Mystic London: Or, Phases of Occult Life in the Metropolis (Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge) - Softcover

Davies, Charles Maurice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108027431 ISBN 13: 9781108027434

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

The Anglican clergyman and founding member of the Society of the Holy Cross, Charles Maurice Davies (1828-1910), published Mystic London in 1875. The work is a collection of Davies' observations and researches into urban spiritualism. It includes descriptions of London mesmerists, mediums and séances, and discussions of Darwinism, secularism and the non-religious. Davies, who discovered spiritualism in Paris in the mid-1850s, and became a committed spiritualist after the death of his son in 1865, argued in this work that the principles and practices of spiritualism did not pose any threat to Christianity and that the two movements had much in common and could peacefully coexist. The work is an indispensable source on the presence of alternative religion in London and for the beliefs and practices of nineteenth-century spiritualists. It offers a fascinating insight into Victorian experiences and attitudes towards the occult and the supernatural.

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Book Description:

This collection of observations and researches into nineteenth-century urban spiritualism was published in 1875 by a leading Anglican clergyman. It defends the principles and practices of spiritualism, arguing that they can peacefully coexist with those of Christianity. It is an indispensable source on alternative religion in Victorian London.

About the Author:

Reverend Charles Maurice Davies (1828-1910) who also wrote under the pseudonyms A Church of England Clergyman; C M D; An Ex-Puseyite, was the author of: Philip Paternoster (2 Volumes) (1858), Shadow Land: A Story With a Purpose (1860), Orthodox London; or, Phases of Religious Life in the Church of England (1873), Unorthodox London; or, Phases of Religious Life in the Metropolis (1873), Heterodox London; or, Phases of Free Thought in the Metropolis (1874), Anti-Sillyass; or, The Modern Odyssey (1874), Mystic London; or, Phases of Occult Life in the Metropolis (1875), London Sermons (1875), Broad Church (3 volumes) (1875), 'Verts; or, The Three Creeds (3 volumes) (1876), Maud Blount, Medium: A Story of Modern Spiritualism (1876), Fun, Ancient and Modern (2 volumes) (1878), The Future that Awaits Us: The Appearances of Jesus... (1884) and Great Secret and... Occultism (1896).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1108027431
• ISBN 13: 9781108027434
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 420