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Messages from beyond : spiritualism and spiritualists in Melbourne's golden age 1870-1890
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Messages from beyond : spiritualism and spiritualists in Melbourne's golden age 1870-1890

by Alfred J. Gabay

This history examines the rise and fall of the Spiritualist movement in colonial Australia, exploring how séances and psychic phenomena intersected with contemporary intellectual debates on science, secularism, and religion.

Accession 23695 ISBN 0522849105 Publisher Melbourne University Publishing Limited
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