EXPERIMENTAL SPIRITISM. BOOK ON MEDIUMS; GUIDE FOR MEDIUMS AND INVOCATORS: Containing the Special Instruction of the Spirits on the Theory of All Kinds of Manifestations; the Means of Communicating with the Invisible World; the Development of Mediumship; the Difficulties and the Dangers that are to be Encountered in the Practice of Spiritism.
Book Details + Condition: Boston: Colby and Rich (1874). By Allan Kardec. First American edition, translated by Emma A. Wood. Original brown decorated cloth. 458 pages, followed by catalogue of publisher's works. A scarce and influential classic of 19th century Spiritism. A prominent figure of the Spiritist movement, Allan Kardec studied and wrote on a wide variety of scientific and educational topics, using the pseudonym Allan Kardec for his writings on Spiritism. The BOOK ON MEDIUMS, also known as THE MEDIUMS BOOK, was originally published in French in 1861. It is the widely respected follow-up to THE SPIRITS BOOK, and part of his 5-book series titled SPIRITIST CODIFICATION. This work is intended to be an essential guide to mediumship for mediums and those interested in the spirit world. It covers the different types of mediumship including: table-turning, incorporation of spirits, haunted houses, transfiguration, apparitions, psychography and telekinesis. It explains how to deal with manifestations and how to guard against frauds, charlatans, and skeptics alike. Interior hinge cracked but binding remains strong and tight; shelf wear to covers, with bumped and rubbed edges and corners; library bookplate and sticker of former owner on inside front board; stamp and number on title page; faint stamp on upper text block and number on lower spine; interior is otherwise unmarked.
