Allan Kardec · 1861

The Mediums’ Book

The practical guide to mediumship and communication with spirits.

38 chapters · English translation · Free to read

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Contents

1. 1ARE THERE SPIRITS?.
2. 2ACTION OF SPIRITS UPON MATTER.
3. 3PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS. TURNING TABLES.
4. 4THE MARVELOUS AND THE SUPERNATURAL.
5. 5INTELLIGENT MANIFESTATIONS.
6. 6METHOD.
7. 7THEORY OF PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS.
8. 8SYSTEMS.
9. 9SPONTANEOUS PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS.
10. 10VISUAL MANIFESTATIONS.
11. 11BICORPOREITY AND TRANSFIGURATION.
12. 12LABORATORY OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD.
13. 13HAUNTED PLACES.
14. 14NATURE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS.
15. 15SEMATOLOGY AND TYPTOLOGY.
16. 16PNEUMATOGRAPHY OR DIRECT WRITING. PNEUMATOPHONY.
17. 17PSYCHOGRAPHY.
18. 18OF MEDIUMS.
19. 19WRITING OR PSYCHOGRAPHIC MEDIUMS.
20. 20SPECIAL MEDIUMS.
21. 21FORMATION OF MEDIUMS.
22. 22DRAWBACKS AND DANGERS OF MEDIUMSHIP.
23. 23THE ROLE OF MEDIUMS IN SPIRITIST COMMUNICATIONS.
24. 24MORAL INFLUENCE OF THE MEDIUM.
25. 25INFLUENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
26. 26MEDIUMSHIP IN ANIMALS.
27. 27ON OBSESSION.
28. 28THE IDENTITY OF SPIRITS.
29. 29OF EVOCATIONS.
30. 30QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE PUT TO THE SPIRITS.
31. 31ON CONTRADICTIONS AND MYSTIFICATIONS.
32. 32CHARLATANISM AND DECEPTION.
33. 33SPIRITIST MEETINGS AND SOCIETIES.
34. 34REGULATIONS OF THE PARISIAN SOCIETY OF SPIRITIST STUDIES.
35. 35SPIRITIST DISSERTATIONS.
36. 36SPIRITIST VOCABULARY.
37. 37Introduction.
38. 38TO THE BRAZILIAN EDITION.