| Author’s Preface | 11 | | INTRODUCTORY ARGUMENT | 13 | | PART FIRST: Spiritualism | 18 | | I. | Divisions of the Subject | 18 | | II. | Subjective Phenomena | 23 | | 1. | Telepathy | 23 | | 2. | Table Tilting. Muscle Reading | 40 | | III. | Physical Phenomena | 46 | | 1. | Psychography or Slate-writing | 46 | | 2. | The Master of the Mediums: D. D. Home | 93 | | 3. | Rope Tying and Holding Mediums; Materializations | 135 | | | The Davenport Brothers | 135 | | | Annie Eva Fay | 149 | | | Charles Slade | 154 | | | Pierre L. O. A. Keeler | 160 | | | Eusapia Paladino | 175 | | | F. W. Tabor | 182 | | 4. | Spirit Photography | 188 | | 5. | Thought Photography | 197 | | 6. | Apparitions of the Dead | 201 | | IV. | Conclusions | 207 | | PART SECOND: Madame Blavatsky and the Theosophists | 213 | | I. | The Priestess | 213 | | II. | What is Theosophy? | 237 | | III. | Madame Blavatsky’s Confession | 250 | | IV. | The Writings of Madame Blavatsky | 265 | | V. | The Life and Death of a Famous Theosophist | 268 | | VI. | The Mantle of Madame Blavatsky | 272 | | VII. | The Theosophical Temple | 287 | | VIII. | Conclusion | 290 | | List of Authorities | 298 |
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