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A founding member of the Fabian Society and a prominent member of the Society for Psychical Research, Frank Podmore (1856-1910) occupied a unique position in British political and scientific society. From his undergraduate days at Oxford until his untimely death in 1910, he harboured a fascination for the supernatural, hallucinations and mesmerism. Published in the final years of his life, during a period of prolific writing and introspection, this 1908 work was the result of exhaustive personal research and first-hand observation. Although fascinated by his chosen subject, Podmore never abandoned his scientific stance and demonstrates a level of scepticism rarely found among the more committed Victorian spiritualists. The result is a scholarly but entertaining series of case studies, which remains one of the most authoritative works on the phenomenon of spiritualism.
Contents
1. Introductory; 2. Experimental thought transference; 3. Spontaneous thought-transference - mind's eye visions; 4. Spontaneous thought-transference - coincident dreams; 5. On hallucinations in general; 6. Telepathic hallucinations; 7. Poltergeists; 8. Spiritualism; 9. On communication with the dead; 10. Phantasms of the dead; 11. Haunted houses; 12. Messages received through trance and automatism; 13. The case of Mrs. Piper; 14. On clairvoyance and prevision; Index.
