PLANCHETTE; OR, THE DESPAIR OF SCIENCE. BEING A FULL ACCOUNT OF MODERN SPIRITUALISM, ITS PHENOMENA, AND THE VARIOUS THEORIES REGARDING IT. WITH A SURVEY OF FRENCH SPIRITISM.
Book Details + Condition: Roberts Brothers (Boston). Early Edition, 1874. Hardcover with dark green boards, and gilt to front and spine. Book measures 6.5" x 5". 400 pages with Index. A comprehensive treatise on the varying methods of identifying and communicating with spirits and otherworldly entities through various methods, from a historical perspective to the era's "modern day" inventions and techniques. Chapters include:
- Planchette: What Science Says of It
- Spirit Manifestations Through Miss Fox
- Spirit Manifestations Through Mr. Home
- The Phenomena of 1847
- The Salem Phenomena, Etc.
- Various Mediums and Manifestations
- The Seeress of Prevorst - Kerner - Stilling
- Somnambulism and Mesmerism, Etc.
- Spiritism and Pre-existence, Etc.
- Psychometry
Firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; wear to boards; rear board appears to have had water damage at some point, and is softened - but the interior pages were not affected; chafed spine ends; interior is clean and free of markings.
