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CONTENTS.
Officers and Council for 1882 1
Objects of the Society 3
Address by the President at the First General Meeting 7
First Report of the Committee on Thought-Reading 13
Note on Thought-Reading. By Professor Balfour Stewart 35
Note on Thought-Reading. By Rev. A. M. Creery 43
Appendix to the Report on Thought-reading. By Professor W.f. Barrett 47
Address by the President at the Second General Meeting 65
Second Report of the Committee on Thought-Transference (with Illustrations) 70
Preliminary Report of the Reichenbach Committee 99
First Report of the Committee on "Haunted Houses" 101
First Report of the Literary Committee 116
On Clairvoyance. By G. Wyld, M.D. (Abstract) 156
Annual Business Meeting, January, 1883 - Report and Financial Statement 158
Third Report of the Committee on Thought-Transference (with Illustrations) 161
First Report of the Committee on Mesmerism 217
First Report of the Reichenbach Committee 230
On Some Phenomena Associated with Abnormal Conditions of the Mind. By Professor W. F. Barrett 238
Address by the President at the Fourth General Meeting 245
Second Report of the Committee on Mesmerism 251
Record of Experiments on Thought-Transference at Liverpool. By Malcolm Guthrie, J.P., And James Birchall 263
Appendix to the Report on Mesmerism 284
Note on Muscle-Reading. By the Rev. E. H. Sugden 291
Circular No 1. On the General Work of the Society 295
Circular No. 2. On Dreaming and Allied States 303
Catalogue of the Library 307
Regulations as to the Lending of Books 319
Officers and Council for 1883 320
List of Members, Associates, Honorary and Corresponding Members 321
Constitution and Rules 331
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CONTENTS.
Fourth Report of the Committee on Thought-Transference 1
Third Report of the Committee on Mesmerism 12
Appendix to the same 20
An account of some Experiments in Thought-Transference. By Malcolm Guthrie, J.P. 24
Second Report of the Literary Committee 43
Appendix to the same 53
Note on the Existence of a "Magnetic Sense."By Professor W. F. Barrett 56
The Stages of Hypnotism. By Edmund Gurney 61
Report of Wells Sunk at Locking, Somerset, to Test the Alleged Power o the Diving rod. By W. J. Sollas, M.A., D.Sc 73
The Divining Rod. By Edward R. Pease 79
Appendices (I, II,) to the Divining Rod 90,95
Annual Business Meeting 108
Third Report of the Literary Committee. - A Theory of Apparitions. Part I 109
Second Report of the Committee on Haunted Houses 137
President's Address at the Eighth General Meeting 152
Fourth Report of the Literary Committee. - A Theory of Apparitions. Part II. 157
Professor Balfour Stewart's Address at the Ninth General Meeting 187
An Account of Some Experiments in Thought-Transference. By Oliver J. Lodge, D.Sc. 189
An Account of Some Experiments in Mesmerism. By Edmund Gurney 201
Diagrams Illustrative of Thought-Transference 207
On a Telepathic Explanation of Some So-called Spiritualistic Phenomena. By F. W. H. Myers. Part I. 271
Abstract of the President's Address at the Eleventh General Meeting 238
M. Richet's Recent Researches in Thought-Transference 239
Note on the same by Professor O. J Lodge and Mr. Alfred Lodge 257
The Problems of Hypnotism. By Edmund Gurney 265
Library Catalogue 293
Rules of the Library 316
List of Members and Associates, December, 1884 317
Constitution and Rules 333
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CONTENTS.
Automatic Writing. By Frederic W. H. Myers 1
Opening Address at the Thirteenth General Meeting. By Professor Balfour Stewart, F.R.S 64
Notes on the Evidence, collected by the Society, for Phantasms of the Dead. By Mrs. H. Sidgwick 69
Hallucinations. By Edmund Gurney 151
The Calculus of Probabilities applied to Psychical Research By F. Y. Edgeworth 190
Annual Business Meeting 200
Report on Phenomena connected with Theosophy
(1) Statement and Conclusions of the Committee 201
(2) Account of Personal Investigations in India, and Discussion of the Authorship of the "Koot Hoomi" Letters (with Appendices). By Richard Hodgson 207
(3) Report of Mr. F. G. Netherclift on the Blavatsky-Column Correspondence 381
(4) Note on Certain Phenomena not dealt with in Mr. Hodgson's Account. By Mrs. H. Sidgwick 382
(5) Details of the Evidence referred to on Page 207 397
Contents of the above Report 400
Some Higher Aspects of Mesmerism. By Edmund Gurney and Frederic W. H. Myers 401
Further Report on Experiments in Thought-Transference at Liverpool. By Malcolm Guthrie, J.P. 424
Local Anaesthesia induced in the Normal State by Mesmeric Passes 453
Report on an alleged Physical Phenomenon 460
Catalogue of the Library (Abridged.) 464
List of Members and Associates, December, 1885 475
Constitution and Rules 493
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CONTENTS.
Human Personality in the light of Hypnotic Suggestion. By Frederic W. H. Myers 1
On some Physical Phenomena commonly called Spiritualistic, witnessed by
the Author. By Professor W. F. Barrett 25
Note on the above Paper. By Professor Balfour Stewart, F.R.S. . 42
Results of a Personal Investigation into the "Physical Phenomena" of
Spiritualism, with some critical remarks on the Evidence for the
genuineness of such Phenomena. By Mrs. H. Sidgwick 45
The Possibilities of Mal-Observation in relation to Evidence for the Phenomena of Spiritualism. By Charles C. Massey 75
Note on the above Paper, by Professor H. Sidgwick, and further
Discussion 99
Experiments in Muscle-Heading and Thought-Transference. By Max
Dessoir 111
On Telepathic Hypnotism, and its relation to other forms of Hypnotic
Suggestion. By Frederic W. H. Myers 127
The Calculus of Probabilities applied to Psychical Research. II. By
F. Y. Edgeworth 189
Automatic Writing. III. By Frederic W. H. Myers 209
Opening Address at the Twenty-fourth General Meeting. By Professor
Balfour Stewart, F.R.S. 262
Peculiarities of Certain Post-hypnotic States. By Edmund Gurney 268
Experiments in Thought-Transference. By Anton Schmoll 324
Accounts of some so-called "Spiritualistic" Seances. By Professor H.
Carvill Lewis, M. A., F.G.S., and Others 338
The Possibilities of Mal-Observation and Lapse of Memory from a Practical
Point of View : -
Multiplex Personality. By Frederic W. H. Myers .... 496
Stages of Hypnotic Memory. By Edmund Gurney 515
Note on Certain Reported Cases of Hypnotic Hyperaesthesia. By Frederic
W. H. Myers 532
Critical Notices :-
A. Binet and Ch. Fere, Le Magnetisme Animal. By Edmund
Gurney 540
Dr. Gilles de la Tourette, L'Hypnotisme et les Etats Analogues au
Point de Vue Medico-legal. By O. Elton 555
Dr. J. Ochorowicz, De la Suggestion Mentale. By Frank Podmore 562
Library Catalogue 569
List of Members and Associates 587
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CONTENTS.
Recent Experiments in Hypnotism. By Edmund Gurney 3
Relation de Diverses Experiences sur la Transmission Mentale, la
Lucidite, et Autres Phenomenes non Explicables par les Donnees
Scientifiques Actuelles. Par M. Charles Richet, Professeur de
Physiologie a la Faciulte de Medicine de Paris 18
Experiments in Thought-Transference. By A. Schmoll and .J. E.
Mabire 109
Hypnotism and Telepathy. By Edmund Gurney 216
Critical Notices. By Frederic W. H. Myers.
(1) Preliminary Report of the Commission appointed by the
University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism
in accordance with the Bequest of the late Henry Seybert 260
(2) Hystero-epilepsie Masculine: Suggestion, Inhibition,
Transposition des Sens. Par le Professeur Fontan 263
Note relating to some of the Published Experiments in
Thought-Transference 269
Opening Address at the Twenty-eighth General Meeting. By Professor
Henry Sidgwick 271
The Connection of Hypnotism with the Subjective Phenomena of
Spiritualism 279
On the Evidence for Premonitions. By Mrs. H. Sidgwick 288
Experiments in Thought-Transference. By Max Dessoir . . . 355
Supplement.
