Course Syllabi

The American Occult (19th Century) 

Week One: Mesmerism

Poe’s Mesmeric Revelations

https://poestories.com/read/mesmeric

Week Two: Andrew Jackson Davis

The Principles of Nature, pg 28 to 46 (Animal Magnetism)

http://iapsop.com/ssoc/1847__davis___the_principles_of_nature.pdf

Week Three: The Fox Sisters

D.M. Dewey’s Report on the Hydesville Rappings

http://iapsop.com/ssoc/1850__dewey___history_of_strange_sounds_or_rappings.pdf

Week Four: Paschal Beverly Randolph

Eulis, Part One

http://iapsop.com/ssoc/1896__randolph___eulis.pdf

Week Five, Paschal Beverly Randolph

Eulis, Part Two

http://iapsop.com/ssoc/1896__randolph___eulis.pdf

Week Six: Emma Hardinge Britten

Ghostland, pg 217-305 (Dudley’s Diary)

https://ia902202.us.archive.org/27/items/ghostlandorresea00britrich/ghostlandorresea00britrich.pdf

Week Seven: Helena Blavatsky

Isis Unveiled, Chapters 1, 7, and 11

https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/isis/isis_unveiled_volume_1.pdf