Alan Gauld

The Founders of Psychical Research (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1968 The Founders of Psychical Research is centred upon prominent members in the Society for Psychical Research - during its early years. It passes over important aspects of the S.P.R.'s story and deals at some length with outside matters.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429594120
• Artikelnr.: 56504548

Autorenporträt

Gauld, Alan

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgements Part I: The Origins and Founders of Psychical
Research 1. The Rise of Modern Spiritualism in America 1848-55 2.
Spiritualism in England 1852-76 4. Early Investigations of the Sidgwick
Group 1873-5 5. The Foundation of the Society for Psychical Research 1882
Part II: The Work of the Early Psychical Researchers 6. Edmund Gurney and
Phantasms of the Living 7. Phantasms of the Dead 8. Eusapia 9. The Mental
Mediums 10. Myer's Theory of the Subliminal Self 11. Myer's Cosmology and
Theory of the Soul 12. The Turn of the Century Epilogue Appendix A: Early
Experiments on Thought-transference Published by the S.P.R. Appendix B:
Critics of Mrs. Piper Appendix C: Correspondence between Myers and Lord
Acton on the Canons of Evidence to be Applied to Reports of 'Miraculous'
Occurrences Index