AMBERLEY, LORD, on spiritual phenomena and the character of mediums, 146
Animal magnetism, 61
Animals terrified by disturbances and apparitions, 239
Antiquity of man, evidence of, long denied or ignored, 18
Apparitions, evidence of the reality of, 71; date of a War Office certificate shown to be erroneous by, 74; at the "Old Kent Manor House," 76; are they objective, 231; seen by more than one person together, 235; objectivity indicated by their space relations, 237; effects of, on animals, 239; physical effects produced by, 244; can be photographed, 247; objectivity of, does not imply materiality, 253; what are they, and why do they appear? 255; telepathic theory of, 255; often indicate the happiness of the dead, 267; foretelling events, 271; giving a warning, 272; probable explanation of doubles and phantasms, 274
Atkinson, H. G., clairvoyant experiment with Adolphe Didier, 68
Aymar, Jaques, discovery of a murderer by, 58
BARING GOULD on Jaques Aymar, 59, 60 Barter, General, sees phantasmal pony and rider, 241
Bealings Bells, 218, 246
Beattie, Mr. John, his experiments in spirit-photography, 200, 249
Bell-ringing, cases of mysterious, 246
Bertha, Sister, sees a phantasm of Miss Gambier Parry twelve hours after her death, 268
Bray, Charles, testimony to clairvoyance, 112; his theory of a "thought atmosphere" unintelligible, 113
Brewster, Sir David, his account of his sitting with Mr. Home, 165
Bulldog trembles with terror at phantasmal noises, 240
Burton, Captain, testimony as to the Davenport Brothers, 100
CARPENTER, Dr., misstatement by, 34; criticism on Mr. Rutter, 58; omission of facts opposed to his views in his "Mental Physiology," 70; on Faraday's explanation of table-turning, 279; invited by the author to witness phenomena, 279; ''unconscious cerebration" misapplied, 280.
Challis, Professor, on the conclusiveness of the testimony, 101
Chambers, Dr. Robert, experiment by, 163; extract from letter of, 186 (note)
Chesterfield, mysterious bell-ringing near, 247
Cideville, disturbances at, legally attested, 79
Clairvoyance, tests of, 62, 63
Clark, Dr. T. Edwards, on a medical case of clairvoyance, 69
Converts from the ranks of Spiritualism never made, 183
Cook, Miss Florence, tested by Mr. Varley and Mr. Crookes (in note), 187
Cox, Sergeant, on trance-speaking, 208
Criticism on the Fortnightly article replied to, 282
Crookes, Mr., his investigation of the phenomena, 102, 181; his recent declarations, 103; his treatment by the press, 181; on materialisations through Miss Cook, 188 (note); photographs a spirit-form, 251; his treatment by the Secretaries of the Royal Society, 280
Crowell, Dr. Eugene, on a curious physical phenomenon, 245; his explanation of doubles, 274
Curtis, Miss R. F., prevision in a dream of accident to a friend, 272
D—family, apparition seen by, 237
Davenport Brothers, tested by Sir R. Burton, 100; by Dr. Sexton, 177
Dean, Rev. Dr. R., a witness of cures by Valentine Greatrak, 41
Decline of belief in the supernatural due to a natural law, 23 (note)
Deity, the popular and spiritualistic notions of, compared, 123
De Morgan, Professor, on spiritual phenomena, 83 Mrs., on table-moving with a purpose, 86
Dialectical Committee, investigation by, 184
Diseases cured by Valentine Greatark, 41
Disturbances, unexplained, before rise of modern Spiritualism, 218; for twenty years in clergyman's house, 236
Divining rod, 58
Dogs frightened during the disturbances at Tedworth, 241; at Epworth parsonage, 241
Door opening in a haunted house, 245, 246
Doubles supposed to be due to telepathy, 255
Dunphy, Mr., versus Lord Amberley, 147
EDINBURGH REVIEW'S criticism on Young, 18
Edmonds, Judge, investigation by, 87-90; his character, 172; his mode of investigation, 173; his daughter speaking in languages unknown to her, 176
Elliotson, Dr., his treatment by the medical profession, ix.; a convert to spiritualism, 99
Experiments and tests by the author, 127-144
F. G., of Boston, Mass., sees veridical phantasm of his sister, 269
Fire test, 166
Flammarion, M. Camille, evidence of, 185
Fortnightly Review on the disturbances at the residence of the Wesley family, 80
Fox, Miss Kate, the earliest medium, 153; tested by committees, 154; by Dr. Robert Chambers and Mr. R. D. Owen, 163; stances with Mr. Livermore, 163
Fryer, Mr., hears a phantasmal voice, 257
Future life, proof of the great use of modern Spiritualism, 220; the spiritual theory of, not a product of the medium's own mind, 225
GARLING, Mr., sees an apparition of a dying friend, 237