I. Edmund Gurney's Work in Experimental Psychology. By
F. W. H. Myers 359
II. French Experiments on Strata of Personality. By F. W. H.
Myers . - 374
Opening Address at the Thirtieth General Meeting. By Professor
Henry Sidgwick 399
On Apparitions Occurring Soon after Death. By the late Edmund
Gurney, completed by F. W. H. Myers 403
Recent Experiments in Crystal-Vision ....... 486
Automatic Writing.�IV.�The Daemon of Socrates. By Frederic
W. H. Myers 522
Supplement.
I. On a Series of Experiments at Pesaro. By H. Babington Smith 549
II. Dr. Albert Moll's "Hypnotism." By Max Dessoir . . . 566
The Edmund Gurney Library ........ 575
List of Members and Associates 590
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CONTENTS.
Address by the President, Professor Sidgwick, on The Canons of
Evidence in Psychical Research .... . . . .1
Address by the President on The Census of Hallucinations ... 7
On Recognised Apparitions Occurring more than a Year after Death. By
F. W. H. Myers 13
Further Experiments in Hypnotic Lucidity or Clairvoyance. By
Professor Charles Richet 66
Duplex Personality. An Essay on the Analogy between Hypnotic
Phenomena and certain Experiences of the Normal Consciousness.
By Thomas Barkworth ......... 84
Notes of Seances with D. D. Home. By William Crookes, F. R. S. 98
Experiments in Thought-Transference. By Professor and Mrs. H.
Sidgwick, and Mr. G. A. Smith ....... 128
Supplement.
I. International Congress of Experimental Psychology. By A. T.
Myers, M.D 171
II. Ad Interim Report on the Census of Hallucinations . . . 183
III. Professor Pierre Janet's "Automatisme Psychologique." By
Frederic W. H. Myers 186
IV. Binet on the Consciousness of Hysterical Subjects. By F.W.H.
Myers 200
V. "Das Doppel-Ich." By F. W. H. Myers 207
VI. Dr. Jules Janet on Hysteria and Double Personality. By
F. W. H Myers 216
VII. Professor Liegeois on Suggestion and Somnambulism in Relation
to Jurisprudence. By Walter Leaf, Litt. D. . 222
VIII Two Books on Hypnotism. By Walter Leaf, Litt. D. . . 225
Phantasms of the Dead from Another Point of View. By F. Podmore . 229
A Defence of Phantasms of the Dead. By F. W. H. Myers . . 314
A Record of Telepathic and Other Experiences. By the Author Of
"A Record Of Recent Experiments In Crystal Vision" . . 358
Experimental Comparison between Chance and Thought-Transference
in Correspondence of Diagrams. By Lieut.-Colonel G. Le M. Taylor 398
Supplement.
I. Observations on Clairvoyance, &c. By Drs. Dufay and Azam . 407
Address by the President, Professor Sidgwick, on the Census of
Hallucinations (his second address on this subject) . . . 429
A Record of Observations of Certain Phenomena of Trance-
(1) Introduction, by F. W. H. Myers . . . .436
(2) Part I., by Professor O. J. Lodge, F.R.S. . .443
(3) Part II., by Walter Leaf, Litt. D. ... 558
(4) Index to Items in Parts I. and II., specially difficult
to explain by direct thought-transference. By
Professor O. J. Lodge, F. R. S. . . . 647
(5) Part III., by Professor William James, of Harvard
University 651
Supplement.
Supplementary Catalogue of the Edmund Gurney Library . . . 675
List of Members and Associates ........ 679
List of Members and Associates of the American Branch . . . 697
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CONTENTS.
Experimental Studies in Thought-Transference. By Baron Von Schrenck-Notzing, M.D., Munich 3
Some Recent Experiments in Automatic Writing. By Thomas Barkworth 23
On the Evidence for Clairvoyance. Part I. By Mrs. Henry Sidgwick . 30
Apparitions of the Virgin in Dordogne. By Leon Marillier . . . 100
Supplement.
I. Professor William James's "The Principles of Psychology.'' By
F. W. H. Myers 111
II. Short Notices of Books 134
III. Circular Letter No. 4. - Hypnotism: Its Conditions and Safeguards . 137
IV. Circular Letter No. 3. (2nd Edition.) Appeal for Collaboration. .141
V. Circular Letter No. 5. Importance of Publication of Names . . 144
On Alleged Movements of Objects, without Contact, Occurring not in the
Presence of a Paid Medium. Part I. By F. W. H. Myers . . .146
Experiments in Clairvoyance. By Dr. Alfred Backman . . . .199
A Case of Double Consciousness. By Richard Hodgson . . . .221
Supplement.
I. Third Ad Interim Report on the Census of Hallucinations . . . 259
II. On Spirit Photographs; A Reply to Mr. A. R. Wallace. By Mrs.
Henry Sidgwick 268
III. Notices of Books. By H. E. Wingfield and W. Leaf . . .290
The Subliminal Consciousness. By F. W. H. MYERS 298
Supplement to the Paper on the Evidence for Clairvoyance. By Mrs.
Henry Sidgwick 356
Note on a Visit to Kalmar. By F. W. H. Myers 370
Some Recent Thought-Transference Experiments. By Professor Oliver
J. Lodge, F.R.S 374
On Alleged Movements of Objects, without Contact, Occurring not in the
Presence of a Paid Medium. Part II. By F. W. H. Myers . . .383
Supplement.
Supplementary Catalogue of the "Edmund Gurney" Library . . .411
List of Members and Associates 413
List of Members and Associates of the American Branch .... 433
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A Record of Observations of Certain Phenomena of Trance. By
Richard Hodgson, LL.D : -
� 1. Introductory .......... 1
� 2. Some Peculiarities of the Trance State ..... 4
� 3. Hypothesis of Fraud 6
� 4. Hypothesis of Thought-Transference from the Sitters . . 9
� 5. Clairvoyance and Prophecy ....... 27
� 6. The " Spirit " Hypothesis Concerning Phinuit and other
"Controls" 28
� 7. Mrs. Piper's Early Trances ....... 46
� 8. Phinuit's Account of Himself ...... 50
� 9. Relation of Phinuit to Mrs. Piper 54
� 10. Conclusion .......... 56
Detailed Reports of Sittings . . . . . . . .59
General Meetings 169
On Indications of Continued Terrene Knowledge on the part of
Phantasms of the Dead. By F. W. H. Myers . . . .170
Mr. Davey's Imitations by Conjuring of Phenomena sometimes
attributed to Spirit Agency. By Richard Hodgson, LL.D. . . 253
Record of a Haunted House. By Miss R. C. Morton . . . 311
The Subliminal Consciousness. Chap. III. The Mechanism of Genius.
Chap. IV. Hypermnesic Dreams. By F. W. H. Myers . 333
Further Information as to Dr. Backman's Experiments in Clairvoyance 405
General Meetings .......... 413
De l'Appreciation du Temps par les Somnambules. Par M. J.
Delboeuf, Professeur a l'Universite de Liege .... 414
Some Experiments in Thought-Transference. By Dr. A. Blair Thaw 422
The Subliminal Consciousness. Chap. V. Sensory Automatism and
Induced Hallucinations. By F. W. H. Myers . . . 436
Experiments in Thought-Transference. By Mrs. H. Sidgwick and
Miss Alice Johnson 536
Supplement.
I. William Stainton Moses. By F. W. H. Myers . . .597
II. The Second International Congress of Experimental Psychology. 601
Supplementary Catalogue of the Edmund Gurney Library . . . 612
List of Members and Associates 615
List of Members and Associates of the American Branch . . . 636
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CONTENTS.
General Meetings .......... 1
The Subliminal Consciousness. By Frederic W. H. Myers.
Chap. VI. The Mechanism of Hysteria .... 3
Chap. VII. Motor Automatism 26
The Defence of the Theosophists. By Richard Hodgson, LL.D. . 129
Mind-Cure, Faith-Cure, and the Miracles of Lourdes. By A. T. Myers, M.D., F.R.C.P., And F. W. H. Myers .... 160
Supplement.
