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Modern Spiritualism

A History and a Criticism

by Frank Podmore

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Fiction

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Frank 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.

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Demonology, angelology, and possession, Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis, Occultism and esotericism, Parapsychology and psychical research, Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling, Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition, and Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Retained metadata contains “occult” in the description and “occult” in the subject metadata.

    • “occult”· in description
    • “occult”· in subject
  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the description and “Alchemy” in the subject metadata.

    • “Alchemy”· in description
    • “Alchemy”· in subject
  • Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought

    Retained metadata contains “Theosophy” in the subject metadata.

    • “Theosophy”· in subject
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Retained metadata contains “possession” in the description and “possession” in the subject metadata.

    • “possession”· in description
    • “possession”· in subject
  • Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling

    Controlled discovery queries from crossref, libris, openaire, and openalex matched “spiritualism”. Retained metadata contains “Spiritualism” in the title, “Spiritualism” in the description, “Spiritualism” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “spiritualism”· via Crossref
    • “spiritualism”· via Libris, National Library of Sweden
    • “spiritualism”· via OpenAIRE Graph
    • “spiritualism”· via OpenAlex
    • “Spiritualism”· in title
    • “Spiritualism”· in description
  • Parapsychology and psychical research

    Retained metadata contains “Psychical research” in the description.

    • “Psychical research”· in description
  • Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex matched “clairvoyance”. Retained metadata contains “Clairvoyance” in the description.

    • “clairvoyance”· via OpenAlex
    • “Clairvoyance”· in description
  • Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis

    Retained metadata contains “Animal magnetism” in the description.

    • “Animal magnetism”· in description

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A History and a Criticism

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OpenAIRE access-right metadata: CLOSED

2011-01-20Cambridge University Press; Cambridge University Press (CUP); Cambridge University Press eBooksEnglish
  • 9780511973321
  • 9781108072571
  • 0511973322
  • 1108072577
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1902—English—Catalog record

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crossref:10.1017/cbo9780511973321
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