9781108027441","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108027441i.jpg?v=1694873464","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/from-matter-to-spirit-the-result-of-ten-years-experience-in-spirit-manifestation-paperback-9781108027441","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}