The Indian Ghost Story in Theosophical and Spiritualist Periodicals

Record summary

The Theosophist and related spiritualist publications printed accounts of apparitions, spirit communications, mysterious lights and occult experiences attributed to Indian settings or informants. These texts matter because they show how South Asian material was selected and reframed for an international esoteric readership during the late nineteenth century. Individual reports may be traceable by title, correspondent, issue and place, but the periodical context encourages sensationalism and doctrinal interpretation. Researchers should separate first-person testimony from editorial commentary, translation and later quotation.