Investigating the supernatural : from spiritism and occultism to psychical research and metapsychics in France, 1853-1931 /

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Seances were wildly popular in France between 1850 and 1930, when members of the general public and scholars alike turned to the wondrous as a means of understanding and explaining the world. Sofie Lachapelle explores how five distinct groups attempted to use and legitimize seances: spiritists, who...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lachapelle, Sofie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Colección:Project Muse philosophy and religion collection.
Temas:
1800-1999
Parapsychology > France > History > 20th century.
Parapsychology > France > History > 19th century.
Supernatural > History > 20th century.
Supernatural > History > 19th century.
Occultism > France > History > 20th century.
Occultism > France > History > 19th century.
Occultisme > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Occultisme > France > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Parapsychologie > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Parapsychologie > France > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Surnaturel > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Surnaturel > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Occultism
Parapsychology
Supernatural
Occultisme.
Parapsychologie.
Onderzoek.
France
Frankrijk.
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From turning tables to spiritism
  • Occult wisdoms, astral bodies, and human fluids
  • Pathologies of the supernatural
  • Witnessing and testifying to psychical phenomena
  • The rise and fall of metapsychics.

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