Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 265 University of Pennsylvania. Seybert Commission for Investigating Modern Spiritualism Seybert Commission for Investigating Modern Spiritualism Spiritualism, Seybert Commission for Investigating Modern Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert Produced by Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism" is a scientific publication generated by a commission formed in the late 19th century. The work provides an in-depth investigation into the phenomena of Modern Spiritualism, particularly focusing on practices such as slate writing and purported mediumistic powers, as observed by a group of esteemed scholars and professionals in the field. The opening of the report outlines the commission's inception and its objective to scrutinize claims of spiritual manifestations, as prompted by the late Henry Seybert's legacy. The initial discussions highlight the varying experiences of the members as they attend séances with mediums, especially Mrs. S.E. Patterson. They detail their attempts at observing the slate writing phenomenon, yet they encounter unfavorable outcomes that lead them to question the authenticity of the claimed spiritual acts. Throughout the early portions of the report, the commission expresses their earnest approach to the investigation while simultaneously revealing a skepticism about the truthfulness of spiritualist claims, setting a tone of critical inquiry that permeates the whole report. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 67.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Spiritualism Parapsychology -- Investigation BF Text Category: Religion/Spirituality Category: Reports & Conference Proceedings 426476 2025-10-05T12:26:03.212296 text/html 426394 426289 2024-11-05T14:52:39.325371 2023-10-05T13:50:10.372474 text/html text/html 272097 2025-10-05T12:26:11.772238 application/epub+zip 277243 2025-10-05T12:26:07.058241 application/epub+zip 219358 2025-10-05T12:26:05.743251 application/epub+zip 598673 2025-10-05T12:26:15.154227 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 574467 2025-10-05T12:26:10.877251 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294047 2022-09-06T17:57:27.929200 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387700 2025-10-05T12:26:02.837299 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 367664 2024-10-28T19:00:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17112 2025-10-05T12:26:15.290198 application/rdf+xml 28560 2025-10-05T12:26:06.244248 image/jpeg 5125 2025-10-05T12:26:05.993259 image/jpeg 271547 2025-10-05T12:26:03.243317 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia