BOOK ON MEDIUMS; OR, 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: Samuel Weiser (New York), 1970. Translated by Emma A. Wood. Hardcover. 458 pages. Allan Kardec was a longtime teacher of mathematics, astronomy, and other scientific disciplines before turning to the paranormal. He founded the Parisian Society of Psychologic Studies, and founded and edited the monthly magazine La Revue Spirite, Journal of Psychologic Studies. 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 (also available for sale at our store), 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. An overall firm and clean copy, with tight binding; light wear to boards; interior is clean and free of markings save some discoloration to text block.