Notices of Books : -
Dr. Moll's " Rapport in der Hypnose." By Waiter Leaf, Litt.D 211
Dr. Schmidkunz's " Psychologie der Suggestion." By
Walter Leaf, Litt.D 214
Professor Brofferio's "Per lo Spiritismo." By Walter
Leaf, Litt.D 216
Experiments at Milan with Eusapia Palladino. By Frank
Podmore 218
Professor Tamburini's "Spiritismo e Telepatia." By H.
Babington Smith 225
Mr. T. J. Hudson's "The Law of Psychic Phenomena." . 230
General Meetings .......... 235
Partial Anaesthesia. By Professor William Ramsay, PH.D.,F.R.S. 236
The Experiences of W. Stainton Moses. - I. By Frederic W. H.
Myers 246
Indian Magic and the Testimony of Conjurers. By Richard
Hodgson, LL.D 354
Supplement.
Supplementary Catalogue of the Edmund Gurney Library . . 370
List of Members and Associates 371
List of Members and Associates of the American Branch . . 394
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CONTENTS.
General Meetings 1
I. Address by the President, the Right Hon. Arthur J. Balfour,
M.P., F.R.S 2
II. On the Difficulty of Making Crucial Experiments as to the Sources
of the Extra or Unusual Intelligence Manifested in Trance-
Speech, Automatic Writing, and other States of Apparent
Mental Inactivity. By Professor Oliver J. Lodge, F.R.S. 14
III. Report on the Census of Hallucinations. By Professor
Sidgwick's Committee ... ... 25
Chapter I - Introductory... ... ... 25
� II. - Method of Conducting the Enquiry and
General Results 33
� III. - Discussion of the Trustworthiness of our
Results ... ... 54
� IV. - Hallucinations and Pseudo-Hallucinations 70
� V. - The Relation of Illusions to Hallucinations 94
� VI. - Form and Development of Hallucinations 113
� VII. - Physiology of Hallucinations 134
� VIII. - Age, Sex, Heredity, Nationality, and
Health. Recurrent
Hallucinations ... ... ... ... 149
� IX. - Mental and Nervous Conditions in
connexion with Hallucinations ... 166
� X. - Expectancy and Suggestion ... ... 174
� XI. - Organic Effects accompanying
Hallucinations 198
� XII. - Death-Coincidences 207
� XIII. - Chance Coincidence ... ... 245
� XIV. - Veridical Hallucinations continued :
Further Coincidental Cases ... 252
� XV. - Collective Hallucinations 303
� XVI.- Premonitions and Local Apparitions ... 331
� XVII. - Phantasms of the Dead 364
Conclusion ... ... ... ... 392
Appendix ... ... ... ... ... 402
Supplement.
Review :�Mr. Andrew Lang's " Cock Lane and Common
Sense." By Walter Leaf, Litt.D. ... ... ... 423
Supplementary Catalogue of the Edmund Gurney Library ... ... 427
List of Members and Associates ... ... ... ... ... ... 431
List of Members and Associates of the American Branch ... ... 454
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CONTENTS.
General Meetings .... 1
Experiments in Thought-transference. By Henry G. Rawson,
Barrister-at-Law . . 2
Dipsomania and Hypnotism. By John Gordon Dill, M. A., M.D., and
a Case by C. Theodore Green, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 18
The Experiences of W. Stainton Moses. - II. By Frederic W. H.
Myers . . 24
On the Apparent Sources of Subliminal Messages. By " Miss X." 114
Supplement.
Reviews : -
Recent Books on Hypnotism. By C. Lloyd Tuckey, M.D. 145
Mr. F. Podmore's "Apparitions and
Thought-transference." By Wm. Romaine Newbold, Ph. D. . 149
Mr. W. Leaf's " Modern Priestess of Isis " (translation
from W. S. Solovyoff), and Mr. E. Garrett's "Isis.
very much Unveiled." By Frank Podmore . . 155
Herr Edmund Parish's " Ueber die Trugwahrnehmung."
By Miss Alice Johnson 162
" Rivista di Studi Psichici." By Walter Leaf, Litt. D. 171
General Meetings 173
Some Experiments on the Supernormal Acquisition of Knowledge.
By Mrs. A. W. Verrall 174
Analysis of Mrs. Verrall's Card Experiments. By C. P. Sanger, F.S.S. 193
The Voices of Jeanne d'Arc. By Andrew Lang .... 198
Resolute Credulity. By Frederic W. H. Myers .... 213
Telepathic Dreams Experimentally Induced. By Dr. G. B. Ermacora 235
Some Psychical Phenomena bearing upon the question of Spirit
Control. By Charles Hill-tout ..... 309
Supplement.
Subliminal Self or Unconscious Cerebration ?
General Meeting 333
The Subliminal Self. By Frederic W. H. Myers.
Chapter VIII. The Relation of Supernormal Phenomena
to Time ; - Retrocognition ..... 334
Chapter IX. The Relation of Supernormal Phenomena
to Time ; - Precognition . . .... 408
Report of the Hypnotic Committee for 1894�5 .... 594
Supplement.
Supplementary Catalogue of the Edmund Gurney Library . 601
List of Members and Associates ... 602
List of Members and Associates of the American Branch . 626
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CONTENTS.
PART XXX
General Meetings ........... 1
Address by the President, Professor William James .... 2
Sub-conscious Reasoning. By Wm. Romaine Newbold ... 11
Suggestion without Hypnotism, an Account of Experiments in
preventing or suppressing Pain. By C. M. Barrows ... 21
Poltergeists. By Frank Podmore ....... 45
A Case of Information Supernormally Acquired. By Miss Alice
Johnson 116
Supplement.
James Braid ; His Work and Writings. By Dr. J. Milne
Bramwell .......... 127
Glossary of Terms used in Psychical Research. By P.W.H.
Myers 166
PART XXXI.
General Meetings ..... .... 175
Personally Observed Hypnotic Phenomena. By Dr. J. Milne
Bramwell .......... 176
What is Hypnotism? By Dr. J. Milne Bramwell .... 204
Some Experiments in Crystal-Vision. By Professor James H.
Hyslop 259
A Case of Psychic Automatism, including " Speaking with Tongues."
By Albert Le Baron. Communicated by Professor
William James ......... 277
Supplement.
Involuntary Whispering Considered in Relation to Experiments
in Thought-Transference. By Professor Henry Sidgwick 298
Recent Experiments in Normal Motor Automatism. By
F. W. H. Myers 316
Reviews : -
Mr. Aksakoff's " The Precursors of Spiritism for the last
250 years." By Walter Leaf, Litt. D. . . . 319
Mr. T. J. Hudson's " A Scientific Demonstration of the
Future Life." By Harlow Gale .... 330
Appendix To Part XXXI.
General Meeting 337
Address by the President, William Crookes, F.R.S. . . . . 338
Supplementary Catalogue of the Edmund Gurney Library . . 357
Officers and Council for 1897 358
List of Members and Associates ....... 359
List of Members and Associates of the American Branch . 381
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General Meetings ..........1
On the So-called Divining Rod, or Virgula Divina. By Professor
W. F. Barrett.
Book I.
Part I. Introductory 2
Part II. Moder n Literature on this Subject ... 12
Part III. Examination of Evidence 24
Part IV. Geological Opinion 220
Part V. Brief Survey of the Evidence . . . .237
Part VI. Theoretical Conclusions 243
Appendix A. The Words "Dowse" and "Dowser". . 256
Appendix B. Geological Opinion upon Underground Water 262
Appendix C. How the Rod is Held . . . . . 266
Appendix D. The Sensations Alleged to Occur in Dowsing 272
Appendix E. Note on the Horsham Experiments . . 278
Table of Contents 281
PART XXXIII.
General Meetings .......... 283
A Further Record of Observations of Certain Phenomena of Trance.
By Richard Hodgson, LL.D.
Part I.
� 1. Introductory ......... 284
� 2. Development of Automatic Writing in Mrs. Piper's Trance 291
� 3. History of the G. P. Communications .... 295
� 4. Brief Accounts of Other Communicators . . 335
� 5. The " Spirit " Hypothesis and the Hypothesis of
Telepathy from the Living ..... 357
� 6. Indications that the " Spirit" Hypothesis is True . 370
�7. Recent Changes in Mrs. Piper's Trance . . . 407
Detailed Reports of Sittings. Appendices I-IV. . . . 413
Supplement.
