Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge – serie
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Incidents in the Life of Madame Blavatsky
Compiled from Information Supplied by her Relatives and Friends
Häftad, 2011
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Ukrainian-born Madame Helena Blavatsky (1831-1891) was a co-founder of the theosophy movement in the United States, which she later extended to Europe and India, though her later years were dogged by ill health and controversy. In this book, published in 1886, A. P. Sinnett (1840-1921), a fellow …
Isis Unveiled
A Master-Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology
Häftad, 2012
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Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-91), writer, traveller and spiritualist, is well known for her role in nineteenth-century theosophy. Born in the Ukraine, Blavatsky travelled extensively and claimed to have spent seven years studying esoteric mysteries in Tibet. From 1863 she began working as a …
Isis Unveiled
A Master-Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology
Häftad, 2012
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Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-91), writer, traveller and spiritualist, is well known for her role in nineteenth-century theosophy. Born in the Ukraine, Blavatsky travelled extensively and claimed to have spent seven years studying esoteric mysteries in Tibet. From 1863 she began working as a …
The Secret Doctrine
The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy
Av H. P. Blavatsky, Annie Besant
Häftad, 2011
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Ukrainian-born Madame Helena Blavatsky (1831-1891) was a powerful and controversial member of the spiritualist world and for a time famous for her powers as a medium. She was a co-founder of the theosophy movement in the United States, which she later extended to Europe and India, drawing from her …
The History of Magic
Av Joseph Ennemoser, Mary Howitt
Häftad, 2011
780 kr
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Joseph Ennemoser (1787-1854) was an Tyrolean doctor and scientist, noted for his use of magnetism and hypnosis. He was a forerunner of Freud in his belief in the connection between the mind and physical health, and his interest in psychology led to investigations into the paranormal. He became well …
Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft
Addressed to J. G. Lockhart
Av Walter Scott
Häftad, 2011
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Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) is best known for his poetry and for historical novels such as Ivanhoe and Rob Roy, but he also had a lifelong fascination with witchcraft and the occult. Following a spell of ill-health, Scott was encouraged by his son-in-law, publisher J. G. Lockhart, to put together …
Das Altjüdische Zauberwesen
Av Lajos Blau
Häftad, 2011
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Lajos (Ludwig) Blau (1861-1936) was a professor at the Landesrabbinerschule (Hungarian rabbinical seminary) in Budapest. His published work covers biblical studies, Masoretic studies and the Talmud, but his interests in Jewish history also extended to archaeology and folklore. This book, originally …
Letters on Natural Magic, Addressed to Sir Walter Scott
Häftad, 2011
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Intended as a supplement to Sir Walter Scott's 1830 Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, this 1832 publication seeks to explain and expose the science behind the alleged 'magic' of spiritualists and conjurors. David Brewster (1781-1868), a Scottish natural philosopher and historian of science, was …
The History of Magic
Av Joseph Ennemoser, Mary Howitt
Häftad, 2011
684 kr
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Joseph Ennemoser (1787-1854) was an Tyrolean doctor and scientist, noted for his use of magnetism and hypnosis. He was a forerunner of Freud in his belief in the connection between the mind and physical health, and his interest in psychology led to investigations into the paranormal and magic. He …
D. D. Home
His Life and Mission
Häftad, 2011
720 kr
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First published in 1888, this biography relates the remarkable life of Scottish-born medium Daniel Dunglas Home (1833-1886). Descended from a long line of reputed seers, Home was easily the most well known and sought-after of the spiritualists of his day. Famous for his ability to levitate and …
Incidents in My Life
Häftad, 2011
519 kr
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D. D. Home (1833-1886), the famous spiritualist and medium, here documents the extraordinary psychic events in his life. Originally published in 1863, this is the first of two autobiographical volumes by Home, the second appearing nine years later. Home describes mysterious phenomena from his very …
The History of the Supernatural in All Ages and Nations
Häftad, 2011
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This two-volume history of the supernatural, first published in 1863, is a staggering feat: extending his work across almost a thousand pages, William Howitt attempts to describe the engagement with the supernatural in all ages and all parts of the world in order to identify a common link between …
The History of the Supernatural in All Ages and Nations
Häftad, 2011
601 kr
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This two-volume history of the supernatural, first published in 1863, is a staggering feat: extending his work across almost a thousand pages, William Howitt attempts to describe the engagement with the supernatural in all ages and all parts of the world in order to identify a common link between …
Aramaic Incantation Texts from Nippur
Häftad, 2011
487 kr
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In 1888 the University of Pennsylvania sponsored the first ever American archaeological expedition to Mesopotamia, to Nippur, about 160 km south of Baghdad. Among the artefacts discovered were the remains of over 100 inscribed bowls from the early centuries CE. Some contain unidentifiable writing, …
The Existence of Evil Spirits Proved
And Their Agency, Particularly in Relation to the Human Race, Explained and Illustrated
Av Walter Scott
Häftad, 2011
732 kr
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Walter Scott (1779-1858), President and Theological Tutor at Airedale College in Bradford, delivered a series of lectures on the occult at the Congregational Library, London, in 1841. This 1843 volume is a collection of Scott's lectures, in which he employs scriptural and testimonial evidence to …
