table-rapping

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

In the case of table-rapping there are movements of the hands, in our case there are those of the head.

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The following are specimens of these table-rapping communications.

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An ancient method of divining by the ring is similar in principle to the modern table-rapping.

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"Tell me some of those incomprehensible stories about table-rapping," said Lady Glenalvon.

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"Table Rapping and Automatic Writing" answers the questions.

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