Seeing the Invisible

the

Seeing

Invisible

Practical

Studies

Psychometry,

in

Transference,

Thought Allied

and

Telepathy,

Phenomena

By

Ph.D.,

Coates,

James

I Magnetism,"

"Human

"'

Author

How

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of

Practical

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

FRIENDLY

INVESTIGATION

DEDICATE

TO

AULD,

POLLOKSHIELDS,

I

THESE

THE

KINDRED

AND

LAST

IN

TEN

THE

SUBJECTS

YEARS

JAMES

COATES

Preface

last

but

fifty

the

great

facts

with

the

during

progress

it

which

had

has

to

years,

mankind

old

deal are

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make

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have,

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worthy

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highest

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at

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in

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and

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environment.

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reviewed

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of

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and

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Telepathy

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Psychic

Thought-transference,

Psychometry,

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Analysis

Contents

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William

psychical

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theory

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phenomena

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thought-forms,

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apparitions,

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cannot

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explained

be

explained

away, and

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passing

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note

on

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transference

of

a "

thought,

difference

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defined

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aspects

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faculties

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all

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psychic

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ix

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ANALYSIS

OF

CONTENTS

PAOK

Thought-

"

transference

pathy Tele-

tedious

often

experimentations

"

demonstrates all

that

time,

religious

and

space,

man's

mind

influence

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sense-perceptions

spiritual

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to

nature

INVISIBLE

borderland

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1

CHAPTER

The

ing transcend-

mind,

II

FORCES

between

'*

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AND

matter"

and

force

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M.

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querel's

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25

ANALYSIS

OF

CHAPTER

nature's

Unseen

only

in

the-

but

faculty, Draper

by

description

ordinai-y

by Professore

Faculties"

Psychic

records

and

Babbage Denton's

Invisible

the

in

of

play

"

Nature's

of

BIOGRAI'H

discerned

not

permanent

on

III

invisible

sense,

xi

CONTENTS

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picture-gallery

claim,

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is

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entombed

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power

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present

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infinite

an

author's

psycho-

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experiment

intuitive

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in

of

criticism

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range

claim

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world

influenced

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by

principles,

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histories,

by

not

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accurate

or

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history

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throughout

the

mankind

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gifted

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possible

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infinite

to

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see

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ourselves

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of

or

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and

ANALYSIS

xii

OF

CONTENTS

PAQB

intuition

of

sensitive

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plates

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ministers

are

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thoughts

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influence

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her

to

an

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pressions, im-

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help

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Denton

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exi)erimeuts

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50

IV

CHAPTER

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understand

to

us

like

seer

Buchanan

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history

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74

CHAPTER

V

PSYCHOMETRICAL

Why

certain

experiments in

Faculty

PRACTICE

are

omitted"

diflBcult

practice

The

play

distinguish

to

of

Report

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by

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B.

of

Tetlow

Manchester, of

that

of

city"

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remarkable

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Mr

ANALYSIS

OF

CONTENTS

xiii

PAGE

for

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all?"

it

factor

influence

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xiv

ANALYSIS

OF

CONTENTS

PAGE

CHAPTER

VI

VRXCTlCE"cmitiniied

PSYCHOMRTRIOAL

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CHAITER

THOUGHT-TRANSFERENCE

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OF

ANALYSIS

VIII

CHAPTER

FACULTY

PSYCHIC

xv

TELEPATHY

AND

PAOK

mental

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her

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204

CHAPTER

PSYCHIC

is

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FACULTY

AND

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case

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xvi

OF

ANALYSIS

CONTENTS

PAGE

Chicago

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story

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accepted"

return

communion

Spirit

238

APPENDIX

I.

Professor

Buchanan,

Rodes

Joseph

M.D.

286 .

II.

III.

Experiments

Unconscious

with

Mental

Medicines

Operations

.

