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What Planchette is and does (with review of Facts and
Phenomena) 63
The Press on Planchette (with further details of Phenomena) 67
Theory First--That the Board is moved by the hands that rest 70
upon it
Theory Second--"It is Electricity or Magnetism" 71
Proof that Electricity has nothing to do with it 78
Theory Third--The Devil Theory 79
Theory of a Floating Ambient Mentality 81
"_To Daimonion_"--The Demon 83
"It is some principle of nature as yet unknown" 85
Theory of the Agency of Departed Spirits 85
PLANCHETTE'S OWN THEORY 89
The Rational Difficulty 92
The Medium--The Doctrine of Spheres 93
The Moral and Religious Difficulty 98
What this Modern Development is, and what is to come of it 102
Conclusion 105
How to work Planchette 106