I. Psychical Research in American Universities. By Professor
Harlow Gale of the University of Minnesota . . 583
II. Reviews: -
Herr Edmund Parish's "Zur Kritik des Telepathischen
Beweis Materiels." By Mrs. H. Sidgwick . . 589
Dr. John L. Nevius's " Demon Possession and Allied
Themes." By Professor W. Romaine Newbold . 602
Mr. F. Podmore's "Studies in Psychical Research."
By Andrew Lang ....... 604
Dr. R. Osgood Mason's " Telepathy and the Subliminal
Self." By Professor James H. Hyslop . . 610
Mr. W. T. Stead's "Letters from Julia : or, Light from
the Borderland." By F. W. H. Myers . . 612
Dr. Louis Waldstein's "The Subconscious Self and its
Relation to Education and Health." By F. Podmore 614
Mr. Andrew Lang's "The Book of Dreams and Ghosts."
By J. G. Smith 6l6
Supplementary Catalogue of the Edmund Gurney Library . . 619
Officers and Council for 1898 621
List of Members and Associates ....... 622
List of Members and Associates of the American Branch . . 644
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CONTENTS.
PART XXXIV.
General Meetings .......... 1
I. Part of the Presidential Address delivered to the British
Association at Bristol, September, 1898. By Sir Wm. Crookes,
F.R.S 2
II. A Further Record of Observations of Certain Phenomena of
Trance. Part II. A.�By Professor Wm. Romaine Newbold 6
III. Discussion of the Trance-Phenomena of Mrs. Piper. I - By
Frank Podmore 50
IV. A Contribution to the Study of Hysteria and Hypnosis ; being
Some Experiments on Two Cases of Hysteria, and a
Physiologico-Anatomical Theory of the Nature of these
Neuroses. By Morton Prince, M.D. . . 79
Supplement.
I. The British Medical Association and Hypnotism.
I. - Address by Dr. J. Milne Bramwell .... 98
II. - Frederic W. H. Myers. The Psychology of Hypnotism 100
III. - David Yellowlees, LL.D., M.D. The Uses and
Dangers of Hypnotism ...... 109
IV. - John F. Woods, M.D. Hypnotism in Organic Disease 109
V.- CHAS. A. Mercier, M.B., F.R.C.S. Eng. Suggestion
and Crime ........ 110
II. Note on "Fisher's Ghost." By H. Arthur Smith . . .111
Note on a Case in Phantasms of the Living .... 114
III. Reviews :�
Some Cases Recorded in the Annales des Sciences Psychiques.
By J. G. Smith 115
Mr. Andrew Lang's "The Making of Religion." By Frank
Podmore 128
Dr. Otto George Wetterstrand's ' Hypnotism and its
Application to Practical Medicine." La Revue de Psychologie.
Dr. Edgar Berillon's " L'Hypnotisme et l'Orthopedie
Mentale." By Dr. Chas. Lloyd Tuckey . . .139
Mr. E. W. Scripture's "The Now Psychology." By
Professor James H. Hyslop ...... 144
L'Annee Psychologique. By F. W. H. Myers . . . 146
Mr. Henry Ridgely Evans's "Hours with the Ghosts." By
Richard Hodgson, LL.D 147
General Meetings 151
I. On the Conditions of Certainty. By Professor Charles Richet 152
II. Coincidences. By Alice Johnson.
Summary and Introduction ....... 158
Chapter I. Classification of Coincidences .... 165
Chapter II. General Discussion of Chance .... 178
Chapter III. Examples 193
Chapter IV. Examples,�continued ..... 261
Appendix I. (written jointly with W. E. Johnson) On the
Construction of Artificial Chance Series . 293
Appendix II. Examination of a Premonitory Case . . 309
Appendix III. Some Premonitory Dreams .... 317
Appendix IV. A Guessing Competition. Was it a "lottery"? 322
Supplement.
I. The Forms of Apparitions in West Africa. By Mary H. Kingsley 331
II. A Few Notes on Occultism in West Africa. By J.Shepley Part,M.D. 343
III. Psychology and Psychical Research: a Reply to Professor
Munsterberg. By F. C. S. Schiller 348
IV. Dr. Morton Prince's " Experimental Study of Visions." By
F. W. H. Myers 366
V. Extract from J. E. de Mirville's "Des Esprits et de leurs
Manifestations Fluidiques." With Introductory Note by Alfred R.
Wallace, F.R.S 373
VI. Reviews:�
Professor G. T. W. Patrick's "Some Peculiarities of the
Secondary Personality." By F. W. H. Myers . . 382
Dr. Boris Sidis' "Psychology of Suggestion." By Dr. E. W.
Taylor 386
Herr R. Muller's " Naturwissenschaftliche Seelenforschung."
By Professor Harlow Gale ...... 389
Dr. G. B. Ermacora's "La Telepatia." By Professor
Harlow Gale ........ 392
Miss X. (A. Goodrich-Freer)'s "Essays in Psychical Research."
By Richard Hodgson, LL.D. 393
Judge Dailey's " Mollie Fancher ; the Brooklyn Enigma."
By Professor W. Romaine Newbold .... 398
Supplementary Catalogue of the Edmund Gurney Library . . 399
Officers and Council for 1899 ........ 401
List of Members and Associates. . 402
List of Members and Associates of the American Branch . . . 426
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PART XXXVI.
General Meetings .......... 1
I. The Fire Walk. By Andrew Lang 2
II. Discussion of the Trance Phenomena of Mrs. Piper. II.�By
Mrs. Henry Sidgwick ........ 16
III. Discussion of the Trance Phenomena of Mrs. Piper. III.�
Reflections on Mrs. Piper and Telepathy. By Andrew Lang 39
IV. On Some Philosophic Assumptions in the Investigation of the
Problem of a Future Life. By F. C. S. Schiller . . 53
Supplement.
I. A Study in Spiritistic Hallucinations. By Professor Harlow
Gale 65
II. A Case of Alleged Loss of Personal Identity .... 90
III. Note by Mr. F. C. S. Schiller on his Review of Professor
Munsterberg's " Psychology and Mysticism " ... 96
IV. Reviews:�
Miss A. Goodrich-Freer and the Marquis of Bute's "The
Alleged Haunting of B-- House." By Frank Podmore 98
James Braid's " Neurypnology," edited by A. E. Waite. By
J. Milne Bramwell 101
Dr. J. M. Creed's "My Experience of Hypnotic Suggestion
as a Therapeutic Agent." By Chas. Lloyd Tuckey, M.D. 103
Mr. H. H. Goddard's "The Effects of Mind on Body as
evidenced by Faith Cures." By Professor Harlow
Gale 105
"L'Annee Psychologique." By F. W. H. Myers . . 105
PART XXXVII.
General Meetings 109
Presidential Address. By F. W. H. Myers 110
PART XXXVIII.
General Meetings .......... 129
I. On the So-called Divining Rod. By Professor W. F.
Barrett, F.R.S.
Book II.
Table of Contents 130
Part I. Introductory 132
Part II. Experiments by the Author .... 144
Part III. Cases of Good Water Supply Found. . . 1G4
Part IV. Experiments with several Dowsers Independently 187
Part V. Experiments in Blindfolding the Dowser . . 200
Part VI. Cases of Amateur Dowsers .... 214
Part VII. Miscellaneous Cases 226
Part VIII. Professional Dowsers and Their Failures . . 234
Part IX. Continental, Colonial, and Californian Cases . 243
Part X. Bleton, the Notable French Dowser. . . 257
Part XI. Automatic Motion of the Rod .... 276
Part XII. The Malaise of the Dowser and its Origin . . 299
Part XIII. Origin of the Stimulus to Motion of the Rod . 303
Appendices 315
Supplement.
I. Pseudo-possession. By F. W. H. Myers ..... 384
II. Reviews :�
Mr. M. M. Petrovo-Solovovo's " The Scientific Investigation
of Physical Phenomena with Mediums." By Walter
Leaf, Litt. D 416
M. Camille Flammarion's " L'Inconnu et les Problemes
Psychiques." By Frank Podmore .... 422
Dr. C. Lloyd Tuckey's "Treatment by Hypnotism and
Suggestion." By G. F. Rogers, M.D. ... 433
Mr. Percival Lowell's "Occult Japan ; or, the Way of the
Gods." By the Hon. Everard Feilding . . . 434
Dr. A Lehmann's " Aberglauben und Zauberei." By F. C. S.
