| A Thought-Reader's Thoughts: Being the Impressions and Confessions of Stuart Cumberland Contributor(s): Cumberland, Stuart C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1139176528 ISBN-13: 9781139176521 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: February 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Physical - Body, Mind & Spirit | Spiritualism - General |
| Dewey: 133.9 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Kno |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Although famous throughout Europe for his mind-reading skills, Stuart C. Cumberland (1857-1922) was a staunch critic of the 'rascality' of some spiritualist practices and their practitioners. He claimed that many of the s ances and other events which he had experienced were merely fraudulent money-making impostures. He wrote several books on his life as a thought-reader, in which also he revealed the techniques of fake mediums and psychics. (His That Other World, of 1918, is also reissued in this series.) In this 1888 work, Cumberland narrates his own history and career and describes some of his most memorable s ances. One of these took place in the House of Commons, where Cumberland subjected none other than the prime minister at the time, W. E. Gladstone, to having his thoughts read. Their encounter made a great impression on the author, who found Gladstone one of his most remarkable subjects. |