289

292

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listened

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234

life

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sense-channels

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found

235

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TELEPATHY

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PSYCHIC

FACULTY

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TELEPATHY

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last

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246

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VOICE

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evidence

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FACULTY

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whole

the

experience

:

of

the

Legations June

17th

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daughter

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was

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sitting

in

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daughter,

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her

her

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fate

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of

ears

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was

Japanese

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before

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says

the

reached

the

Peking

at

247

written

was

(1900)," that

current

TELEPATHY

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am

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distinctly,"

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hardly

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(June

22nd),

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was

me."

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not

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S,P.K

Proc.

in

the

(vol.

i.

received

interest

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page

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Proc.

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9th,

1848,

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248

Major-General

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discoveries

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287

APPENDIX

in

cerebral

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121,

42.

Professor

202,

61.

190,

certain,

sceptics,

Crookes,

Professor,

AGE,

Baraduc,

177.

sense,

Crosland,

B

213.

212,

man,

130,

writing,

124,

9.

Constitution

145.

143,

Automatic

126,

Credulous

John,

Mr

111,

122,

125.

146.

Auld,

110,

121,

Conditions,

264,

receive

to

106, 120,

Community

279.

47.

45, 109,

114,

Columbus,

cerning, con-

Telepathy

254

dead

own

opinion

38,

112,

Columba,

their

by

seen

;

light,

217.

216,

to,

man

Mrs,

130,

131.

127.

19,

203. ,

Barrett,

Professor,

Becquercl

rays,

55,

Blondlot,

M.,

Brewster,

Sir

52,

Dr, 76,

59,

290,

7, 77,

10,

11, 170,

145,

115,

M.

Captain,

Clairaudience, Clairvoyance,

7,

6,

87, 106,

91, 127,

1,

98,

131,

258

O'Connor's

100, 214,

**Q.,"*

of

by

case

story,

Podmore,

Mr

261 ;

Haweis,

R.

T.

261

P.

;

M.P.,

Draper,

Professor,

Education

of

262.

116.

51,

45.

the

3.

senses,

17,

13,

the

Wilkins,

;

H.

Rev.

156.

16,

96,

from

Joseph

P.

O'Connor,

Wm., 13,

92,

;

217.

Dr

Carpenter,

110,

203.

201,

Bntten, T.

Mr

259

163.

119,

K.,

;

;

118,

82,

;

289,

76,

59, 98,

(Telepathy

Mrs

258

12,

80,

267

259

Mrs,

Burton,

106,

9,

291.

Buchanan,

75,

8,

51, 96,

163.

the

living),

258.

227,

78,

161,

Double,

70.

35,

87,

82,

Mrs, 160,

d'Odiardi,

203.

David,

Mrs,

Buchanan,

Denton, 97,

17,

81,

163.

130,

51,

200.

191,

Britten,

50,

41,

65.

61,

Biometre,

38,

Professor, 78,

76,

68.

31,

Nature's,

Biograph, 52,

26,

Denton,

239.

126,

19,

101, 235.

Emanations,

41,

103,

I

I

36, Emner,

27, 41,

44, Mr

57, Julius,

29,

31,

33,

58.

192,

193.

34,

35,

INDEX

Ether,

43

than

more

;

Experiments,

of,

and

the,

Me,

44.

one,

value

295

15,

10,

32.

Miller, Faculties

Psychic,

see

"

also

the

Hugh,

of,

Laura

Fingal's

Cave,

'^ Flames

of

Fogged

^ **

94, Od,"

Mrs,

Mind,

129.

131

36.

Psychometric

the

magnetic

Foreknowledge,

Mr, self,

215.

28,

the,

7.

sense,"

human,

Gladstone,

Rev.

Healers

by

ix,

rich

in

in

mankind,

sense

flames

38

light,

Professor,

Hilprecht,

Mrs,

208,

Professor,

Housewife

Magaziiu^

in,

"

61,

62,

Human

foreknowledge,"

Human

radiant

"By

200,

Hutchinson,

Dr

Berks,

;

218

220

;

receive,

199,

action

in

202.

49,

71,

109,

150,

153,

237.

Intuitive

illumination,

Invisible

forces,

to

necessary the touch

68,

26,

with

the

141

; 42

see,

invisible,

227

invisible,

ing see-

139.

;

in

dream,

234

Faculties

of

Jones,

Professor, Mr

J.

Ennmore,

104.

case

the

Lodge,

Sir

Oliver,

17,

23.

sense,

6,

7,

15, 7,

Magnetism,

animal,

6,

Magnetism,

human,

29,

of

16.

story 191.

Kemp's

the

in

;

Besant's

Psychic mother,

dream

the

of

; Dr

two

memory

207

a

Felix

up L.

Highlanders, obliterated

;

Spurfails

waking

;

208

Haddon

Telepathy

;

210

the

or

Hilprecht,

Charles 209

play

dream-states,

in

Rev.

210;

29.

;

perience, ex-

Mrs

in ;

Professor

geon,

36,

re

the

Author's

Faculty,

explain, Magnetic

229

;

Mrs

functioning

67.

;

236.

Psychic Jevons,

;

228,

war,

231

226

terrible

Coates',

Mrs

230

ditions con-

;

99

24,

227

;

African

Coronation,

100.

Lincoln's,

;

;

cal symboli-

;

events,

disasters,

220

in

221

225

public

South

warning,

Zola's,

dreams,

thought

of

Jane

Sarah

; voice

Emile

Elvey, voice

Mrs

220

Whitaker, M.

objects,

Intuition, 217,

to

146.

Inanimate

on,

mind

of

Mr

Livermore's

Mary

Mrs

ence, experi-

of

case

;

pressions, im-

vague

Sandow's

;

the

219

203.

Roberts,

and

voices

by

Earl

of

experience

;

217

196.

attitude

104,

premonitions,

and

warning,

Impressions,

183,

power?"

what

215.

energy,

177,

Frank,

Presentiments

191.

36,

129.

261.

217 29,

211.

105.

feature

new

magnetism,

L.,

Mr

Power"

63.

120.

Human

Mr,

238,

209.

209.

Hitchcock,

145.

30, Felix

Dr

Podmore,

205.

Hilprecht,

37.

36,

45.

flames,

Peters, Professor,

67.

23.

of,

;

203.

47,

41,

30,

N-rays,

37.

Heiron,

130.

191,

38,

New

Oswald,

198.

37,

32, 29,

Odic

R.,

nature

127,

28.

129,

3,

Od,

283.

282,

48.

H.

206.

118,

mind,

Nervaura,

Odylic Haweis,

205,

13,

Frederic,

Mr

N-RAYS, and

Greater

;

pressions, im-

readings

79.

Force

of, 12,

influencing

Myers,

40.

3,

2,

receive

to

super-activity

Mind-reading,

164.

95,

sensitives,

Foote,

by,

I.,

1,

161.

146,

Mrs

Me,

67.

66,

attitude

Mind,

Psychometric. Finch,

Not

204.

to in, with-

Oswald's 211

; on.

INDEX

296

sight,

212

215

;

foreknowledge/*

experience,

second-sight, trouble,

228

Lumsden,

Faculties,

75,

65.

45,

92,

4,

5,

of

118,

103,

131,

142,

151,

163,

182,

222,

233,

235,

240,

257,

2'58,

281.

Thought in,

practice

Baraduc's

generally Emner's

;

Tegrad's

due

Psychometer,

order,

197,

discerned

by,

})erception

})eriment 155

of,

})ractice,

with,

154

77 77

;

78

;

})ebble,

from

remarks,

82 82

86

85

;

by

Mrs

by

clue, 102,

small

from

stalactite,

Viel,

De

Mrs

Taylor,

91

thought-reading,

92

clue, basalt,

96

97; 103

by ;

by

92

Mr

J.

108,

109

infallible, disease,

101, Ennmorc

Mrs

meetings Newton

106

those

Coates'

107,

paper,

ings, read-

test

112,

helped

114

113,

by

124 124

;

tests,

developments, experiments,

;

who

readings

of

110,

;

tions investiga-

successful

;

later

piece

to

pieces

;

Denton's

;

Ross

;

;

medium-

Stead,

T.

investigation

from

unknown

Tetlow,

Mr

from

115

99

100

105

106

blank

;

small

;

from

;

;

explained

proofs,

with

Miss

;

Clairvoyance

W.

