Adventures of a Modern Occultist
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British occultism, spiritualist investigation

The Adventures of a Modern Occultist

Oliver Bland1920
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A personal and often critical account of explorations into the occult and spiritualist movements of the early 20th century. Bland details his experiences with séances, automatic writing, and mediumship, attempting to find a middle ground between skepticism and belief in psychic phenomena.

Also known asBland's Occultism
This edition1920
EditionC. Arthur Pearson, Ltd., London
Automatic WritingSpiritualismEarly 20th Century SpiritualismSéances and MediumshipModern OccultismPsychical ResearchInvestigation of haunted sitesHauntingsOccultismPsychic ResearchClairvoyance

Contents15 chapters

  1. 01INTRODUCTION
  2. 02CONTENTS
  3. 03CHAPTER I THE DEAD RAPPER
  4. 04CHAPTER II THE AUTOMATIST
  5. 05CHAPTER III ASTRAL LIGHT AND THE PSYCHO-LASTROMETER
  6. 06CHAPTER IV AN EXPERIMENT ON THE THEORY OF PROTECTIVE VIBRATION
  7. 07CHAPTER V SEX IN THE NEXT WORLD
  8. 08CHAPTER VI THE REALITY OF SORCERY
  9. 09CHAPTER VII INCENSE AND OCCULTISM
  10. 10CHAPTER VIII BEASTS AND ELEMENTALS
  11. 11CHAPTER IX POSSESSION
  12. 12CHAPTER X SOME NEW FACTS AND THEORIES
  13. 13CHAPTER XI ORIENTAL OCCULTISM
  14. 14THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
  15. 15"Cover"

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