A Treatise On Turning Tables The Supernatural In General And Spirits Volume 2

Reprint of the original, first published in 1857.

This fascinating work explores the supernatural phenomenon of spirit communication through the use of turning tables. Written by French author Agénor Étienne Gasparin in the mid-19th century, the treatise presents evidence and arguments for the existence of spirits and their potential ability to communicate with the living. Gasparin's work remains a unique and thought-provoking examination of the intersection between the spiritual and material worlds. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Excerpt from A Treatise on Turning Tables, Vol. 1: The Supernatural in General, and Spirits Count Agénor De Gasparin, the author of the following work, is one of the most distinguished French Protestants of our times. His family is of Italian origin, as the name sufficiently indicates, and came, if we have been rightly informed, into France from the Island of Corsica, more than a century ago. His father was a member of the Chamber of Peers in the reign of Louis Philippe, and for some years was Prefect of the Department of the Rhone. At one period he held the post of Minister of the Interior. He was also a member of one of the five "Academies" which constitute the "Institute of France," and reckoned to be a man of highly respectable talents, and of extensive and solid attainments. Both father and son were warm supporters of the throne of Louis Philippe, and cherished for that monarch a very strong personal regard, which partook, we might say, of the nature of sincere friendship. Count Gasparin spent the earlier part of his life at Paris, where he received an education corresponding with the distinguished rank of his family. He is a scholar, in the highest and best sense of the word - his acquirements being at once various and profound. He is the author of several interesting and important works, of which we may mention his Intéréts Généraux du Protestantisme Français, in one volume 8 vo., and Christianisme et Paganisme, in 2 vols. 8vo., as possessing far more than ordinary value for intelligent Christian readers of all countries. To great advantages of personal appearance, Count Gasparin unites the grace of most refined and elegant manners. Few men, in any country, have associated more constantly or more intimately with elevated and cultivated society, than he has done from early childhood. And it has been justly remarked of him, that "he unites the accomplishments of the courtier with the sincerity and benevolence of the Christian." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A Treatise on Turning Tables, Vol. 1: The Supernatural in General, and Spirits Count Gasparin is an earnest and zealous Protestant Christian, of what is called in France the Evangelical School, in contradistinction to that which is termed Latitudinarian. It is rare to see in any country a man in so elevated a position who is so humble and spiritually minded a follower of the Lamb. NO man living, probably, has stood up more courageously than he in behalf of the Gospel, and the religion which it teaches, in circumstances Of the most trying nature. He has borne the shame which, in the estimation of too many of the great and fashionable people of this world, attaches to the Cross, and he has borne it well. He was the founder, in the year 1842, of a Society for the promotion of the Protestant interests - a Society which has done much for the protection of the religious and civil rights Of the Protest ants of France, as well as to advance their interests in many other ways. He also took a very prominent part, a few years later, in the formation of the Free Protestant Church of France, a church which renounces all connection with, and dependence on, the State and its patronage. In the year 1842, Count Gasparin became a member of the Chamber of Deputies, having been elected to that branch of the French Legislature by the inhabitants of the Island of Corsica, a part of the kingdom in which there was, probably, less Protestantism than in any other. This was owing in part to the influence of his father, who had made many friends in that island, when he was Minister of the Interior, and in part to the influence of Louis Philippe, to whom the Count was Master of Requests, a post of honor which gave him great advantages for familiar access to his Majesty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.