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| From Matter to Spirit: The Result of Ten Years' Experience in Spirit Manifestations: Volume 2, Rise of Vistorian Spiritualism |  | Authors: E. De Morgan, Bob Gilbert, Elizabeth Sophia De Morgan
Publisher: Routledge
Category: Book
Buy New: $300.00 (706.23 RON)
Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 6933665
Media: Library Binding
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 436
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.8 x 1.5
ISBN: 0415236428
Dewey Decimal Number: 900
EAN: 9780415236423
ASIN: 0415236428
Publication Date: March 1, 2001
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Product Description
The eight key titles re-published in this set make important texts accessible once again, and provide a comprehensive overview of this influential Victorian phenomenon. Available as an eight-volume set or as individual volumes.
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reprint of a classic work April 29, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Wallace is better known as "the other man" in the history of the discovery of the natural selection concept, and for his early studies on biogeography and tropical nature. But--and this is one of the things that makes him a fascinating figure for study--he was also an avid supporter of spiritualism. This book collects five of his essays on spiritualism (the three that went into the original edition of 1875, plus two added to a new edition published twenty years later). Wallace was a thoughtful and excellent writer, and the three main essays, at least, provide some very interesting fodder for thought--especially the one on David Hume and miracles. Unfortunately, nowhere in this collection can one find any direct indication of why and how Wallace's adoption of spiritualism fit into his overall worldview, natural selection and all, and why this over 100 year old work is still relevant--and it is, like most of Wallace's productions--to today's concerns.... Instead, one ends up scratching one's head and wondering, "Can any of this be true...?" But what if it is...? In any case, this is just about as good a treatment of why one should be interested in the subject as can be obtained, even now.
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