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The Mediums' Book

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Mesmerism and Spiritualism
Role in the tradition
Primary source Written from inside the tradition: scripture, revelation, a grimoire, a manifesto or a practical treatise.
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The Book on Mediums or Mediums and Evokers' Handbook, is a book by Allan Kardec published in 1861, second of the five Fundamental Works of Spiritism — the philosophy Kardec had been publishing — being the tome in which the experimental and investigative features of the doctrine were presented, explained and taught.

From the Wikipedia article The Book on Mediums, revision 1354468310, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q2705338: “book by Allan Kardec”.

In this study

In the chronology, in Allan Kardec's account.

A practical and theoretical manual on mediumship, manifestations and methods of testing communications.