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Definition of Spirit rapping
1. Noun. Alleged form of communication with spirits of the dead.
Generic synonyms: Parapsychology, Psychic Phenomena, Psychic Phenomenon
Group relationships: Seance, Session, Sitting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spirit Rapping
Literary usage of Spirit rapping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1854)
"Take, for instance, “Spirit-rapping.” So greatly has the intellectual spirit of
... Let me premise the race of “spirit-rapping experiences” has been ..."
2. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy by Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (1891)
"... —Spirit- rapping and Spirit-writing—Rising in the air—Performances of tied
mediums—Practical bearing of the study of Survival. IN examining the survival ..."
3. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy by Edward Burnett Tylor (1871)
"... in close connexion with witchcraft—Spirit- rapping and Spirit-writing— Rising
in the air—Performances of tied mediums —Practical bearing of ..."
4. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy by Edward Burnett Tylor (1874)
"... to earlier culture- Spiritualism has its source in early stages of culture,
in close connexion with witchcraft—Spirit-rapping and Spirit-writing—Rising ..."
5. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy by Edward Burnett Tylor (1889)
"... connexion with witchcraft—Spirit-rapping and Spirit-writing—Rising in the
air —Performances of tied mediums—Practical bearing of tho study of Survival. ..."
6. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy by Edward Burnett Tylor (1874)
"... —Spirit-rapping and Spirit-writing—Rising in the air —Performances of tied
... Spiritrapping ..."