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Physician A. T. Schofield surveys spiritism as both a subject of investigation and a religious movement. He brings accounts of séances, trance and apparitions into discussion with theories of the unconscious mind, hypnosis and Christian belief.
Thirteen chapters trace the movement’s history, examine reported phenomena and compare proposed explanations. Topics include possession, second sight, collective hypnosis and the writings of Oliver Lodge and Arthur Conan Doyle. Later chapters present Schofield’s objections to spiritist interpretations and his account of spiritualism. The complete authorised American edition includes a foreword by Newell Dwight Hillis and the original index.