Preface v   Introduction xiii Chapter I. On Certain Unknown Natural Forces 1 II. My First Séances In The Allen Kardec Group, And With The Mediums Of That Epoch 24 III. My Experiments With Eusapia Paladino 63 IV. Other Séances With Eusapia Paladino 135 V. Frauds, Tricks, Deceptions, Impostures, Feats Of Legerdemain, Mystifications, Impediments 194 VI. The Experiments Of Count De Gasparin 229 VII. The Researches Of Professor Thury 266 VIII. The Experiments Of The Dialectical Society Of London 289 IX. The Experiments Of Sir William Crookes 306 X. Sundry Experiments And Observations 352 XI. My General Inquiry Respecting Observations Of Unexplained Phenomena 376 XII. Explanatory Hypotheses—Theories And Doctrines—Conclusions Of The Author 406   Index 455

 

 

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Plate I. Complete Levitation of a Table in Professor Flammarion's Salon through Mediumship of Eusapia Paladino		Facing page	8
Plate II. House of Zoroastre of Jupiter from Somnambulistic Drawing by Victorien Sardou		After page	26
Plate III. Animals' Quarters. House of Zoroastre of Jupiter from Somnambulistic Drawing by Victorien Sardou		After page	26
Figure 1. The Inclination of the System of Uranus		Page	54
Figure 1a. Orbits of Satellites of Uranus as Seen from the Earth		Page	56
Plate IV. Plaster Cast of Imprint Made in Putty without Contact by the Medium Eusapia Paladino