The Scientific Basis of Spiritualism

1881. Sargent was a journalist, poet, educator and in the last phase of his life, a brilliant advocate of Spiritism. Contents: The Basis: Clairvoyance, Direct Writing; Facts Against Theories; Reply to Objections of Wundt; Clairvoyance a Spiritual Faculty; Is Spiritual Science Hostile to Religion?; Phenomenal Proofs-The Spirit Body; Proofs from Induced Somnambulism, etc.; Cumulative Testimony-Spirit Communications; Discrete Mental States; The Unseen World a Reality; The Sentiment of Immortality; and The Great Generalization.