ABSTRACT

First published in 1938, Science and Psychical Phenomena presents a comprehensive overview of diverse field of phenomena which is included under the heading of psychical research. Psychical research does not deal in Spiritualism or ‘Spooks’. It is the scientific investigation of the hidden faculties of Man, and it constitutes the main pathway to the understanding of the Human Individual. Since second half of nineteenth century, unknown to the general public, careful work with new methods has been going on, and the results when properly understood, are as startling as they are important. The present volume summarizes the work and discusses the far-reaching conclusion to which it points. This book is an important historical document for scholars and researchers of religion, psychology, philosophy of mind and psychic studies.

part 1|55 pages

Spontaneous Extra-Sensory Perception

chapter Chapter 1|11 pages

The Nature of Spontaneous Evidence

chapter Chapter II|17 pages

Examples of Spontaneous Evidence: Telepathy

chapter Chapter III|7 pages

Examples of Spontaneous Evidence: Clairvoyance

chapter Chapter IV|18 pages

Examples of Spontaneous Evidence: Precognition

part II|54 pages

Experimental Extra-Sensory Perception

chapter Chapter V|9 pages

The History of the Subject

chapter Chapter VI|12 pages

The Method of Collective Experiment

chapter Chapter VII|12 pages

Laboratory Work

chapter Chapter VIII|19 pages

Further Laboratory Work

part III|52 pages

Significance of the Evidence

chapter Chapter IX|25 pages

The Theoretical Aspect of Extra-Sensory Perception

chapter Chapter X|16 pages

The Problems of Sense-Perception

chapter Chapter XI|9 pages

The Prevailing Attitude Towards Psychical Phenomena

part IV|88 pages

The Mediumistic Trance

chapter Chapter XII|15 pages

The Piper Case

chapter Chapter XIII|22 pages

The ‘A. V. B.’ Case

chapter Chapter XIV|4 pages

The Evaluation of Chance in Mediumistic Material

chapter Chapter XV|15 pages

The Quantitative Study of Trance-Personalities

chapter Chapter XVI|9 pages

Book-Tests

chapter Chapter XVII|21 pages

Cross-Correspondences

part V|121 pages

Theoretical Aspect of the Mediumistic Trance

chapter Chapter XVIII|12 pages

The Modus Operandi of the Mediumistic Trance

chapter Chapter XIX|19 pages

Sense-Imagery

chapter Chapter XX|18 pages

Trance-Personalities

chapter Chapter XXII|12 pages

The Physical Type of Mediumship

chapter Chapter XXIII|7 pages

Psychical Research and Spiritualism

chapter Chapter XXIV|9 pages

Psychical Research and Religion

chapter Chapter XXV|19 pages

Conclusion