table-rapping
the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
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How to use table-rapping in a sentence
In the case of table-rapping there are movements of the hands, in our case there are those of the head.
Clever Hans | Oskar PfungstThe following are specimens of these table-rapping communications.
Mysterious Psychic Forces | Camille FlammarionAn ancient method of divining by the ring is similar in principle to the modern table-rapping.
Finger-Ring Lore | William Jones"Tell me some of those incomprehensible stories about table-rapping," said Lady Glenalvon.
Kenelm Chillingly, Complete | Edward Bulwer-Lytton"Table Rapping and Automatic Writing" answers the questions.
Clairvoyance and Occult Powers | Swami Panchadasi
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