Apparitions and Thought Transference: an Examination of the Evidence for Telepathy (1900): An Examination of the Evidence for Telepathy - Softcover

Podmore, Frank

 
9780766175037: Apparitions and Thought Transference: an Examination of the Evidence for Telepathy (1900): An Examination of the Evidence for Telepathy

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Frank Podmore (1856–1910) was a researcher into the paranormal who became interested in spiritualism while studying at Oxford. A member of the Society for Psychical Research he used his scientific background to investigate paranormal phenomena. This volume of 1894 is a detailed investigation into telepathy, clairvoyance and supernatural visions.

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The following pages aim at presenting in brief compass a selection of the evidence upon which the hypothesis of thought transference, or telepathy, is based. Contents: experimental transference of simple sensations in the normal state; experimental transference of simple sensations with hypnotized percipients; experimental production of movements and other effects; experimental production of telepathic effects at a distance; general criticism of the evidence for spontaneous thought transference; transference of ideas and emotions; coincident dreams; hallucination in general; induced telepathic hallucinations; spontaneous telepathic hallucinations; collective hallucinations; some less common types of telepathic hallucination; clairvoyance in trance; clairvoyance in the normal state; theories and conclusions.

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