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table-turning
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Definition:the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits
image: By Ange Louis Janet - Magazine l'Illustration 1853, Public Domain,
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The conversation fell upon table-turning and spirits, and Countess Nordston, who believed in spiritualism, began to describe the marvels she had seen.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)
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I felt it would put a stop to this foolish table-turning. But I was entirely mistaken; for, on the subject being opened again, Cummings said he was most interested in Spiritualism, although he was bound to confess he did not believe much in it; still, he was willing to be convinced.
George and Weedon Grossmith. The Diary of a Nobody (1882)
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