THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF SPIRITUALISM by SARGENT, EPES - 1880-01-01

Boston, MA: Colby & Rich publishers, 1880-01-01. 6th edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Boston: Colby & Rich, 1891. Sixth edition. Original brown cloth. 1-2" dampstain across the front edge of both front and rear boards. A diminishing stain, affects endpapers and @10 pages at both beginning and end of the volume. The contents reference a number of scientific and philosophic sources, in a an extensive examination of both basis and cases of spiritualist phenomena. This book has a story. Small hand numbered round paper label ("122") mid-spine, and a booksellers plate for "Dale News, Lnc. Lily Dale, NY (United States)" Lily Dale was incorporated in 1879 as Cassadaga Lake Free Association, a camp and meeting place for Spiritualists and Freethinkers. The name was changed to The City of Light in 1903 and finally to Lily Dale Assembly in 1906. The purpose of Lily Dale is to further the science, philosophy, and religion of Spiritualism, which enterprise continues to this day. Each year approximately 22,000 visitors come for classes, workshops, public church services and mediumship demonstrations, lectures, and private appointments with mediums. Epes Sargent (1813â_x0080__x0093_1880) was an American editor, poet and playwright (a member of the "Knickerbocker group). He became captivated with the notion of communicating with "the beyond"; hosted many séances, and philosophical discussions. He published Planchette, or the Despair of Science (1869), The Proof Palpable of Immortality (1875), and his most popular, The Scientific Basis of Spiritualism (1880). Sections Include: Clairvoyance, Clairvoyance a Spiritual Faculty, Phenomenal Proofs, The Spirit Body, Proofs From Induced Somnambulism, Discrete Mental States, The Unseen World a Reality. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.