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Laboratories of faith : Mesmerism, spiritism, and occultism in modern France / John Warne Monroe.
LIBRA BF1125 .M66 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Monroe, John Warne, 1973-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mesmerism--France--History.
- Mesmerism.
- Spiritualism--France--History.
- Spiritualism.
- Occultism--France--History.
- Occultism.
- Religion.
- History.
- France--Religion--19th century.
- France.
- France--Religion--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 293 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Interpreting the tables tournantes, 1853-1856
- Mesmerism and the challenge of spiritualism, 1853-1859
- The invention and development of spiritism, 1857-1869
- Spiritism on trial, 1870-1880
- Confronting the multivalent self, 1880-1914
- Epilogue : the emergence of a new heterodoxy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-280) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801445620
- 0801445620
- OCLC:
- 162501958
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