TY - BOOK AU - Page,Charles Grafton TI - Psychomancy: Spirit-Rappings and Table-Tippings Exposed AV - BF PY - 2020/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Spiritualism KW - Table-moving (Spiritualism) N1 - Release date is 2020-04-11; Produced by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive); Original publication data not identified N2 - "Psychomancy: Spirit-Rappings and Table-Tippings Exposed" by Charles Grafton Page is a critical treatise written in the mid-19th century. The work delves into the phenomena of spirit communications and table movements, dismissed by the author as illusions rooted in human deception rather than genuine supernatural occurrences. Page argues against the credulity of society in regard to these practices, asserting they are little more than frauds perpetuated by charlatans for profit. The opening of the text sets a provocative tone, as Page challenges the widespread belief in spirit-rappings and table-tippings. He provides vivid descriptions of his own investigations into these practices, denouncing them as mere tricks executed by fraudsters, particularly the Fox sisters, who were among the first to popularize spiritualism in America. Through a series of experiments and observations, he strives to uncover the mechanics behind these phenomena, consistently attributing their origins to human agency rather than otherworldly forces. Page's writing is impassioned, urging readers to critically evaluate such miraculous claims through the lens of logic and science. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61807 ER -