The Astral World. Higher Occult Powers: Clairvoyance, Spiritism, Mediumship, and Spirit-Healing Fully Explained.
Chicago, IL: de Laurence, Scott and Company, 1910. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 224pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. B/w frontis. A scarce early publication by de Laurence, Scott and Company (later just The de Laurence Company) The book is identified as a "Third Edition" but this is actually the First Edition thus - ie the First Edition published by de Laurence, and the First Edition published under this title. The text was previously published under the title "Spiritualism Explained: Being a Series of Twelve Lectures Delivered Before the New York Conference of Spiritualists" by Graham and Ellinwood in 1856 with a second edition that same year. It is a series of talks on the attainment of higher powers; the subject headings being: On The Determination Of Truth; The Sphere Of Lust; The Second, Or Relational Sphere; Communication; Philosophy Of Progression; Mediumship; Mediumship — Spiritual Healing; Condition Of The Spirit In The Spirit-World; Organization Individualization; What Constitutes The Spirit; Lust; Marriage — Free Love. The de Laurence edition is quite uncommon. Cloth a little rubbed and darkened overall, all edges and extremities lightly chafed, corners and spine ends lightly bumped and bruised, page edges darkened, endpapers slightly discoloured, pages toned with a few scattered spots of browning, unmarked. Overall a solid clean VG copy of a genuinely hard to find book (issued without dust jacket). Item #58466
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