A Guide to Mediumship and Psychical Unfoldment

The authors have endeavored to produce a clear, practical, and serviceable guide to the development of mediumship embodying the most comprehensive explanations and the best counsel that they were able, to give, derived from their own experiences and inspirations, and from those of other writers, both English and American. Contents Epigraph Poem PREFACE. PART I - Explanation CONTENTS 1 THE SACRED OFFICE OF MEDIUMSHIP. 2 WHAT IS MEDIUMSHIP? 3 THE EFFECTS OF MEDIUMSHIP. 4 THE PHENOMENA OF MEDIUMSHIP. 5 THE DIFFICULTIES AND DELIGHTS OF MEDIUMSHIP. 6 THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF MEDIUMSHIP. 7 PSYCHICAL SUSCEPTIBILITY AND MEDIUMSHIP. 8 BIBLICAL AND MODERN MEDIUMSHIP. PART II - Development INTRODUCTION. CONTENTS 1 THE BASIS AND CULTIVATION OF MEDIUMSHIP. 2 SPIRIT CIRCLES: HOW TO FORM AND CONDUCT THEM. 3 HOW 'CONDITIONS' AFFECT RESULTS. 4 PRACTICAL ADVICE TO SENSITIVES. 5 PRACTICAL ADVICE TO SENSITIVES.—CONTINUED. 6 OBSESSIONS: ITS CAUSES AND CURE. 7 SOME IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS. PART III - PHYSICAL SELF-CULTURE INTRODUCTION. CONTENTS 1 THE SOUL AND ITS POWERS. 2 MEDIUMSHIP AND PSYCHICAL SUSCEPTIBILITY. 3 MYSTICAL, OCCULT, AND MAGICAL POWERS. 4 PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CULTURE. 5 PSYCHOMETRY, CLAIRVOYANCE, AND HEALING. 6 PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR PSYCHICAL UNFOLDMENT. 7 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE.