Phantasms of the Living

Klappentext This 1886 publication investigating the connection between ghost-seeing and telepathy is a key source on Victorian psychical research. Zusammenfassung This 1886 book was a pioneering attempt to explain ghost-seeing through the idea of telepathy! by analysis of over 700 case studies. Volume 1 covers hypnotism! the transference of ideas and emotions! dreams! and hallucinations. It is a key source for the history of Victorian psychical research. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Preliminary remarks. Grounds of caution; 2. The experimental basis. Thought-transference; 3. The transition from experimental to spontaneous telepathy; 4. General criticism of the evidence for spontaneous telepathy; Note on witchcraft; 5. Specimens of the various types of spontaneous telepathy; 6. Transference of ideas and mental pictures; 7. Emotional and motor effects; 8. Dreams; 9. Borderland cases; 10. Hallucinations. General sketch; 11. Transient hallucinations of the sane. Ambiguous cases; 12. The development of telepathic hallucinations.

Product details

• Authors: Edmund Gurney, Edmund Myers Gurney, Gurney Edmund, Frederic W. H. Myers, Frederic William Henry Myers, Frank Podmore, Podmore Frank
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.05.2011
• EAN: 9781108027328
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02732-8
• No. of pages: 664
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge; Phantasms of the Living 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Parapsychology, fringe sciences; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History of Ideas, RELIGION / Wicca, HISTORY / Social History, PSYCHOLOGY / Experimental Psychology, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, Parapsychological studies, Occult Studies, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Psychic Phenomena / General