Glanvil, character of, 24; extracts from, 25, 241
Greatrak, Valentine, cures by, 41
Gregory, Dr. William, on clairvoyance, 61; criticism of, 64
Gully, Dr., on the Cornhill article and Mr. Home, 94
Guppy, Mrs., her career as a medium, 168; production of flowers, 170; experiments in spirit-photography, 194
Gwynne, Dr. and Mrs., see an apparition extinguish a night-light, 245
HADDOCK, Dr. Joseph, account of discovery of stolen property by a clairvoyant, 66
Hall, S. C., his conversion from scepticism, 96; undergoes the fire test, 166
Mrs. S. C., on a dog frightened by phantasms, 243
Hardinge, Mrs. Emma, quotations from her addresses,^17, 119
Hare, Professor Robert, experiments and tests by, 90
Harrison, Mr., photographs a spirit- form, 251
Harry, Mr. J., and family see an apparition, 235
Hauntings often indicate a mode of punishment of crime, 276
Historical teachings of Spiritualism, 212
Home, Mr. Daniel D. , experience of Sir David Brewster with, 165; the fire test, 166; experience of Sergeant Cox with, 167; exposed to twenty years of scrutiny, 168
Houdin, Robert, opinion of Alexis the clairvoyant, 67
Howitt, William, on healing at the tomb of the Abbe" Paris, 11; testimony as to an accordion suspended in the air, 95
Hume, David, on miracles, 3; definition of a miracle, 4; arguments against miracles, 6, 12; self-contradictions, 8
Huxley, Professor, on the uninteresting nature of the phenomena, 221
ILLUSTBATIVE extracts, 283
Imagination, effects of, 41
Invisible intelligent beings, existence of, around us not impossible, 43; their action on matter not an "invasion of the law of nature," 48
JACQUES AYMAR, remarkable powers of, 58
Jamblicus on divination, remarkable correspondence with modern spiritualistic phenomena, 283
Joy, Mr. Algernon, curious case of his double, 257
KEENER, Dr. Justinus, on a dog's dread of an apparition, 242
Kerr, Rev. William, M.A., testimony to phenomena occurring in private, 97
Keulemans, Mr. J. G., sees in Paris the phantasm of his son at time of death in London, 268
LANG, Mr. Andrew, on absence of growth of legend in the case of Jeanne d'Arc, 23 (footnote)
Law of continuity applicable to Spiritualism, 108
Lecky, assertions about miracles, 20; fallacies in his arguments, 21; account of Glanvil, 24; on growth of opinion as to incredibility of miracles, 37
Lee, Dr. Edwin, on experiments with Alexis Didier, the clairvoyant, 67
Lodge, Professor Oliver J., observations of mental and physical phenomena, 103
Lyndhurst, Lord Chancellor, belief in the spiritual phenomena, 99
Levitation, examples of, 7, 8
Lewes, Mr. G. H., views of, as to identical hallucinations criticised, 203 (note)
MACKENZIE, Robert, appears after death to his employer to defend his character, 265
Mapes, Professor, inquiries into Spiritualism, 155
Mayo, Dr. Herbert, F.R.S., on clairvoyance, 64; on phreno-mesmerisrn, 65
Medical men, evidence of, for facts deemed incredible, 20
Mediums, career of remarkable, 162
Menneer, Mrs., sees a dream-apparition of her brother who was killed at Sarawak, 263
Mental phenomena, summary of, 206
Mesmerism, personal experiences of, 127; supposed to explain Spiritualism, 130
Miracle, definitions of, 4, 37; at tomb of Abb^ Paris, 9; modern objections to, 14; illogical conceptions of, 46
Miracles, are they a survival of savage thought, 27
Mirville, Marquis de, a witness of the mysterious disturbances at Cideville, 80
Montgeron, evidence of miracles at tomb of Abbe" Paris, 11
Moor, Major, on mysterious bell- ringings, 218, 246 Moral teachings of Spiritualism, 115, 220
Morgan, Mr. F., of Bristol, has a curiously indirect warning, 258
Morrison, Mrs., prevision of death by a voice, 271
Moses, William Stainton, a remarkable medium, 102
Mountford, Rev. \V., apparition of horse and carriage seen by himself and others, 238
Mumler's spirit-photographs, 248
Murderer discovered by occult power, 58
Musical phenomenon with Miss Nichol, ]70
Muller, George, account of his life and dependence on prayer, 216
Myers, Mr., on the experiences of W. Stainton-Moses, 102
NEWNHAM, Rev. P., and Mrs., receive communications from supposed second self of Mrs. N., 260
OLD KENT MANOR HOUSE, apparitions seen in, 7(5 Oracles not all impostures, 213 Owen, Robert Dale, on supernatural phenomena occurring unsought, 71; case *f apparition seen by two persons at once, 72; date of a War Office certificate shown to be erroneous by means of an apparition, 74; the Old Kent Manor House, 76; judicial record of disturbances at Cideville, 79; testimony as to spirit-forms, 190 (note)