Schiller ......... 437
Dr. Paul Gibier's "Psychism ; Analysis of Things Existing."
By Frank Podmore . . . . . . . 441
Miss Alice Feilding's "Faith-Healing and Christian Science."
By G. F. Rogers, M.D 443
III. The Fourth International Congress of Psychology. By
Dr. Frederik Van Eeden ....... 445
PART XXXIX.
In Memory of Henry Sidgwick.�(With Portrait.) By F. W. H. Myers 449
PART XL.
General Meetings ......... 465
The Development and Genealogy of the Misses Beauchamp : a
Preliminary Report of a Case of Multiple Personality. By Dr
Morton Prince 466
Supplementary Catalogue of the Edmund Gurney Library 484
Officers and Council for 1900 ..... 485
List of Members and Associates ..... 486
List of Members and Associates of the American Branch 510
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PART XLI.
A Further Record of Observations of Certain Trance Phenomena.
By Professor James Hervey Hyslop, Ph.D.
Table of Contents 1
Chapter I. Introduction ....... 4
Chapter If. General Account of the Facts .... 20
Chapter III. The Telepathic Hypothesis 124
Chapter IV. The Spiritistic Hypothesis 158
Chapter V. Difficulties and Objections .... 24^
Chapter VI. Conclusion 280
Preliminary Note to Appendices ..... 2f)7
Appendix I. Detailed Record of Sittings . . . 803
Appendix II. Record of Sittings, continued . . . 3I,7
Appendix III. Record of Sittings, concluded . . . 417
Appendix IV. Experiments on the Identification of
Personality ..... 537
Appendix V. Experiments in Communication through
a Tube 624
Appendix VI. Experiments in Hypnosis . . . 635
Appendix VII. Quotations bearing on the Mental
Condition of the Communicator while
Communicating 643
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CONTENTS.
PART XLII.
May, 1901.
In Memory of F. W. H. Myers,�(With Portrait.)
I. By Oliver Lodge, D.Sc., F.R.S. - - 1
II. By Professor William James.�Frederic Myers' Service to
Psychology 13
III. By Professor Charles Richet ------ 24
IV. By Frank Podmore.�F. W. H. Myers and the Society for
Psychical Research 29
V. By Walter Leaf, Litt.D.�F. W. H. Myers as a Man of
Letters 33
PART XLIII.
March, 1902.
Address by the President, Dr. Oliver Lodge, F.R.S. 37
PART XLIV.
June, 1902.
General Meetings 59
I. Introduction to the Reports of Sittings with Mrs. Thompson.
By Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S. 61
II. On the Trance Phenomena of Mrs. Thompson. By the late
F. W. H. Myers 67
III. Account of Sittings with Mrs. Thompson. By Dr. F. Van
Eeden 75
IV. A Record of Two Sittings with Mrs Thompson. By J.O. Wilson
and J. G. Piddington 116
V. Report on Six Sittings with Mrs. Thompson. By Richard
Hodgson, LL.D. - - 138
VI. Note on a Possibly Automatic Incident observed in the case of
Mrs. Thompson. By Alice Johnson - 162
VII. Notes on the Trance Phenomena of Mrs. Thompson. By Mrs.
A. W. Verrall 164
Supplement.�Reviews :
Professor Flournoy's " Nouvelles Observations sur un Cas de
Somnambulisme avec Glossolalie." By F. C. S. Schiller - - 245
Professor Jastrow's " Fact and Fable in Psychology." By F. N.
Hales "----. 252
Dr. A. Binet's" La Suggestibilite." By Dr. F. Van Eeden - - 263
Dr. Osgood Mason's " Hypnotism and Suggestion in Therapeutics,
Education and Reform." By the Hon. E. Feilding - - 265
M. Sage's " Madame Piper et la Societe Anglo-Americaine pour
les Recherches Psychiques." By Mrs. A. W. Verrall - 268
Mr. Andrew Lang's " Magic and Religion." By E. N. Bennett - 269
Mr. H. G. Hutchinson's " Dreams and their Meanings." By N. W.
Thomas 272
Herr P. N. Cossmann's "Elemente der empirischen Teleologie."
By Dr. F. Van Eeden 273
Mr. G. C. Hubbell's " Fact and Fancy in Spiritualism, Theosophy,
and Psychical Research." By N. W. Thomas - - - 274
PART XLV.
February, 1903.
General Meetings, 277
I. Some Experiments in Hypnotism. By " Edward Greenwood " 279
II. Malay Spiritualism. By Walter Skeat .... 290
III. The Poltergeist, Historically Considered. By Andrew Lang - 305
Remarks on Mr Lang's Paper. By Frank Podmore - - 327
Further Remarks. By Andrew Lang 333
IV. Discussion of the Trance Phenomena of Mrs. Piper. By
Hereward Carrington ... . 337
Remarks on Mr. Carrington's Paper. By Professor J. H.
Hyslop - 360
On Professor Hyslop's Report on his Sittings with Mrs. Piper.
By Frank Podmore 374
Mr. F. Podmore's " Modern Spiritualism : a History and a
Criticism." By Alice Johnson 389
Professor W. James' "The Varieties of Religious Experience."
By F. C. S. Schiller 403
M. Maurice Maeterlinck's "Le Temple Enseveli." By J. G.
Piddington ... 411
M. Ch. de Coynart's " Une Sorciere au XVIII Siecle." By J. G.
Piddington 416
"Deuxieme Congres International de l'Hypnotisme. Comptes
Rendus." By Dr. C. Lloyd Tuckey 422
Mr. R. J. Ebbard's " Will-Power." By Dr. C. Lloyd Tuckey - 423
M. C. G. Leland's " Have You a Strong Will ?" By Dr. C. Lloyd
Tuckey - ... 424
Dr. A. Moll's "Christian Science, Medicine, and Occultism." By
Dr. C. Lloyd Tuckey 434
Dr. C. G. Jung's " Zur Psychologie und Pathologic sogenannter
occulter Phanomene." By N. W. Thomas .... 425
Mr. G. Spiller's"The Mind of Man." By N. W. Thomas - - 426
Edmund Gurney Library : Supplementary Catalogue - 428
Officers and Council for 1902, 429
List of Members and Associates 430
List of Members and Associates of the American Branch - - - 455
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PART XLVI.
June, 1903.
Presidential Address. By Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S. ... 1
Supplement.�Reviews:
Mr. F. W. H. Myers's " Human Personality and its Survival of
Bodily Death":
I. By Professor William James 22
II. By Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S. 34
III. By Professor Th. Flournoy 42
IV. By Walter Leaf, Litt.D. -, - 53
"The Nineteenth Century" and Mr. Frederic Myers. By Andrew
Lang 62
Reply to Mr Podmore's Criticism. By Professor James H. Hyslop - 78
PART XLVII.
January, 1904.
General Meetings ... 103
I. On the Types of Phenomena displayed in Mrs. Thompson's
Trance. By J. G. Piddington 104
II. On Certain Unusual Psychological Phenomena. By John
Honeyman, R.S.A. 308
PART XLVIII.
March, 1904.
Address by the President, Professor W.F. Barrett, F.R.S. 323
PART XLIX.
October, 1904.
General Meetings - 351
I. A Case of Multiple Personality (with Illustrations). By
Albert Wilson, M.D.
Introduction 352
History of the Case 355
Theory of Cerebral Changes connected with Changes of
Personality 380
Appendix I. :
Writings of the different Personalities - ... 387
Comments on the Writings and Drawings of the
Secondary Personalities. By Alice Johnson - - 393
Diary of Appearances of different Personalities - - 398
Diary of Appearances of the Normal State ... 400
Description of Illustrations 402
Appendix II. :
Letter from Mr. Piddington to Dr. Wilson - - - 405
Comments by Dr. C. Lloyd Tuckey '- - - - 412
Comments by Dr. Robert Jones - - - - 413
II. The Answers to the American Branch's Questionnaire
regarding Human Sentiment as to a Future Life. By F. C. S.
Schiller 416
III. The Poltergeist at Cideville. By Andrew Lang - - - 454
Supplement.
