Essays in Occultism, Spiritism, and Demonology (Classic Reprint)

PREFACE
As far back as history goes, at all times, in all lands, and among all peoples materializations of spirits have occurred. The spirit manifestations to-day are but a repetition of those which took place in pre-Christian times.
The war and the publications of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Oliver Lodge, W. J. Crawford, and Emile Boirac have given to Spiritism a popular vogue and impetus. By a singular coincidence books on Spiritism, published in Germany, France, and Italy have appeared almost simultaneously with English and American publications on this weird subject. Many of these have given a quasi-scientific endorsa-tion to Spiritism, and have contributed official support to the current belief in the reality of Spiritistic phenomena.
Catholic students of these phenomena have
never doubted their reality. While admitting
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS; CHAPTER PAGE; I PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE 1; II TIIE SIXTH SENSE • · 19; III THE SENSE OF ORIENTATION 29; IV WONDERS OF BILOCATION' · 47; V BICORPonEITY · 69; VI DUAL PERSONALITY 77; VII SPIllITIsnr, ANCIENT AND 110DERN 91; VIII SPIilITISM-WUAT Is IT? · 103; IX ApPARITIONS 115; X DEMONIACAL POSSESSION · 135; XI WHAT OF 'tHE DEAD? · 149; XII SPIRITS OF ANO'l'lIER WORLD · 169

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