Facts in Mesmerism, with Reasons for a Dispassionate Inquiry into It
Häftad, 2011
764 kr
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Chauncy Hare Townshend (1798-1868), poet and collector, was a well-connected friend of Robert Southey and Charles Dickens. He became fascinated with Mesmerism while in Germany and went on to popularise it in England. This book, first published in 1840, was his passionate defence of Mesmerism. …
Pioneers of the Spiritual Reformation
Biographical Sketches
Häftad, 2011
553 kr
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Anna Mary Howitt Watts (1824-1884) was a painter and writer, and the daughter of William Howitt (1792-1879), one of the subjects of this double biography. Justinus Kerner (1786-1862) was an inspiration to both Howitt and his daughter. A German poet, trained as a doctor, he became famous both as a …
Incidents in My Life
Second Series
Häftad, 2011
636 kr
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In 1872, D. D. Home (1833-1886), the famous spiritualist and medium, published this sequel to his controversial autobiography Incidents in My Life (1863). In it, Home responds to the criticism levelled at him by reviewers, sceptics and detractors including William Thackeray and Robert Browning. He …
Dictionnaire Infernal
Rêpertoire Universel des Ètres, des Personnages, des Livres, des Faits et des Choses
Av Jacques-Albin-Simon Collin de Plancy
Häftad, 2011
634 kr
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Immensely popular in nineteenth-century France, this substantial book went through five editions between 1818 and 1863. It is an A-Z encyclopedia of the occult sciences, listing notable practitioners and books, superstitions, demons, spirits and other phenomena associated with magic, divination, …
Histoire de la Magie
Avec une Exposition Claire et Précise de ses Procédés, de ses Rites et de ses Mystères
Häftad, 2011
780 kr
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First published in 1860, Éliphas Lévi's history of magic follows in the wake of his enormously successful Dogme et Ritual de la Haute Magie, which first appeared in 1854. In this book, the French occultist and alleged magician offers a thoroughly comprehensive survey of the idea of 'magic' in …
Annie Besant
An Autobiography
Häftad, 2011
618 kr
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When Annie Besant (1847-1933) wrote in her 1893 Autobiography that her life was 'much attacked and slandered' she was only 45 years old, and many more controversies were yet to come. In this book, Besant charts her dramatic political and ethical awakenings, up to the point where she joined the …
Phantasms of the Living
Av Edmund Gurney, Frederic William Henry Myers m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
895 kr
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This two-volume work, co-authored by Edmund Gurney (1847-1888), Frederic W. H. Myers (1843-1901) and Frank Podmore (1856-1910), all leading members of the Society for Psychical Research, was first published in 1886. It documents over 700 case studies of ghost-seeing, and aimed to revolutionise …
Phantasms of the Living
Av Edmund Gurney, Frederic William Henry Myers m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
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This two-volume work, co-authored by Edmund Gurney (1847-1888), Frederic W. H. Myers (1843-1901) and Frank Podmore (1856-1910), all leading members of the Society for Psychical Research, was first published in 1886. This collection, containing over 700 case studies of sensory phantasms and hypnotic …
Human Personality
And its Survival of Bodily Death
Av Frederic William Henry Myers
Häftad, 2011
1009 kr
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Frederic William Henry Myers (1843-1901) was a classical scholar who in mid-career turned to the investigation of psychic phenomena. After studying, and later teaching, Classics at Trinity College, Cambridge he resigned his lectureship in 1869, became an inspector of schools, and campaigned for …
Human Personality
And its Survival of Bodily Death
Av Frederic William Henry Myers
Häftad, 2011
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Frederic William Henry Myers (1843-1901) was a classical scholar who in mid-career turned to the investigation of psychic phenomena. After studying, and later teaching, Classics at Trinity College, Cambridge he resigned his lectureship in 1869, became an inspector of schools, and campaigned for …
Science and a Future Life
with Other Essays
Av Frederic William Henry Myers
Häftad, 2011
471 kr
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Frederic William Henry Myers (1843-1901) was a classical scholar who in mid-career turned to the investigation of psychic phenomena. After studying, and later teaching, Classics at Trinity College, Cambridge he resigned his lectureship in 1869, became an inspector of schools, and campaigned for …
Mesmerism, Spiritualism, etc.
Historically and Scientifically Considered
Häftad, 2011
413 kr
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William Carpenter (1813-1885) was a leading medical teacher and researcher in London. Although much of his work focused on physiology and the nervous system, he spent a considerable amount of time investigating questions surrounding the relationship between science and religion. He participated in …
Letters on Mesmerism
Häftad, 2011
366 kr
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Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) was a British writer who was one of the first social theorists to examine all aspects of a society, including class, religion, national character and the status of women. Seriously ill in the early 1840s, she turned to alternative remedies, and underwent a course of …
Mesmeric Experiences
Häftad, 2011
373 kr
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Spencer Timothy Hall (1812-1885) was a writer and practitioner of mesmerism. He grew up in rural Nottinghamshire, apprenticed himself to a printer, and in 1836 he started his own printing business. He later became co-editor of the Sheffield newspaper The Iris, and published several books describing …
Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World
Häftad, 2011
605 kr
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Robert Dale Owen (1801-1877) was born in Scotland and emigrated to the United States in 1825 to help his social reformer father Robert Owen set up an experimental community in New Harmony, Indiana. He was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1842, and appointed US minister at Naples in …