I. The History of a Haunted House. By Dr. J. Grasset.
Translated and Abridged by Vera Larminie - - - 464
II. Reviews:
Dr. J. Milne Bramwell's " Hypnotism: its History,
Practice, and Theory." _ By Walter Leaf, Litt.D. - 481
Dr. J. Maxwell's " Les Phenomenes Psychiques:
Recherches, Observations, Methodes." By The Hon.
E. Feilding 490
Editorial Note - - - - 501
Mr. F. C. S. Schiller's "Humanism: Philosophical
Essays." By F. N. Hales ... - 501
Officers and Council for 1904 505
List of Members and Associates 506
List of Members and Associates of the American Branch 533
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PART L.
April, 1905.
General Meeting, 1
I. La Metapsychique. Par Professeur Charles Richet, - - 2
II. Report on Various Spiritualistic Phenomena. By Lieut.-
Colonel G. L. Le M. Taylor, 50
III. The Light thrown on Psychological Processes by the Action of
Drugs. By Ernest Dunbar, 62
PART LI.
December, 1905.
General Meeting, - - 79
II Psychological Aspects of the Welsh Revival, 1904-5. By the
Rev. A. T. Fryer, 80
II. Xenoglossie : l'Ecriture Automatique en Langues Etrangeres.
Par Professeur Charles Richet, 162
III. Discussion of Professor Richet's Case of Automatic Writing
in a Language unknown to the Writer :
I. By Sir Oliver Lodge, 195
II. By Mrs. A. W. Verrall, 205
III. By the Hon. Everard Feilding and Alice
Johnson, 245
IV. Reponse aux Observations de M. Feilding et Mdlle.
Johnson. Par Professeur Charles Richet, - 262
Supplement.
I. Dr. Henry Head's "Goulstonian Lectures for 1901." By J. G.
Piddington, 267
II. Reviews:
Mr. F. W. H. Myers's "Fragments of Prose and Poetry."
By Walter Leaf, Litt.D., 342
Drs. Boris Sidis and S. P. Goodhart's "Multiple Personality."
By W. M'Dougall, ... 345
PART LII.
February, 1907.
General Meetings, 355
I. Richard Hodgson : In Memoriam (with Portrait):
I. By Mrs. Henry Sidgwick, 356
II. By J. G. Piddington, ... - - 362
III. By M. A. De Wolfe Howe, 368
II. Presidential Address. By The Right Hon. Gerald W.
Balfour, 373
Supplement.
I. Mr. Petrovo-Solovovo on Spiritism. By Walter Leaf, Litt.D., 397
II. The Case of Sally Beauchamp. By W. M'Dougall, M.Sc., M.B., 410
III. Reviews:
"Henry Sidgwick : a Memoir. By A. S. and E. M. S."
By Frank Podmore, 432
Professor J. H. Hyslop's " Borderland of Psychical Research,"
" Enigmas of Psychical Research," and " Science and a
Future Life." By Hereward Carrington, - - - 451
Professor Jastrow's "The Subconscious." By Frank
Podmore, 455
APPENDIX TO PART LII.
March, 1907.
Officers and Council for 1907, 461
List of Members and Associates, - 462
Index to Vol. XIX., 500
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CONTENTS
PART LIII.
October, 1906.
On A Series Of Automatic Writings. By Mrs. A. W. Verrall - 1
Table Of Contents.
Part I. General Description Of The Script.
Chapter I. Introductory 6
Chapter II. Form and Style of the Script 18
Chapter III. Other General Characteristics .... 47
Chapter IV. Varieties of Dramatic Form Assumed 67
Chapter V. Comments in the Script on the Phenomena 84
Chapter VI. Unverifiable Statements and Allusions - - - 105
Part II. Verifiable Matter Contained is The Script.
Chapter VII. Reminiscences and Connexion with Dreams, etc. - 133
Chapter VIII. Experiments in Conveying Information
Telepathically to the Script 156
Chapter IX. Spontaneous References to Living Acquaintances - 177
Chapter X. References to other " Sensitives";
Cross-correspondences 205
Chapter XI. Cross-correspondences, Continued - ... 219
Chapter XII. Miscellaneous References to Past Events - - 276
Chapter XIII. Miscellaneous References to Future Events - - 319
Illustrative Appendix 340
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PART LVII.
October, 1908.
I. Presidential Address. By Mrs. Henry Sidgwick, - - - 1
II. A Series of Concordant Automatisms. By J. G. Piddington.
Introduction, 19
List of Sittings with Mrs. Piper, 27
Explanation of Abbreviations and Terms, 29
Cases of Cross-Correspondence.
I. St. Paul, ... - - - 31
II. Francis and Ignatius, 36
III. Triangle within a Circle, - ... 36
IV. Steeple, 38
V. Library, my own Name and Mrs. Sidgwick's, - - 46
VI. Hope, Star and Browning, 59
VII. Arrow, 77
VIII. Giant and Dwarf, - - 87
IX. Laurel Wreath, - - 94
X. Celestial Halcyon Days, ------- 103
XI. Crossing the Bar. The [Greek text omitted] Incident, - 107
XII. Violets, - ' - 172
XIII. Cup, - - - 179
XIV. Diana, 193
XV. Heaven lies about us in our Infancy, and Faith, Hope
and Charity, - - 209
XVI. Euripides, - - - - 210
XVII. Spirit and Angel, 220
XVIII. O'er Mountains, Seas and Lakes and Rivers, - 230
XIX. Light in West, 241
XX. Azure and Horizon, - 281
XXI. Thanatos, - 295
XXII. Laus Deo, - 304
XXIII. Music, - 307
The Latin Message, 312
III. An Incident in Mrs. Piper's Trance : being an attempt to elicit
from Myers, evidence of acquaintance with a circumstance in the
life of Frederic Myers. By Mrs. Henry Sidgwick, - - - 417
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PART LX.
March, 1910.
General Meeting, .......... 1
Supplementary Notes on the First Report on Mrs. Holland's Script.
By Alice Johnson, 2
Supplementary Notes on "A Series of Concordant Automatisms."
By J. G. Piddington, 11
Further Experiments with Mrs. Piper in 1908 :
Introduction. By Mrs. Henry Sidgwick, Mrs. A. W.
Verrall, and J. G. Piddington, 31
I. Classical and Literary Allusions in Mrs. Piper's Trance.
By Mrs. A. W. Verrall, 39
II. Three Incidents from the Sittings : Lethe ; The Sibyl;
The Horace Ode Question. By J. G. Piddington, - 86
III. Cross-Correspondences between Mrs. Piper and Other
Automatists. By Mrs. Henry Sidgwick, - - 170
Second Report on Mrs. Holland's Script. By Alice Johnson, - - 201
A New Group of Experimenters. By Mrs. A. W. Verrall, - - 264
Sequel to the " Sesame and Lilies" Incident. By Alice Johnson, - 319
Postscript to the Lethe Incident. By J. G. Piddington, - - - 327
PART LXI.
August, 1910.
General Meeting, 329
Presidential Address. By H. Arthur Smith, 330
Report on the Junot Sittings with Mrs. Piper. By Helen De G.
Verrall.
Introduction, - - 351
Detailed Record of Sittings, 355
Supplement.
I. Some Recent Developments in Psychotherapy. By T. W.
Mitchell, M.D., 665
II. Review:
Mr. Frank Podmore's " Mesmerism and Christian Science."
By T. W. Mitchell, M.D., 687
APPENDIX TO PART LXI.
November, 1910.
Officers and Council for 1910, 699
List of Members and Associates, 700
Index to Vol. XXIV., 741
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PART LXII.
March, 1911.
I. Commemorative Address: William James and Frank Podmore.
By H. Arthur Smith, 1
II. Frank Podmore and Psychical Research. By Mrs. Henry
Sidgwick, - 5
III. In Memory of William James. By W. M'Dougall, - - 11
IV. William James as Philosopher. By Professor J. H. Muirhead, 30
V. Professor Pigou on Cross-Correspondences. By the Right Hon.
Gerald W. Balfour, - 38
VI. Report on a Further Series of Sittings with Eusapia Palladino
at Naples :
I. General Report. By the Hon. Everard Feilding
and W. Marriott, 57
II. Statement by Count Perovsky-Petrovo-Solovovo, 59
III. Detailed Account of the Table-lifting Incident, - 63
IV. Comments on the Above. By Alice Johnson, - 67
V. Note on the Report. By W. W. Baggally, - - 69
Supplement :
Reviews :
Mr. F. Podmore's " The Newer Spiritualism." By the Rev.
