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The spirit-rapper; an autobiography — Orestes Augustus Brownson

The spirit-rapper; an autobiography

Orestes Augustus Brownson

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  • Book language: English
  • 245 pages

The Spirit-Rapper: An Autobiography is an 1854 work by Orestes Augustus Brownson that takes the form of a first-person autobiography while blending fiction, essay, and reflection. It engages with spiritualism and the nineteenth-century spirit-rapping phenomenon, offering a thoughtful historical glimpse into American religious and intellectual currents.

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Transcriber’s Note:
Footnotes have been collected at the end of each
chapter, and are linked for ease of reference.
Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been
corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of
this text for details regarding the handling of any textual
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corrections table in the note at the end of the text.
THE SPIRIT-RAPPER.
THE
SPIRIT-RAPPER;
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
BY
O. A. BROWNSON,
AUTHOR OF “CHARLES ELWOOD.”
BOSTON:
LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY.
LONDON:
CHARLES DOLMAN.

M.DCCC.LIV.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1854, by

LƗǵǵƯŧ, BǡLj΅ƿ ĵƿŠ CLjƽǙĵƿΏ.

In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:

PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.

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Contents

  1. THE SPIRIT-RAPPER.
  2. PREFACE.
  3. CONTENTS.
  4. CHAPTER I. THE FIRST LESSON.
  5. CHAPTER II. GUESSES.
  6. CHAPTER III. FURTHER EXPERIMENTS.
  7. CHAPTER IV. AN EXPLOSION.
  8. CHAPTER V. SOME PROGRESS.
  9. CHAPTER VI. TABLE TURNING.
  10. CHAPTER VII. A LESSON IN PHILANTHROPY.
  11. CHAPTER VIII. A LESSON IN WORLD-REFORM.
  12. CHAPTER IX. THE CONSPIRACY.
  13. CHAPTER X. MR. COTTON IS PUZZLED.
  14. CHAPTER XI. WORTH CONSIDERING.
  15. CHAPTER XII. A MISSIONARY TOUR.
  16. CHAPTER XIII. THE TOUR CONTINUED.
  17. CHAPTER XIV. ROME AND THE REVOLUTION.
  18. CHAPTER XV. THE ULTERIOR PROJECT.
  19. CHAPTER XVI. A REBUFF.
  20. CHAPTER XVII. A GLEAM OF HOPE.
  21. CHAPTER XVIII. RELIGIOUS MONOMANIA.
  22. CHAPTER XIX. MESMERISM INSUFFICIENT.
  23. CHAPTER XX. SHEER DEVILTRY.
  24. CHAPTER XXI. SPIRIT-MANIFESTATIONS.
  25. CHAPTER XXII. SUPERSTITION.
  26. CHAPTER XXIII. DIFFICULTIES.
  27. CHAPTER XXIV. LEFT IN THE LURCH.
  28. CHAPTER XXV. CONCLUSIONS.
  29. CHAPTER XXVI. CONVERSION.
  30. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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