From Matter to Spirit
The Result of Ten Years’ Experience in Spirit Manifestation
Seiten
2011
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-02744-1 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-02744-1 (ISBN)
Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan gives an account of the spiritualist practices she observed during a decade of research, providing insights into nineteenth-century ideas about the occult. In addition to chapters on death and ghosts, she also examines the role of mediums who acted as guides to the spirit world.
Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan (1809–1892) was the wife of the mathematician and logician Augustus De Morgan and mother of the celebrated ceramicist William De Morgan. In this book, published in 1863, De Morgan, writing as 'CD' – with a preface by her husband signed as 'AB' – acknowledges that alleged spirit manifestations have faced much criticism and scepticism, but argues that it was a little-understood phenomenon that merited further investigation. She spent a decade on this research, and focused on the role of the mediums, people who were believed to communicate with the spirit world. She was aided in this by the arrival of a medium who lived with the De Morgan family for six years. Her chapters also examine in depth the process of dying and ideas about the afterlife. A first-hand account of the nineteenth-century spiritualist world, this book provides a fascinating glimpse into Britain's changing religious landscape.
Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan (1809–1892) was the wife of the mathematician and logician Augustus De Morgan and mother of the celebrated ceramicist William De Morgan. In this book, published in 1863, De Morgan, writing as 'CD' – with a preface by her husband signed as 'AB' – acknowledges that alleged spirit manifestations have faced much criticism and scepticism, but argues that it was a little-understood phenomenon that merited further investigation. She spent a decade on this research, and focused on the role of the mediums, people who were believed to communicate with the spirit world. She was aided in this by the arrival of a medium who lived with the De Morgan family for six years. Her chapters also examine in depth the process of dying and ideas about the afterlife. A first-hand account of the nineteenth-century spiritualist world, this book provides a fascinating glimpse into Britain's changing religious landscape.
Preface Augustus De Morgan; 1. Introductory – method of experimenting; 2. Rapping and table-moving – reality of phenomena; 3. Writing: first experiments; 4. Mesmerism; 5. Mediumship: modes of influence; 6. Mediumship (continued): writing-vision-drawing; 7. Mediumship (continued): the voice and hearing; 8. Mediumship: nature of influence; 9. Process of death and formation of the spiritual body; 10. Daybreak; 11. The home of the spirit; 12. Appearances after death; 13. Correspondence and development; 14. Influx and inspiration; 15. The word of God; Notes to chapter XV.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.5.2011 |
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Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge |
Zusatzinfo | 5 Line drawings, unspecified |
Verlagsort | Cambridge |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 560 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen | |
Sozialwissenschaften | |
ISBN-10 | 1-108-02744-X / 110802744X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-02744-1 / 9781108027441 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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