M. A. Bayfield, - ... ... 70
Open Letter to Dr. Stanley Hall. From Andrew Lang, - 90
Dr. Tanner's "Studies in Spiritism." By Mrs. Henry
Sidgwick, 102
"The One-Horse Dawn": Additional Note on an Experiment
described in Proc. Vol. XX. By Mrs. A. W. Verrall, - 109
PART LXIII.
June, 1911.
I. Evidence of Classical Scholarship and of Cross-Correspondence
in some New Automatic Writings. By Sir Oliver Lodge :
Introduction, 113
Part I. Concerning the Script of February 4, 1910, , - 120
Part II. Concerning the Script of February 10, 1910, - - 147
II. Notes 011 Mrs. Willett's Scripts of February, 1910. By Mrs.
A. W. Verrall, 176
I. History of the Period from March, 1908, to March, 1910, 177
II. Sources and Correspondences of Phrases in Mrs. Willett's
Script, 190
III. Third Report on Mrs. Holland's Script. By Alice Johnson :
Introduction, 218
Cross-Correspondences, -------- 229
The Principle of Selection in the Production of Scripts, - 282
Appendices, 293
IV. Note on the Cross-Correspondence "Cup." By Mrs. A. W.
Verrall, 304
V. Miss Verrall's Script of March 16, 1908: a Correction and
an Addition. By Mrs. A. W. Verrall, - 320
VI. The Hypnoidal State of Sidis. By T. W. Mitchell, M.D., - 338
Supplement :
Reviews:
"An Adventure," - 353
Professor Robinson Ellis's " The Tenth Declamation of
(Pseudo-) Quintilian." By F. C. S. Schiller, D.Sc., - - 361
PART LXIV.
August, 1911.
General Meetings, 363
I. Presidential Address. By Andrew Lang, - 364
II. Poltergeists,Old and New. By Professor W. F. Barrett, F.R.S., 377
III. Les Phenomenes Physiques de Spiritisme: Quelques Difficultes.
Par le Comte Perovsky-Petrovo-Solovovo, - - - - 413
IV. On the a priori Argument against Physical Phenomena. By
Sir Oliver Lodge, 447
V. A Case of Emergence of a Latent Memory under Hypnosis. By
G. Lowes Dickinson, 455
Supplement :
Review :
Professor Flournoy's " Esprits et Mediums." By the Rev.
M. A. Bayfield, 468
APPENDIX TO PART LXIV.
December, 1911.
Officers and Council for 1911, - - 477
List of Members and Associates, - 478
Index to Vol. XXV., 520
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PART LXV.
September, 1912.
General Meetings, 1
I. Presidential Address. By the Right Rev. Bishop W. Boyd
Carpenter, D.D., 2
II A Month's Record of Automatisms. By Mrs. A. W. Verrall, 24
III. Correspondences Croisees. By Joseph Maxwell, M.D., . . 57
IV. The Latin Message Experiment. By Mrs. Anna Hude, . . 147
Note on Mrs. Hude's Paper. By J. G. Piddington, . . . 171
V. A Hitherto Unsuspected Answer to the Horace Ode Question.
By J. G. Piddington, 174
Some Observations on Mr. Piddington's Paper. By the Right
Hon. G. W. Balfour, 221
A Reply to Mr. Balfour's Observations. By J. G. Piddington, 231
VI. Two Tennysonian Quotations in Mrs. Verrall's Scripts. By
J. G. Piddington 245
Supplement: Review:
N. Vaschide's "Les Hallucinations Telepathiques." By
Mrs. Henry Sidgwick, 251
PART LXVI.
November, 1912.
I. Some Types of Multiple Personality. By T. W. Mitchell, M.D., 257
II. A Study in Hysteria and Multiple Personality, with Report of
a Case. By T. W. Mitchell, M.D., 286
III. A Note on the Unconscious in Psycho-Analysis. By Professor
Sigm. Freud, M.D., LL.D. (Vienna), 312
IV. The Theory of the Subconscious. By Boris Sidis, M.A.,
Ph.D., M.D., 319
Supplement: Reviews:
Mr. M'Dougall's " Body and Mind, a History and a Defence
of Animism." By the Right Hon. Gerald W. Balfour, . 344
Prof. Dr. E. Bleuler's " Die Psychanalyse Freuds." By
V. J. Woolley, M.D., 367
Dr. Edwin Ash's " Faith and Suggestion." By C. Lloyd
Tuckey, M.D., 370
The Liverpool Psycho-Therapeutic Clinic. By A. Betts
Taplin, L.R.C.P., 373
PART LXVII.
July, 1913.
I. A Reply to Dr. Joseph Maxwell's Paper
on "Cross-Correspondences and the
Experimental Method." By Mrs. Henry
Sidgwick, 375
Appendix I. By Mrs. A. W. Verrall, .... 401
" II. By Alice Johnson, 409
" III. By J. G. Piddington, 415
II. Andrew Lang and Psychical Research. By the Rev. M. A.
Bayfield, 419
III. A Study of Dreams. By Dr. Frederik Van Eeden, . . 431
IV. Presidential Address. By Professor Henri Bergson, . . 462
Officers and Council for 1913, 481
List of Members and Associates, 482
Index to Vol. XXVI., 522
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PART LXVIII.
January, 1914.
I. A Reconstruction of some " Concordant Automatisms." By
Alice Johnson.
Synopsis, 1
Introduction, 4
Chapter I. Cross-correspondence : " Ave Roma
Immortalis," 11
� II. The Theory of Cross-correspondences and the
Latin Message, ...... 24
� III. Cross-correspondence: " Hope, Star and
Browning," ....... 28
� IV. Cross-correspondence : " Alexander's Tomb," 50
� V. The [Greek text omitted] Incident, . . 77
� VI. Cross-correspondence : " The Clavigers," . 127
" VII. Some General Conclusions, .... 143
List of Illustrations, . . . . . . . .156
II. Presidential Address. By Professor Henri Bergson.
Translated by H. Widon Carr, D.Litt 157
Supplement : Review :
Mr. Hereward Carrington's " Personal Experiences in
Spiritualism." By Count Perovsky-Petrovo-Solovovo, 176
Thought-Transference�Experimental. By John E.
Coover, Ph.D 186
PART LXIX.
July, 1914.
I. Philosophy, Science, and Psychical Research : A
Presidential Address. By F. C. S. Schiller, D.Sc., . . .191
II. Some Recent Scripts affording Evidence of Personal
Survival. By the Right Hon. Gerald W. Balfour, . 221
III. Note on the Same Scripts. By the Rev. M. A. Bayfield, 244
IV. A Further Study of the Mac Scripts. By Helen De G.
Verrall 250
V. Experiments in Thought-Transference. By Clarissa
Miles and Hermione Ramsden 279
VI. To Clear the Air. By the Rev. M. A. Bayfield, . . 318
VII. The History of Marthe Beraud. By Helen De G. Verrall, 333
SPECIAL MEDICAL SUPPLEMENT.
VIII. Recent Experience in Hypnotic Practice. By Sidney
Wilkinson, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P 370
IX. Some Auto-Suggested Visions as illustrating Dream-
Formation. By V. J. Woolley, M.D., . . . 390
X. Pseudo-Physical Phenomena in the Case of Mr.
Grunbaum. By Alice Johnson, 400
Review : Professor S. Freud's " Psychopathology of Everyday
Life " (Translated by Dr. A. A. Brill). By Constance
E. Long, M.D., 411
PART LXX.
May, 1915.
I. Some Recent Experiments in Thought-Transference. By
Helen De G. Verrall, 415
II. A Discussion of the Willett Scripts.
I. By Hereward Carrington, 458
II. By Ivor Lloyd Tuckett, M.D., .... 466
III. By the Rev. M. A. Bayfield, 474
Review : Dr. Morton Prince's " The Unconscious, The
Fundamentals of Human Personality, Normal and Abnormal."
By F. C. S. Schiller, D.Sc 492
Officers and Council for 1915 507
List of Members and Associates 508
Index to Vol. XXVII 548
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PART LXXI.
