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The Magic Staff: An Autobiography of Andrew Jackson Davis

Also known as The magic staff; The magic staff; an autobiography

by Andrew Jackson Davis

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ritual magic and grimoires, Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling, and Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the title, “Magic” in the alternative title, and “Magic” in the edition title.

    • “Magic”· in title
    • “Magic”· in alternative title
    • “Magic”· in edition title
  • Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Spiritualism”. Retained metadata contains “Spiritualism” in the subject metadata.

    • “Spiritualism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Spiritualism”· via Open Library
    • “Spiritualism”· in subject
  • Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Clairvoyance”.

    • “Clairvoyance”· via Open Library

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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Editions

3 editions cataloged here.

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1867-01-01T00:00:00ZBoston : B. MarshEnglish—Public digitized item

The magic staff; an autobiography

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1857-01-01T00:00:00ZNew York, J. S. Brown & co.; Boston, B. MarshEnglish—Public digitized item

The magic staff ; an autobiography

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1869-01-01T00:00:00ZBoston : WhiteEnglish—Public digitized item

Subjects

3 subject headings

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Contributing institution: Internet Archive
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Open Library reports 1 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL13095079W
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