The New Psychic Studies in their Relation to Christian Thought.
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 92pp. Light brown cloth lettered in black on front board. B/w illustrations. Reflections on how the clergy should respond to the then growing interest in Spiritualism, hauntings, the occult, etc. Contents: "Materialism", "Superstition and Imposture", "Clairvoyance & Prophecy", "Monitions; Apparitions of the Living; Prophetic Vision", "Prayer", "The Atmosphere of Assemblies", "Physical Manifestions of Revivals", "Mind-cure, Prayer-cure, Faith-cure", "Revelation and Inspiration", "Mesmerism & Demonic Possession", "Modern Demons", "Haunted house, Demons", "Haunted Houses the History of Balaam", etc. Cloth a bit rubbed & darkened with a few light spots, spine ends lightly bruised and chafed, endpapers unevenly browned and foxed, half inch split to front endpaper at lower gutter, owner name in pencil on front endpaper. Otherwise a tight, unmarked VG copy. Scarce. Item #44191
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