Mr

109,

by

91

archaeologist, of

occurs

])ractise,

;

89 not

;

of

from

87

chamois-horn,

unknown of

;

;

fra"rment

by

87,

75,

the

from

by

;

Psychometry,

sensitives,

;

unknown

72

Clairvoyance, to

; to

us

Thought-transference,

reply

explained from

54

helps

;

accumulation

istic

80

instructive

not 85

;

ences, experi-

history,

on

agent

fre:iuently

Mrs

by

;

Denton,

some

;

;

imagination, clue,

79 Mr

psychic

61

distinguished

by

;

by

and

and

fish-bone

})sychometers, 79

96

men, specicomments,

from

81

of

fragment

proves

;

impressions,

helpful

;

ception, sense-per-

in

;

23

22, 41

restores

lectures

76,

thought,"

transcends

;

most

;

exf)eriment,

conser-vatism, 45

to

testing,

Spiritualism,

to

understand

to

uuknown

Denton's

;

79,

from

;

from

by

revelation,

a

held

specimen

;

forehead,

Foote,

key

key

; 10

''deferred

explains

ex-

from

experiment, 75

two

;

new

by

for

demonstrated

a

of

no

;

10

;

Denton

letters,

8

phenomena,

48;

tion, experimenta-

;

conditions

;

science,

;

49

160.

Psychometric

163,

faculty

research,

power to

to

substantiated

10

facts,

experiments

;

personal

;

;

by its

intuition,"

destroys

range

;

71

7

favourable

20 44

70

72,

148,

ignored

perplexing

12

198.

;

36,

67,

171.

168,

process,

marked

13

;

45

54,

by

;

ways althe

witnessed,

scenes

increased

78,

140,

on,

13,

advice

practice,

thing,

test

of

9, 66,

125.

119,

independent

not

;

197

7, 65,

63,

discovered,

;

;

;

s})irit8,

psychometric

lava,

115,

*'

Com-

193

to

invisible

Mr

Rogers'

postage-stamp,

of,

99,

3

experiments,

Inglis

;

of

73,

Psychometry,

and

192

W.

Mr

Dr

experiments

manaant

of

56,

172.

;

191

thought-pictures,

193

55,

students

exj)eriments

exhausting,

162.

Faculty, 57,

43,

vanced, ad-

;

Stannard,

Mrs

failures,

apparent

;

133

experimentation,

Psychometrical

or,

190

190

case,

Julius

;

set,

new

a

;

avoid,

by

Psychometrical

photographs, ;

126 to

personal

;

160

38,

13,

204,

189

things

155

127,

Psychic

122,

130

Psychometric

9,

100,

99,

123,

121, ;

conditions,

^(m"et^"?

145

235.

2,

;

letters,

;

under

;

finding

the

;

Marjorie

Miss

223

foreshadowing

; in

233

Psychic

dreams,

in

Author's

;

119

sealed

with

104

Jones,

theory

premonitions

;

222

Maeterlinck's

human

*'

of

second-

Columba's

St

wakii)g,212;

116 115

;

; not of

diagnosis

; Mr

Thurstan's

;

for

Crosland's

study,

127

experiment.

Mr ;

INDEX

131

Thurstan

Mr

;

theory,

132

Thompson, 133

;

no

;

theory

to

a

latent

how

and

139 140

illustration,

155

first

practice,

164

first

experiment,

150

Mr

167

first

;

168

Mrs, W.

Mr

110,

Mr

Traill,

ix,

71,

X-,

203; 26, Region Reid,

37,

37,

incident

;

cross, Dr

by

Becquerel,

13,

16,

127,

18, M.

54,

235,

237,

239,

240,

241,

243,

246,

263,

264,

265,

268,

270,

272,

279,

280.

273,

276,

278,

Mr

apparitions,

Telepathy, of,

Voice,

Inglis,

Tetlow,

Miss,

107,

108,

Mr

J.

264,

279.

Chicago

B.,

story

of,

case

;

198.

263,

273,

a

another

246

indicated

256,

272,

270,

268,

203.

