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Spirit rapping   /spˈɪrət rˈæpɪŋ/   Listen
Spirit rapping

noun
1.
Alleged form of communication with spirits of the dead.  Synonyms: table rapping, table tapping.






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"Spirit rapping" Quotes from Famous Books



... ghost dance, hoodoo; obi, obiism[obs3]; voodoo, voodooism; Shamanism [Esquimaux], vampirism; conjuration; bewitchery, exorcism, enchantment, mysticism, second sight, mesmerism, animal magnetism; od force, odylic force[obs3]; electrobiology[obs3], clairvoyance; spiritualism, spirit rapping, table turning. ...
— Roget's Thesaurus

... to the closing section of this already long essay,—namely, to the explanation of such phenomena as table-tipping, spirit rapping and dictation, and distant transmission of thought. Let us confess that it is much easier to unfold and discuss such facts, than to determine their modus operandi. I will add that, even if in the present state of our knowledge, it is impossible to explain these facts, there is no ...
— The Arena - Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 • Various



Words linked to "Spirit rapping" :   psychic phenomenon, sitting, seance, session, parapsychology, psychic phenomena



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