Science and Psychical Phenomena

ISBN-13: 9781032269986 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 398 str.

G. N. M. Dec'd Tyrrell

Opis

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 is the scientific investigation which constitutes the main pathway to the understanding of the Human Individual.

Spis treści

Preface Introduction Part I: Spontaneous Extra- Sensory Perception 1. The Nature of Spontaneous Evidence 2. Examples of Spontaneous Evidence: Telepathy 3. Examples of Spontaneous Evidence: Clairvoyance 4. Examples of Spontaneous Evidence: Precognition: Object- Reading Part II: Experimental Extra- Sensory Perception 5. The History of the Subject 6. The Method of Collective Experiment: Experiments in Telepathy and Clairvoyance 7. Laboratory Work 8. Further Laboratory Work Part III: Significance of the Evidence 9. The Theoretical Aspect of Extra- Sensory Perception 10. The Problems of Sense-Perception 11. The Prevailing Attitude towards Psychical Phenomena Part IV: The Mediumistic Trance 12. The Piper Case 13. The ‘A.V.B.’ Case 14. The Evaluation of Chance in Mediumistic Material 15. The Quantitative Study of Trance- Personalities 16. Book-Tests 17. Cross-Correspondences Part V: Theoretical Aspect of The Mediumistic Trance 18. The Modus Operandi of the Mediumistic Trance 19. Sense -Imagery 20. Trance-Personalities 21. Nature of the Communicators- Antecedent Probability of Survival 22. The Physical type of Mediumship 23. Psychical Research and Spiritualism 24. Psychical Research and Religion 25. Conclusion Appendix Index

O autorze

G. N. M. Tyrrell