200,

W.

dead

the

from

60.

de,

23, 176,

203,

by

Rochas,

22,

175,

174,

183,

197.

A.,

21,

18,

138,

242,

Telepathy

9.

8,

Horace

253.

105,

265,

Rogers,

Flammarion,

simultaneous

191,

38,

68;

sensibility,

of

;

67.

25,

27.

DrH.

Relics,

Ross,

of

Telepathy,

29,

stance in-

248

Camille

case

;

47,

26,

193.

203.

200,

ix,

32,

196.

195,

68.

31,

168.

218.

human,

ix,

Pay

Thought-

dreams,

in

Bushnell,

N-,

on

140,

;

to

Commandant,

251

Rays,

130,

176.

by

Radium,

33

to,

transference,

Tegi'ad,

bodies,

108.

115,

114,

essential

248

Radio-active

113,

107,

practice,

Sympathy in

177.

energy,

106,

112,

Telepathy

Radiant

155.

T.,

experiment,

an

Victoria,

129,

advice

Taylor,

Queen

103,

62,

22,

171.

169.

Psychonosticism,

199.

285.

280,

chometrical

experience, advice

;

obtained

genuine,

;

modem,

Students,

Miss

167;

Haweis

187.

faculty

;

105,

109,

Denton's the

Thurstan's

})ract.ical,

sivity pas-

R.

misapplied

to

conditions,

Spiritualism,

Stannard,

Coates'

discovered,

Vincent's

Rowan

a

;

Mrs

; 161

accidentally

;

due

199 test

Stead,

simple

Mrs

;

; Mr

;

144

aptitude,

;

H.

Rev.

some

;

under

process,

suggestion,

198

genius,

138

practise,

to

Thurstan's

clues,

late

;

on,

far-fetched

^unde^stand,

"

discovers

of

the

197

Mrs

by

smudged

133

need

the

on

reading

;

297

101,

248.

102,

109.

103,

137. M.

Rovigo,

de,

Savary

200.

Thompson,

Mrs,

Thought credulous,

Sceptics,

Second-sight, 228,

Self,

16,

153,

212,

vii,

48

Thought,

214,

greater,

Psychic,

ix,

175, degrees

Sensitiveness, 63;

176,

of

264.

of,

35,

189

Spirit

fogged,

form,

Russel

Wallace

194

;

on

Dr

Alfred

genuine,

195

Hutchinson's

Berks 196

;

the

Emner's

bed-rock

mony, testiof

fact.

Mr

;

W.

metric

to

experiences

;

192

order,

;

and

ant Command193

Rogers' 193; 197

;

1^7

\^%. ,

test not

of

Mr

;

experiments,

Inglis

sjnrits,

191

experiments

postage-stamp, due

Bara-

;

exhausting,

Tegrad's

materialised

Dr

190

190

thought-pictures,

40.

photographs,

photographs,

in,

case,

Julius

spirit

Dr

;

inanimate

202.

practice

generally

216,

217.

Sensitives,

thought?"

on

Psychic

or

duc's

39,

of,

199,

Thought

the

;

212,

animals,

to

men

281.

133, is

action

objects,

2:3-2. the

129,

What

174.

42.

61,

""

the

always psycho*

" of

INDEX

298

3,

Thought-transference, 19,

41,

23,

21,

12,

Vital

107,

100,

91,

86,

115,

117,

118,

119,

120,

126,

127,

131,

138,

163,

174,

175,

176,

177,

Wallace,

179,

182,

184,

185,

187,

188,

199.

Wallace,

Thurstan,

M.A.,

Frederic,

Mr

127,

128,

129,

144,

168,

170.

133,

132,

the,

Uranium,

26,

47,

126,

Wallis,

MrE.,

137,

Wallis,

Mi-s is

33

salts ;

of,

Will,

26.

Voice

of,

Telepathy, 246

another ;

129.

H.,

M.

174.

thought?" 43.

tested,

201.

Chicago

a

case

26,

29,

37,

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Will-power

96.

187.

Dr, Dr

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218.

30.

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