Gabriel Delanne
François Marie Gabriel Delanne was a notable French spiritist, psychical researcher, writer, and electrical engineer. He is best known for his book, "Le Phénomène spirite".Life and work
Delanne was born in Paris in 1857. His father, Alexandre Delanne, was a friend of the well-known founder of Spiritism, Allan Kardec, and his mother was an automatic writing medium. Delanne was one of the principal exponents of Spiritism, apart from Léon Denis after the death of Kardec.
Delanne's writings were mainly concerned with the question of the immortality of the soul and with reincarnation. As a spiritist, he favoured a scientific approach to psychic phenomena. He managed "La Revue scientifique et morale du spiritisme", the journal of the "Union Spirite Française", from its first appearance in March 1883.
Gabriel Delanne died in Paris in 1926, and was buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery.Publications
By Delanne:
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- Les Apparitions matérialisées des vivants et des morts: , pp. 528 & 842.
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Incorporating writing of Delanne:
- Madame de Watteville. . Preface.
- G. Bourniquel & Delanne, G.
' p. 340. La Revue Métapsychique. Bulletin de l'Institut Métapsychique International.Biography:
Bodier, Paul & Régnault, Henri. Un grand disciple d'Allan Kardec: Gabriel Delanne, sa vie, son apostolat, son œuvre.
