The History of Spiritualism, Vol. II

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Arthur Conan Doyle. The History of Spiritualism, Vol. II

The History of Spiritualism, Vol. II

Table of Contents

I. — THE CAREER OF EUSAPIA PALLADINO

II. — GREAT MEDIUMS FROM 1870 TO 1900: CHARLES H. FOSTER, MADAME D'ESPÉRANCE, WILLIAM EGLINTON, STAINTON MOSES

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III. — THE SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH

IV. — ECTOPLASM

V. — SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY

VI. — VOICE MEDIUMSHIP AND MOULDS

VII. — FRENCH, GERMAN, AND ITALIAN SPIRITUALISM

VIII. — SOME GREAT MODERN MEDIUMS

IX. — SPIRITUALISM AND THE WAR

X. — THE RELIGIOUS ASPECT OF SPIRITUALISM

XI. — THE AFTER-LIFE AS SEEN BY SPIRITUALISTS

APPENDIX

NOTE TO CHAPTER II. THE MEDIUMSHIP OF THE REV. W. STAINTON MOSES

MR. WALES's AUTOMATIC WRITING

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Arthur Conan Doyle

Published by Good Press, 2022

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In Paris, in 1885, Eglinton met M. Tissot, the famous artist, who sat with him and subsequently visited him in England. A remarkable materializing séance at which two figures were plainly seen, and one, a lady, was recognized as a relation, has been immortalized by Tissot in a mezzotint entitled "Apparition Medianimique." This beautiful, artistic production, a copy of which hangs at the offices of the London Spiritualist Alliance, shows the two figures illuminated by spirit lights which they are carrying in their hands. Tissot also executed a portrait etching of the medium, and this is to be found as the frontispiece to Mr. Farmer's book, "'Twixt Two Worlds."

A typical example of his early physical mediumship is described* by Miss Kislingbury and Dr. Carter Blake (Lecturer in Anatomy at Westminster Hospital):

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