December, 1915.
A Contribution to the Study of the Psychology of Mrs. Piper's
Trance Phenomena. By Mrs. Henry Sidgwick.
Preface, ..-.--..-... i
List of Papers concerning Mrs. Piper previously published
in the Proceedings, ii
Synopsis of Contents, - - ... - - - - v
Explanations concerning Treatment of the Records, - - xvii
Dates of some Events bearing on the History of Mrs. Piper's
Trance, xix
Chapter I. Introductory, -.-..--- 1
" II. Theories of Controls as to their Relation to the
Body and Spirit of the Medium, 29
� III. Individual Controls, - - - - - - 75
" IV. Indications (1) of Artificiality in the Language of
the Controls, and (2) of Common Memories and
Associations of Ideas in different Controls, - 130
� V. Communicators, 159
� VI. The Waking-Stage, and the Corresponding Stage
in going into Trance, 205
� VII. Relation to each other of Mrs. Piper's different
States of Consciousness, ..... 258
� VIII. Effect of Sitters and of so-called " Influences"
on the Trance Phenomena, .... 294
" IX. Conclusion, 315
Appendix to Chapter I.: Some Prophecies, .... 332
� � � II. : Theories of Controls as to their
relation to the Body and Spirit of
the Medium, .... 335
Appendix to Chapter III. : Specimens of Individual Controls, - 437
" � � IV.: Some Passages about Speaking by
Thought, - - 518
� � � V. : Communicators, .... 520
� VI. : The Waking-Stage and the Corresponding
Stage in going into Trance, 549
" " � VII. : Relation to each other of Mrs. Piper's
different States of Consciousness, - 614
� � VIII. : Effect of Sitters and of so-called
" Influences " on the Trance Phenomena, - - 619
Chronological List of Page References to Sittings, - - 646
Index to Vol. XXVIII., 653
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PART LXXII.
November, 1916.
I. Cross-Correspondences of a Gallic Type. By J. G. Piddington, 1
II. Presidential Address. By Professor Gilbert Murray, LL.D.,
Litt.D., ....... 46
III. Report on a Series of Experiments in "Guessing." By Mrs.
A. W. Verrall, ...... 64
IV. Recent Evidence about Prevision and Survival. By Sir Oliver
Lodge, F.R.S., ....... III
V. Obituary Notice: Mrs. A. W. Verrall, . . . .170
Supplement : Reviews :
Mr. Henry Holt's "On the Cosmic Relations." By
Professor W. R. Newbold, . . . . .177
Professor Boris Sidis's "The Foundations of Normal and
Abnormal Psychology." By F. C. S. Schiller, D.Sc., . 186
Professor Juno's "Collected Papers on Analytical
Psychology" (translated by Dr. Constance Long). By T. W.
Mitchell, M.D., . . . . . .191
PART LXXIII.
March, 1917.
The Ear Of Dionysius : Further Scripts affording Evidence of
Personal Survival. By The Right Hon. G. W. Balfour, . 197
PART LXXIV.
December, 1917.
I. On the Development of Different Types of Evidence for
Survival in the Work of the Society. By Mrs. Henry
Sidgwick, . . . . . . 245
II The Ear of Dionysius : A Discussion of the Evidence. By
Miss F. Melian Stawell, ..... 260
III The Ear of Dionysius : A reply. By The Right Hon.
G. W. Balfour, ....... 270
IV. Presidential Address : The Theory of Survival in the Light
of its Context. By L. P. Jacks, LL.D., . . . 287
V. Some Experiments with a New Automatist. By Mrs. W. H.
Salter, ....... 306
VI. Some Recent Oases of Premonition and Telepathy. By the
Rev. M. A. Bayfield, ..... 350
Supplement.
VII. In Memoriam�Mrs. A. W. Verrall, .... 376
VIII. Reviews:
Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research,
"The Doris Fischer Case of Multiple Personality." By
F. C. S. Schiller, D.Sc., . . . . .386
Sir Oliver Lodge's " Raymond." By Mrs. Henry Sidgwick, 404
APPENDIX TO PART LXXIV.
March, 1918.
Officers and Council for 1918, ...... 410
List of Members and Associates, . . . . . .411
Index to Vol. XXIX., .451
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PART LXXIX.
May, 1920.
I. In Memory of Lord Rayleigh, O.M., F.R.S. By Sir Oliver
Lodge, F.R.S. 1
II. In Memory of Sir William Crookes, O.M., F.R.S. By Sir
William Barrett, F.R.S. 12
III. The Doris Fischer Case of Multiple Personality. By T. W.
Mitchell, M.D. 30
IV. The Psychological Foundations of Belief in Spirits. By
C. G. Jung, M.D., LL.D. 75
Supplement.
Review :�Dr. Ernest Jones's " Papers on Psycho-Analysis."
By T. W. Mitchell, M.D. 94
Note on " A Record of Observations of Certain Phenomena
of Trance" (Proc. S.P.R., Vol. VI.). By Sir Oliver
Lodge, F.R.S. 103
PART LXXX.
November, 1920.
I. Presidential Address. By William McDougall, F.R.S.,
M.Sc., M.B. 105
II. Report on a series of Cases of Apparent
Thought-Transference without Conscious Agency. By Hubert Wales - 124
Supplement�Reviews :
Dr. Troland's " A Technique for the Experimental Study
of Telepathy and other Alleged Clairvoyant Processes."
By F. C. S. Schiller, D.Sc. 218
Professor Sigmund Freud's " Totem and Taboo.
Resemblances between the Psychic Lives of Savages and
Neurotics." By J. C. Flugel 224
Lieut. E. H. Jones's " The Road to Endor." By W. H.
Salter 229
PART LXXXI.
April, 1921.
An Examination of Book-tests Obtained in Sittings with Mrs.
Leonard. By Mrs. Henry Sidgwick.
� 1. Introductory 242
� 2. A Case where the Communicator's Memory seems the
Probable Source of Information .... - 253
� 3. Mrs. Beadon's Book-Tests ... - 260
� 4. Instances of Statements about Words or Sentences in a
Book which turn out to be Verbally Accurate - - - 270
� 5. Some Miscellaneous Cases - - - 289
� 6. Special Experiments .... - 300
� 7. Question of Cross-Correspondences - - - - 313
� 8. Seemingly Genuine Mistakes, and others - - - 338
� 9. Discussion of Statements which may throw Light on the
Mode of Perception of a Page in a Closed Book - - 349
� 10. Conclusion ... - 375
Appendix A : Note on Chance in Book-Tests - - - 379
" B : Cases of Accurate Description of Objects in
connection with Book-Tests .... 386
" C : Supplementary to � 8 - 393
� D : Supplementary to � 9 - - 398
APPENDIX TO PART LXXXI.
Officers and Council for 1921 - - 417
List of Members and Associates - - - - - - 419
Index to Vol. XXXI. 465
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PART LXXXII.
July, 1921.
I. A Further Report on Sittings with Mrs. Leonard. By Mrs.
W. H. Salter 1
Supplement : Reviews :
I. Dr. A. v. Schrenck-Notzing's " Physikalische Phaenomene
des Mediumismus." By F. C. S. Schiller, D.Sc. - 144
II. Dr. Max Dessoir's " Vom Jenseits der Seele." By F. C. S.
Schiller, D.Sc. .------- 146
III. Dr. W. J. Crawford's " The Psychic Structures at the
Goligher Circle." By E. J. Dingwall - - - 147
PART LXXX1II.
July, 1921.
I. Problems of Hypnotism : An Experimental Investigation.
By Dr. Sydney Alrutz 151
II. The Phenomena of Stigmatization. By the Rev. Herbert
Thurston, S.J. 179
PART LXXXIV.
January, 1922.
I. Report on a Series of Sittings with Eva C. - - - - 209
II. The Modus Operandi in so-called Mediumistic Trance. By
(Una) Lady Troubridge 344
Supplement : Review :
Dr. William Brown's " Psychology and Psychotherapy" ;
Dr. Constance E. Long's " Collected Papers on the Psycho-
logy of Phantasy " ; Mr. A. G. Tansley's " The New
Psychology and its Relation to Life." By T. W. Mitchell,
M.D. 379
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