Spirit Manifestations Explained and Examined : Dods 1854 [ Ex Lib ]

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Unusual “Scientific” Explanation of Mediumship Mixing Mesmerism and Psychology, Spirit Manifestations Examined and Explained by John Bovee Dods

 

Dods, John Bovee. Spirit Manifestations Examined and Explained. Judge Edmonds Refuted; Or, An Exposition of the Involuntary Powers and Instincts of the Human Mind. DeWitt & Davenport. New York. 1854. First edition. Ex-library.

Collected lectures of philosopher, spiritualist, mesmerist and early psychologist John Bovee Dods examining clairvoyance, mediumship, spirit manifestations other supernatural phenomena in light of animal magnetism and his personal theory of “electrical psychology”. The text also includes a consideration of Quakers, the seeress off Prevorst Fredericke Harifffe, the visions of Swedenborg, and the writings of Judge Edmonds, Dr. George T Dexter, and Governor Nathaniel P Tallmadge, whose book Spiritualism had released its first volume the previous year. Additionally, Dods devotes an entire chapter to the consideration of Reichenbach’s theory of Odic Force, noted for its connections to vril and orgone. This copy was formerly part of the collection of the Swedenborgian Brooklyn New Church Free Library.

Hyre, 2119. Bjorling, 673.

252pp. Brown blind stamped boards. Wear to corners. Spine ends worn and frayed with cloth split along top half back hinge. Ex-library with painted letters to spine and pasted bookplate to first free endpaper. First free endpaper taped to pastedown. Ink library markings to title. Pages toned. Some foxing. Occasional pencil annotations. Good.

 

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