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    International Association for the Preservation of Spiritual and Occult Periodicals (IAPSOP)

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    book International Association for the Preservation of Spiritual and Occult Periodicals (IAPSOP)

    Post by Candlelight.kk Thu 22 Feb 2018 - 16:48

    IAPSOP was formed in late 2009, when it became apparent to IAPSOP's founders that (a) the repository libraries traditionally expected to retain Spiritualist and occult periodicals were in many cases removing these from circulation, or from their collections entirely; (b) that independent students and researchers were in some cases duplicating effort and expense to have materials preserved digitally, largely for their private use; and (c) that digital libraries like Google Books were completely indifferent to the special curatorial problems of periodical literature generally, and occult literature in particular.

    link  http://www.iapsop.com/


    "The IAPSOP is a US-based private organization focused on the digital preservation of Spiritualist and occult periodicals published between the Congress of Vienna and the start of the Second World War.
    Our all-volunteer staff digitizes, indexes and makes available free-of-charge these periodicals, in our archive, for use by students and researchers"


    Contents Headings at a glance:


    • US Spiritualism
    • UK Spiritualism
    • French Spiritualism
    • German Spiritualism
    • Spanish Spiritualism
    • Theosophy
    • New Thought
    • American Occultism
    • UK Occultism
    • French Occultism
    • German Occultism
    • Wild and One-of-a-Kind


    Archive Index

    The IAPSOP Archives are maintained by an informal collective of students, academics and researchers with an interest in the periodical literature of Spiritualism and the occult, for the purposes of preserving the substantial body of Spiritualist and occult periodical literature produced between the 1840s and the start of the Second World War. These materials are provided in curated, digital form, already indexed, suitable for online reading, scholarly use and citation.
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    Post by mac Thu 22 Feb 2018 - 21:01

    What a remarkable resource!
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    Post by Candlelight.kk Mon 26 Feb 2018 - 22:54

    mac wrote:What a remarkable resource!

    You may also be interested in checking out some of the other topics in this section, mac - if you haven't already done so.  There are some comparably fine collections of free online reading available on the subject of Spiritualism and Mediumship to be found here in the Read Online Library section; not least an excellent up to date collection of classic and out of print books lovingly compiled and provided by Leo Bonomo , here  grarrow https://mediumshipandlifeafterdeath.wordpress.com/2010/07/31/excellent-and-out-of-print-spiritual-books/#comments
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    Post by mac Mon 26 Feb 2018 - 23:14

    Thanks, kk, but nowadays I can't often settle to read even printed books and screen reading I find very irksome and hard work.  It's become worse as I've grown older but I always read to acquire specific knowledge anyway and now the little I do know is enough for my needs.

    thanks again

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