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These were all done before it was suggested to my mind that I had already gone some distance in doing a fuller history of the Spiritualistic movement than had hitherto seen the light - a history which would have the advantage of being written from the inside and with intimate personal knowledge of those factors which are characteristic of this modern development. Davis, on the Hydesville incident, on the history of the Fox sisters, on the Eddys and on the life of D. These included the chapters on Swedenborg, on Irving, on A. I had written certain studies with no particular ulterior object save to gain myself, and to pass on to others, a clear view of what seemed to me to be important episodes in the modern spiritual development of the human race. This genesis needs some little explanation. This work has grown from small disconnected chapters into a narrative which covers in a way the whole history of the Spiritualistic movement. President of the London Spiritualist Alliance, and President of the British College of Psychic ScienceĪ great leader both in physical and in psychic science

Président d'honneur de la Fédération Spirite Internationale, Source : The History of Spiritualism Vol.1 (1926, Cassell & Co., Ltd.

3.1.6 Chapter IV : The Hydesville Episode.3.1.5 Chapter III : The Prophet of the New Revelation.3.1.4 Chapter II : Edward Irving: The Shakers.3.1.3 Chapter I : The Story of Swedenborg.