Olcott's investigation into the psychic powers of the Eddy brothers of Chittenden, Vermont, is a classic of Victorian psychic research.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface; Part I: 1. The Eddy family; 2. The Eddys as public mediums; 3. Personal matters; 4. A moonlight seance; 5. Portents and marvels; 6. Wonders in the Eddy family; 7. A chapter of feet and inches; 8. Materialization; 9. The first seance; 10. Many phantom visitors; 11. Are they personations?; 12. Is it an occult force?; 13. Full of strange things; 14. The dark-circle; 15. Philosophical tests; 16. Startling phenomena; 17. A chapter of marvels; 18. More wonders; 19. Germans, Khourds, and Hungarians; 20. The dead alive; 21. Spiritualism vs. rationalism; 22. Spirits as carriers; 23. Tests continued; 24. Pseudo-investigators; 25. The Shakers as spiritualists; 26. Summing up; Part II: The Katie King affair; The Compton transfiguration; Miscellaneous; Bibliography.
