Author: Bento Serrano

Language: Português

Published: 1883

The Story of the Rochester Knockings, Which Proclaimed the Advent of Modern Spiritualism

Author: Thomas Olman Todd

Language: English

Published: 1905

The interesting events narrated in this book which occurred at Hydesville, in the house of the Fox Family, are those by which Modern Spiritualism made its advent into this world as a new revelation in spiritual matters.

Language: English

Published: 1911

An Elementary Exposition of Their Secret Teachings

Author: Max Heindel

Language: English

Published: 1911

Author: Cotton Mather

Language: English

Published: 1862

Language: English

Author: Herbert Silberer

Language: English

Published: 1917

(Formerly titled: Problems of Mysticism and Its Symbolism)

Author: Bento Serrano

Language: Português

Published: 1883

Language: English

Published: 1896

or The Lesser Mysteries

Author: Annie Besant

Language: English

Published: 1905

In proceeding to the contemplation of the mysteries of knowledge, we shall adhere to the celebrated and venerable rule of tradition, commencing from the origin of the universe, setting forth those points of physical contemplation which are necessary to be premised, and removing whatever can be an obstacle on the way; so that the ear may be prepared for the reception of the tradition of the Gnosis, the ground being cleared of weeds and fitted for the planting of the vineyard; for there is a conflict before the conflict, and mysteries before the mysteries.

Author: Charles Upham

Language: English

Published: 1869

Author: E.F. Benson

Language: English

Published: 1917

In this book Benson attacks spiritualism.

Author: Walter Gorn Old

Language: English

Published: 1912

In the following pages I have endeavoured to indicate the nature of the faculty of Second Sight or Clairvoyance, the means of its development, the use of suitable media or agents for this purpose, and the kind of results that may be expected to follow a regulated effort in this direction. I have also sought to show that the development of the psychic faculties may form an orderly step in the process of human unfoldment and perfectibility.

Author: Walter Gorn Old

Language: English

Published: 1922

For those who would aspire to the gift of pure vision, and in whom the faculty is striving for expression, the following pages are written. To others we would say, Be content. All birds are not eagles. The nightingale has a song, the humming-bird a plumage which the eagle will never possess. The nightingale may sing to the stars, humming-bird to the flowers, but the eagle, whose tireless eyes gaze into the heart of day, is uncompanioned in its lofty loneliness in the barren mountain-tops.

Language: English

Published: 1888

An occult mystery.

Author: Charles Maurice Davies

Language: English

Published: 1875

Author: Hereward Carrington

Language: English

Published: 1921

I believe that practically all the phenomena of spiritualism are true; that is, that they have occurred in a genuine manner from time to time in the past; that they are supernormal in character, and are genuine phenomenal occurrences. But as to the further question: ''What is the nature of the intelligence lying behind and controlling these phenomena?''--that, I think, is as yet unsolved, and is likely to remain so for some time to come.

Language: English

Published: 1865

The Superstitions of Witchcraft is designed to exhibit a consecutive review of the characteristic forms and facts of a creed which (if at present apparently dead, or at least harmless, in Christendom) in the seventeenth century was a living and lively faith, and caused thousands of victims to be sent to the torture-chamber, to the stake, and to the scaffold. At this day, the remembrance of its superhuman art, in its different manifestations, is immortalised in the every-day language of the peoples of Europe. The belief in Witchcraft is, indeed, in its full development and most fearful results, modern still more than mediæval, Christian still more than Pagan, and Protestant not less than Catholic.

Author: M. A. Murray

Language: English

Published: 1921

The mass of existing material on this subject is so great that I have not attempted to make a survey of the whole of European 'Witchcraft', but have confined myself to an intensive study of the cult in Great Britain. In order, however, to obtain a clearer understanding of the ritual and beliefs I have had recourse to French and Flemish sources, as the cult appears to have been the same throughout Western Europe. The New England records are unfortunately not published in extenso; this is the more unfortunate as the extracts already given to the public occasionally throw light on some of the English practices. It is more difficult to trace the English practices than the Scotch or French, for in England the cult was already in a decadent condition when the records were made; therefore records in a purely English colony would probably contain much of interest.

Language: English

Published: 1903

We ask the student to have patience. Many things which will appear dark to him at first will be made clear as we progress.

Language: English

Published: 1906

Language: English

Author: Swami Panchadasi

Language: English

Published: 1916

Author: Fred M. White

Language: English

Published: 1908

A fabulously rich gold mine in Mexico is known by the picturesque and mysterious name of The Four Fingers. It originally belonged to an Aztec tribe, and its location is known to one surviving descendant--a man possessing wonderful occult power. Should any person unlawfully discover its whereabouts, four of his fingers are mysteriously removed, and one by one returned to him. The appearance of the final fourth betokens his swift and violent death.

Surprises, strange and startling, are concealed in every chapter of this completely engrossing detective story. The horrible fascination of the tragedy holds one in rapt attention to the end. And through it runs the thread of a curious love story.

Author: J. Meade Falkner

Language: English

Published: 1895

While practicing his violin at Oxford, John Maltravers notices a strange phenomenon: whenever a certain tune is played a mysterious presence seems to enter the room. Maltravers becomes increasingly unsettled, until he makes a startling discovery – tucked away in a hidden cupboard is a priceless Stradivarius! Obsessed with this treasure, he becomes increasingly withdrawn, unaware of the sinister hold this perfect violin is beginning to take over him.

Author: John Linwood Pitts

Language: English

Published: 1886

Author: Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky

Language: English

Published: 1910

Author: Charles W. Chesnutt

Language: English

Published: 1899

Richly detailed stories set in a world of fantastic powers and occult influence, rooted in the reality of 1890s North Carolina.

Language: English

Published: 1908

Author: Annie Besant

Language: English

Published: 1919