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the daily comet (baton rouge, la.) 1850-1856 — spirit rapping

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1853-10-29
Location: baton rouge, louisiana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the daily comet (baton rouge, la.) 1850-1856 · 1853-10-29 · page 2
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1853-10-29 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “spirit rapping”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... school 01 pliys îology —the spirit rapping, womans r bought, com binmg in itself the objec-; tive movement in nature, with the, logical subjective, and realizing itself right scct, says .1 "'«od is thc entire process ot 10U „j lt i:.:„ l .v:„ suljecti q (oia]hy of lmmanity .1 Ile(oritj f cuwill):is thc eternal movement of the universal, ever rais jo it itsef to a subject, which, first of all, in the subject comes to objectivity an(J a real cons i 3t euce, and according ]y f a bsoibs the subject in its abstract individuality." Schools .—The male and female schools w ill be resumed on Monday the 31st inst., in Ward No. 1. j£f=The ...

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