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Rabbit Hole · 1919 · en

The New Black Magic and the Truth About the Ouija-Board

by J. Godfrey Raupert

About this book

J. Godfrey Raupert examines the revival of spirit communications and ouija-board experiments after the First World War. He sets the claims of contemporary spiritualist writers against his interpretation of psychical research, historical accounts and Christian teaching.

The chapters present arguments drawn from reported experiences, scientific investigations, religious tradition and reasoning about the character of the communications. A substantial final discussion addresses the ouija board and the practices surrounding its use. Raupert develops a Catholic critique of deliberately induced spirit phenomena while distinguishing them from spontaneous apparitions. This complete 1919 Devin-Adair edition includes the original preface and index.