THE CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE SERIES.

EDITED BY HAVELOCK ELLIS.

APPARITIONS
AND THOUGHT-TRANSFERENCE.

APPARITIONS
AND
THOUGHT-TRANSFERENCE:

AN EXAMINATION OF THE EVIDENCE
FOR TELEPATHY.

BY

FRANK PODMORE, M.A.

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.

LONDON:
WALTER SCOTT, LTD.,
24 WARWICK LANE, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1894.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTORY PAGE
1

Position of the subject—Founding of the Society forPsychical Research—Definition of telepathy—Generaldifficulties of the inquiry—Special sources of error—Fraud—Hyperæsthesia—Muscle-reading—Thought-formsand number-habit.

CHAPTER II.

EXPERIMENTAL TRANSFERENCE OF SIMPLE SENSATIONSIN THE NORMAL STATE 18

Transference of Tastes—Of pain, by Mr. M. Guthrie andothers—Of sounds—Of ideas not definitely classed, byProfessor Richet, the American Society for PsychicalResearch, Dr. Ochorowicz—Transference of visual images,by Dr. Blair Thaw, Mr. Guthrie, Professor Oliver Lodge,Herr Max Dessoir, Herr Schmoll, Dr. von Schrenck-Notzing,and others.

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CHAPTER III.

EXPERIMENTAL TRANSFERENCE OF SIMPLE SENSATIONSWITH HYPNOTISED PERCIPIENTS 58

Transference of tastes, by Dr. Azam—Of pain, byEdmund Gurney—Of visual images, by Dr. Liébeault,Professor and Mrs. Henry Sidgwick, Dr. Gibotteau, Dr.Blair Thaw.

CHAPTER IV.

EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTION OF MOVEMENTS ANDOTHER EFFECTS 82

Inhibition of action by silent willing, by Edmund Gurney,Professor Barrett, and others—Origination of action bysilent willing, by Dr. Blair Thaw, M. J. H. P., andothers—Planchette-writing, by Rev. P. H. Newnham, Mr.R. H. Buttemer—Table-tilting, by the Author, by ProfessorRichet—Production of local anæsthesia, by EdmundGurney, Mrs. H. Sidgwick.

CHAPTER V.

EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTION OF TELEPATHIC EFFECTSAT A DISTANCE ...