{"product_id":"mystic-london-or-phases-of-occult-life-in-the-metropolis-paperback-9781108027434","title":"Mystic London; Or, Phases of Occult Life in the Metropolis (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108027434","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMystic London\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOr, Phases of Occult Life in the Metropolis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis apologia for spiritualism, published in 1875, is an indispensable source on alternative religion in Victorian London.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles Maurice Davies (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108027434, 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\"\u003e420 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.53 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\"\u003eThe Anglican clergyman and founding member of the Society of the Holy Cross, Charles Maurice Davies (1828–1910), published Mystic London in 1875. The work is a collection of Davies' observations and researches into urban spiritualism. It includes descriptions of London mesmerists, mediums and séances, and discussions of Darwinism, secularism and the non-religious. Davies, who discovered spiritualism in Paris in the mid-1850s, and became a committed spiritualist after the death of his son in 1865, argued in this work that the principles and practices of spiritualism did not pose any threat to Christianity and that the two movements had much in common and could peacefully coexist. The work is an indispensable source on the presence of alternative religion in London and for the beliefs and practices of nineteenth-century spiritualists. It offers a fascinating insight into Victorian experiences and attitudes towards the occult and the supernatural.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. London Arabs\u003cbr\u003e 2. East London Arabs\u003cbr\u003e 3. London Arabs in Canada\u003cbr\u003e 4. Waifs and strays\u003cbr\u003e 5. A lunatic ball\u003cbr\u003e 6. A baby show\u003cbr\u003e 7. A night in a bakehouse\u003cbr\u003e 8. A London slave market\u003cbr\u003e 9. Tea and experience\u003cbr\u003e 10. Sunday linnet-singing\u003cbr\u003e 11. A woman's rights debate\u003cbr\u003e 12. An open-air Tichborne meeting\u003cbr\u003e 13. Sunday in a people's garden\u003cbr\u003e 14. Utilizing the young ladies\u003cbr\u003e 15. Fairlop Friday\u003cbr\u003e 16. A Christmas dip\u003cbr\u003e 17. Boxing-day on the streets\u003cbr\u003e 18. The vigil of the Derby\u003cbr\u003e 19. The wifeslayer's 'home'\u003cbr\u003e 20. Bathing in the Far East\u003cbr\u003e 21. Among the Quakers\u003cbr\u003e 22. Penny readings\u003cbr\u003e 23. Darwinism on the Devil\u003cbr\u003e 24. Peculiar people\u003cbr\u003e 25. Interviewing an astrologer\u003cbr\u003e 26. A barmaid show\u003cbr\u003e 27. A private execution\u003cbr\u003e 28. Breaking up for the holidays\u003cbr\u003e 29. Psychological ladies\u003cbr\u003e 30. Secularism of Bunyan\u003cbr\u003e 31. Al fresco infidelity\u003cbr\u003e 32. An 'indescribable phenomenon'\u003cbr\u003e 33. A lady mesmerist\u003cbr\u003e 34. A psychopathic institution\u003cbr\u003e 35. A phrenological evening\u003cbr\u003e 36. A spiritual picnic\u003cbr\u003e 37. A ghostly conference\u003cbr\u003e 38. An evening's diablerie\u003cbr\u003e 39. Spiritual athletes\u003cbr\u003e 40. 'Spotting' spirit mediums\u003cbr\u003e 41. A Séance for sceptics\u003cbr\u003e 42. An evening with the higher spirits\u003cbr\u003e 43. Spirit forms\u003cbr\u003e 44. Sitting with a sibyl\u003cbr\u003e 45. Spiritualists and conjurers\u003cbr\u003e 46. Pros and cons of spiritualism.\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":46266013450520,"sku":"9781108027434","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108027434i_6c356841-3a3e-4e01-a4f8-2724227df926.jpg?v=1694873451","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/mystic-london-or-phases-of-occult-life-in-the-metropolis-paperback-9781108027434","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}