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Author

Lachapelle, Sofie.

Title Investigating the supernatural : from spiritism and occultism to psychical research and metapsychics in France, 1853-1931 / Sofie Lachapelle.

Published

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
UniM Bail	130.94409034 LACH	AVAILABLE

Physical description	198 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-186 and index.
Contents	From turning tables to spiritism -- Occult wisdoms, astral bodies, and human fluids -- Pathologies of the supernatural -- Witnessing and testifying to psychical phenomena -- The rise and fall of metapsychics.
Subject	Occultism -- France -- History -- 19th century.
	Occultism -- France -- History -- 20th century.
	Supernatural -- History -- 19th century.
	Supernatural -- History -- 20th century.
	Parapsychology -- France -- History -- 19th century.
	Parapsychology -- France -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN	9781421400136 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
	1421400138 (hardcover : alkaline paper)