_III. Physical Phenomena_ 46 1. Psychography or Slate-writing 46 2. The Master of the Mediums: D. D. Home 93 3. Rope Tying and Holding Mediums; Materializations 135 The Davenport Brothers 135 Annie Eva Fay 149 Charles Slade 154 Pierre L. O. A. Keeler 160 Eusapia Paladino 175 F. W. Tabor 182 4. Spirit Photography 188 5. Thought Photography 197 6. Apparitions of the Dead 201 _IV. Conclusions_ 207 PART SECOND: =Madame Blavatsky and the Theosophists= 210 _I. The Priestess_ 213 _II. What is Theosophy?_ 237 _III. Madame Blavatsky's Confession_ 250 _IV. The Writings of Madame Blavatsky_ 265 _V. The Life and Death of a Famous Theosophist_ 268 _VI. The Mantle of Madame Blavatsky_ 272 _VII. The Theosophical Temple_ 287 _VIII. Conclusion_ 290 List of Authorities 298 ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE. Fig. 1. Spirit Photograph, by the author Frontispiece Fig. 2. Portrait of Dr. Henry Slade 47 Fig. 3. The Holding of the Slate 51 Fig. 4. Slate No. 1 65 Fig. 5. Slate No. 2 71 Fig. 6. Slate No. 3 77 Fig. 7. Home at the Tuileries 97 Fig. 8. Crookes' Apparatus No. 1 116 Fig. 9. Crookes' Apparatus No. 1 119 Fig. 10. Crookes' Apparatus No. 1 120 Fig. 11. Crookes' Apparatus No. 1 121 Fig. 12, 13, 14, 15. Crookes' Diagrams 124-125 Fig. 16. Crookes' Apparatus No. 2 126 Fig. 17. Crookes' Apparatus No. 2 127 Fig. 18, 19, 20. Crookes' Diagrams 128-130 Fig. 21. Hammond's Apparatus 133