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Salem Witchcraft, the Planchette Mystery, and Modern Spiritualism

Harriet Beecher Stowe, Samuel Robert Wells

Read by Nichole Di Dio · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Title, Introduction (3:25)
Salem Witchcraft: The Place - Trouble in the Church (30:48)
Salem Witchcraft: Rev. Mr. Burroughs - Depositions of Parris and his Tools (37:13)
Salem Witchcraft: Goody Nurse’s Excommunication - The Views of Modern Investigators (53:07)
Salem Witchcraft: Importance of the Subject (10:27)
CONTENTS OF THE PLANCHETTE MYSTERY. What Planchette Is and Does - Third—The Devil Theory. (54:08)
CONTENTS OF THE PLANCHETTE MYSTERY. Theory of a Floating, Ambient Mentality. - Theory of the Agency of Departed Spirits. (26:08)
CONTENTS OF THE PLANCHETTE MYSTERY. Planchette's Own Theory. - How to Work Planchette. (56:53)
Spiritualism (46:37)
Dr. Doddridge's Dream (6:40)