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 2 presents data for auditory! visual! reciprocal! and collective hallucinations. It is a key source for the history of Victorian psychical research. Inhaltsverzeichnis Additions and corrections; 13. The theory of chance-coincidence; 14. Further visual cases occurring to single percipient; 15. Further auditory cases occurring to a single percipient; 16. Tactile cases, and cases affecting more than one of the percipient's senses; 17. Reciprocal cases; 18. Collective cases; Conclusion; Supplement: Introduction; 1. Further examples of thought-transference, principally in hypnotic cases; 2. Ideal, emotional, and motor cases; 3. Dream; 4. Borderland cases; 5. Visual cases; 6. Auditory and tactile cases; 7. Cases affecting more than one of the percipient's senses; 8. Reciprocal cases; 9. Collective cases; Additional chapter; Table of numbered cases; Analysis of the table; Index.

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• 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: 9781108027335
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02733-5
• No. of pages: 766
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge; Phantasms of the Living 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; 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