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Definition of Table turning
1. Noun. Manipulation of a table during a seance; attributed to spirits.
Generic synonyms: Parapsychology, Psychic Phenomena, Psychic Phenomenon
Group relationships: Seance, Session, Sitting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Table Turning
Literary usage of Table turning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1853)
"Table-Turning and Table-Talking. London, 1853. 10. Table-Moving tested, and proved
to be the Result of Satanic Agency. By Rev. NS Godfrey, SCL London, 1853. ..."
2. Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics by Michael Faraday (1859)
"SIR,—I have recently been engaged in the investigation of table- turning. I should
be sorry that you should suppose I thought this necessary on my own ..."
3. Mesmerism, Spiritualism, &c: Historically & Scientifically Considered, Being by William Benjamin Carpenter (1877)
"TABLE-TURNING AND TABLE-TALKING ... I need not detain you long with the scientific
discussion of the phenomena of Table-turning and Table- talking; ..."
4. Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1853)
"Table-Turning and Table-Talking. London, 1853. 10. Table-Moving tested, and proved
to be the Result of Satanic Agency. By Rev. NS Godfrey, SCL London, 1853. ..."
5. Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics by Michael Faraday (1859)
"SIR,—I have recently been engaged in the investigation of table- turning. I should
be sorry that you should suppose I thought this necessary on my own ..."
6. Mesmerism, Spiritualism, &c: Historically & Scientifically Considered, Being by William Benjamin Carpenter (1877)
"TABLE-TURNING AND TABLE-TALKING ... I need not detain you long with the scientific
discussion of the phenomena of Table-turning and Table- talking; ..."
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