{"product_id":"modern-spiritualism-a-history-and-a-criticism-paperback-9781108072571","title":"Modern Spiritualism; A History and a Criticism (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108072571","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eModern Spiritualism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA History and a Criticism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first comprehensive history of Spiritualism by one of the foremost Victorian psychic researchers: an indispensable source on the movement.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrank Podmore (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108072571, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 January 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e332 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.42 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\"\u003eFrank Podmore (1856–1910) published Modern Spiritualism in two volumes in 1902. It was the first comprehensive history of the Spiritualist movement. Podmore traces the historical development of Spiritualism from its earliest origins in animal magnetism and alchemy, to its apogee in the early nineteenth century and through to its decline from 1870 onwards, which Podmore associated with the growth of professional psychics and an increase in fraud. Volume 1 covers the key figures of the movement: Paracelsus, Mesmer, Bertrand, Esdaile, and Andrew Jackson Davis. Book 1 focuses on French, English and German Spiritualism and Book 2 on American Spiritualism and its beginnings in Arcadia. The volume includes invaluable accounts of scientific investigations into possession, poltergeists, clairvoyance, and trances. Podmore was a leading member of the Victorian Society for Psychical Research and his work remains an indispensable source for the modern-day historian of nineteenth-century Spiritualism and occult practices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Book I. The Pedigree of Spiritualism: 1. Possession and witchcraft\u003cbr\u003e 2. On poltergeists\u003cbr\u003e 3. The sympathetic system\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mesmer and his disciples\u003cbr\u003e 5. The second French commission\u003cbr\u003e 6. Spiritualism in France before 1848\u003cbr\u003e 7. The German somnambules\u003cbr\u003e 8. The English mesmerists\u003cbr\u003e 9. Community of sensation\u003cbr\u003e 10. Clairvoyance in England\u003cbr\u003e 11. Andrew Jackson Davis and the Univercoelum\u003cbr\u003e Book II. Early American Spiritualism: 1. In Arcadia\u003cbr\u003e 2. Some dwellers in Arcadia\u003cbr\u003e 3. The physical phenomena\u003cbr\u003e 4. Clairvoyance and speaking with tongues\u003cbr\u003e 5. Trance writing and speaking\u003cbr\u003e 6. General survey of the movement.\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":46266180600088,"sku":"9781108072571","price":30.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108072571i_a1684335-348a-49ce-b10e-8e9b2ef11662.jpg?v=1696748941","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/modern-spiritualism-a-history-and-a-criticism-paperback-9781108072571","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}