This is a "history of ideas" account of the retreat of magical thinking in Europe before the rise of the modern scientific world view. It examines the challenge to this view presented by the physical researchers of the 19th century employing scientific methods and criteria.
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Beloff is one of the leading proponents of mind-body dualism (i.e., the theory that mind may exist independent of the body) and has had a long and distinguished career. If you aren't familiar with him, check out his own website. He is a serious academic and this is a serious work aimed at general readers. It is a short but excellent survey of parapsychology from a sympathetic point of view, and I found it very worthwhile even though I have read widely in this field.
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Mesmerism was, in the first instance, a branch of what nowadays we would call fringe medicine. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Bridey Murphy, Eleanor Sidgwick, Department of Psychology, Journal of Parapsychology, Soviet Union, Frederic Myers, Miss Showers, Charles Richet, Duke University, Eileen Garrett, Extra-Sensory Perception, Florence Cook, Gardner Murphy, Observational Theory, Pat Price, Professor of Physics, Sir Oliver Lodge, Victorian England, Harry Price, Helmut Schmidt, Henry Sidgwick, Lime Street, North Carolina New!
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Mesmerism was, in the first instance, a branch of what nowadays we would call fringe medicine. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Bridey Murphy, Eleanor Sidgwick, Department of Psychology, Journal of Parapsychology, Soviet Union, Frederic Myers, Miss Showers, Charles Richet, Duke University, Eileen Garrett, Extra-Sensory Perception, Florence Cook, Gardner Murphy, Observational Theory, Pat Price, Professor of Physics, Sir Oliver Lodge, Victorian England, Harry Price, Helmut Schmidt, Henry Sidgwick, Lime Street, North Carolina New!
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- Extra Sensory Perception by J. B. Rhine on 6 pages
- Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain by Sheila Ostrander on page 157, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Basic Experiments in Parapsychology by K. Ramakrishna Rao in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Handbook of Parapsychology by Benjamin B. Wolman in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Origins of Modern Science by Herbert Butterfield in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Outline of Parapsychology by Jesse Hong Xiong on 8 pages
- Secrets of the Psychics: Investigating by Massimo Polidoro on page 92, and Back Matter
- Getting Started in Parapsychology by Carlos S. Alvarado on page 2
- Body Mind Spirit: Exploring the Parapsychology of Spirituality by Charles T. Tart in Back Matter
- Parapsychology: Research on Exceptional Experiences by Jane Henry in Front Matter
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