PERSONAL evidence, 126; first experience in table-turning, 132; with Mrs. Marshall, 135
Photographs, a conclusive test, 188; conditions of a satisfactory test, 191; Mrs. Guppy's remarkable spirit-photograph, 194; likenesses recognised by Mr. Howitt, 196; by Dr. Thompson, 196; by the author, 196 (note); Mr. Slater's experiments, 197; Dr. R. Wil-
Hams' experiments, 197; Mr. John Beattie's experiments, 200, 250
Physical effects produced by apparitions, 244
Physical phenomena, summary of,205
Psychical Research Society, its valuable work, 232 Practical utility of Spiritualism, objections replied to, 281 Prayer, efficacy of, 21
QUARTERLY REVIEW on Spiritualism, 149
RAMHURST MANOR HOUSE, apparitions seen in, 76
Reichenbach, Baron von, his experiments derided, but since confirmed, xi.; his observations on magnets and crystals, 54; his witnesses, 55; review of his work, 56
Rivers, Lieut., R. N. , on mysterious bell-ringing in Greenwich Hospital, 246
Robertson, Dr. J. Lockhart, tests the phenomena and accepts them as facts, 161
Rutter on the magnetoscope, 57
SCEPTICS, investigations by, 177
Scientific men, denial of facts by, 17; their mode of dealing with the subject, 149; refusal to investigate, 279
Second or subliminal self, e ormous difficulties of theory of, 262
Severn, Mr. and Mrs., community of sensation at a distance, 257
Senior, Nassau William, on mesmerism, and his belief in spiritual phenomena, 96
Sexton, Dr. George, his mode of conversion, 177
Sherbroke, Sir John, and General George Wynyard, see the apparition of Wynyard's brother, 72
Slater, Mr. Thomas, his experiments in spirit-photography, 190, 250
Socrates rehabilitated by Spiritualism, 212
Spirit-hypothesis not unscientific, xv.
Spirit-photographs proved to be realities, xiv.; not necessarily photographs of spirits, 192
Spiritualism, uncertainty of the alleged phenomena of, 16; scientific testimony demanded, 17; periodicals devoted to, 50; recent testimony to the facts of, 101; the theory of, 107; moral teachings of, 115; what it has done, 124; personal experiences, 131; New Quarterly Magazine on, 148; Quarterly Review on, 149; historical sketch of, 152; phenomena of, 156; nature of the belief in, 159; no recantations in, 161; evidence of the facts of, 162; summary of phenomena, 205; phenomena repeatedly confirmed, 210; historical teachings of, 212; moral teachings of, 220; a science of human nature, 221; practical results of, 282
Stone-throwing, remarkable case of, in Paris, 284
Stainton-Moses, Mr., a remarkable medium, 102; his double appears, 256; dreams truly the details of a funeral at a distance, 266
Stigmata first denied to be a fact, now admitted, xi.
Storie, Mrs., dreams of accident to her brother, 264
Supernatural phenomena so-called, works relating to, 34; authors who vouch for the facts, 35
Suspicion, action of, illustrated, 283
Sympathy of feeling, 127
TESTIMONY of modern men of science, 101
Thackeray on phenomena witnessed in New York, 98
Thomson, Dr., his experiments in spirit-photography, 249
Trance-mediums, after stringent investigation, declared not to be impostors, xii.
Triviality of the phenomena often apparent rather than real, 110
Trollope, T. Adolphus, evidence of, 93; as to the possibility of its being conjuring, 168; as to the production of flowers, 171
Tylor, Mr. E. B., on miracles as a "survival of savage thought," 27; his mesmeric theory of spiritual phenomena answered, 125
Tyndall, Professor, definition of a miracle by, 37; on Spiritualism, 150; reply to, by Mr. Patrick Fraser Alexander, 151; declines investigation of the facts, 279
USES of Spiritualism, 124
WAMBKY, Rev. 0. C., hears a phantom voice, 270
War Office certificate of death corrected by apparition, 74
Weld, Mr. W., and his daughter, see apparition of his son, 266
Wesley family and the mysterious disturbances at Epworth, 80
Whately, Archbishop, an inquirer into Spiritualism, 99
Wheatcroft, Mrs., sees apparition of her husband at time of his death in India, 74
Wilbraham, the Hon. Colonel, testimony to the genuineness of the phenomena occurring with Mr. Home, 95
Williams, Dr. R., his experiments in spirit-photography, 200
Willis, Dr. F. L. H., remarkable experience with a musical medium, 283
Witchcraft, evidence for, 26; phenomena analogous to those of modern Spiritualism, 215 (note)
YORKSHIRE vicar saved by a warning voice, 272
ZOLLNER, Professor J. C. F., remarkable test by, 104; remarkable experiments of, 105
THE END