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On miracles and modern spiritualism

three essays

Also known as Miracles and modern spiritualism; On miracles and modern spiritualism three essays

by Alfred Russel Wallace

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  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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The nineteenth-century British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace was a major influence on Darwin's theory of natural selection. He was later moved by a variety of personal experiences to examine the concept of spirituality, but his exploration into the potential for compatibility between spiritualism and natural selection alienated him from the scientific community. The three controversial essays in this 1875 book attempt to reinforce his beliefs and validate his claims. The first, written in 1871 and read before The Dialectic Society, reconsiders the credibility or incredibility of miracles. The second, 'The Scientific Aspect of the Supernatural', had been published in a secularist periodical several years earlier, and 'A Defence of Modern Spiritualism' appeared in the Fortnightly Review shortly before this book was published. Wallace's book takes the modern reader to the heart of the raging debates engendered by Darwin, many of which continue over a century later.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis, Occultism and esotericism, Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling, and Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition.

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  • Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, openalex, openlibrary-historical, and wellcome matched “Spiritualism” and “spiritualism”. Retained metadata contains “Spiritualism” in the title, “Spiritualism” in the alternative title, “Spiritualism” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

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  • Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition

    A contributing source assigned this topic during controlled cataloging, but the exact triggering term is not present in the merged metadata.

  • Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis

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Miracles and modern spiritualism

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1975——
  • 9780405069963
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Miracles and modern spiritualism

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1896-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : G. Redway; London, G. RedwayEnglish—Public digitized item

On miracles and modern spiritualism three essays

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viii, 236 pages ; 19 cm

1875-01-01T00:00:00ZJames Burns; London : James BurnsEnglish
  • 083705687X
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  • Contributing institution: Duke University Libraries
  • Contributing institution: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
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  • Digitization sponsor: Duke University Libraries
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  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana; medicalheritagelibrary
  • Open Library reports 1 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 6 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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