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Beckles Willson. Occultism and Common-Sense
Occultism and Common-Sense
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INTRODUCTION
By Professor W. F. Barrett, F.R.S
Occultism and Common-Sense
CHAPTER I
SCIENCE'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE "SUPERNATURAL"
CHAPTER II
THE HYPNOTIC STATE
CHAPTER III
PHANTASMS OF THE LIVING
CHAPTER IV
DREAMS
CHAPTER V
HALLUCINATIONS
CHAPTER VI
PHANTASMS OF THE DEAD
CHAPTER VII
ON "HAUNTINGS" AND KINDRED PHENOMENA
CHAPTER VIII
THE DOWSING OR DIVINING ROD
CHAPTER IX
MEDIUMISTIC PHENOMENA
CHAPTER X
MORE PHYSICAL PHENOMENA
CHAPTER XI
THE MATERIALISATION OF "GHOSTS"
CHAPTER XII
SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY
CHAPTER XIII
CLAIRVOYANCE
CHAPTER XIV
MRS PIPER'S TRANCE UTTERANCES
AFTERWORD
A Catalogue of the Publications of T. Werner Laurie
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Beckles Willson
Published by Good Press, 2021
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"Since the occurrence of the above incident I have not touched tobacco; have felt ever since like it would poison me, and I now feel like one draw at the pipe would kill me instantly. My desire for tobacco was suddenly and effectually torn out by the roots, but perhaps I shall never know just how it was done.