The Table-Rappers (original 1972; edition 1973)

by Ronald Pearsall (Author)

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Dealing with all aspects of the Victorian fascination for the occult, this title identifies issues such as the credulity of the believers, unexplained phenomena such as levitation and manifestations and the intense rivalry between professional mediums, who were not above sabotaging each other's seances.… (more)

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Title:	The Table-Rappers
Authors:	Ronald Pearsall (Author)
Info:	St. Martin's Press (1973), 258 pages
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Table-Rappers: The Victorians and the Occult by Ronald Pearsall (1972)

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Not his best book by far, but good enough to hold your attention, Ronald Pearsall tells about the spiritualists and the theosophists without going into too much detail. (

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Dealing with all aspects of the Victorian fascination for the occult, this title identifies issues such as the credulity of the believers, unexplained phenomena such as levitation and manifestations and the intense rivalry between professional mediums, who were not above sabotaging each other's seances.

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