The Law of Psychic Phenomena
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Psychical research, hypnotism

The Law of Psychic Phenomena: A Working Hypothesis for the Systematic Study of Hypnotism, Spiritism, Mental Therapeutics, etc.

Thomson Jay Hudson1893
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A highly influential work that attempted to provide a unified scientific law for all 'psychic' phenomena, including hypnotism, spiritism (mediumship), mental healing, and clairvoyance. Hudson proposes the 'dual mind' theory: that man has a conscious 'objective' mind and a subconscious 'subjective' mind. He argues that the subjective mind is constantly amenable to control by suggestion and possesses extraordinary powers, explaining the phenomena of the seance and the clinic as purely psychological rather than supernatural.

Also known asHudson's Psychic Law
This edition1893
EditionA. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago
TelepathySelf-hypnosis (implicit)Mental concentrationMediumship (Psychological explanation)Evolution of the SoulDual Consciousness TheorySuggestive therapyFunctionalismParapsychologyHypnotism & SuggestionLate-Victorian Psychology / Spiritualism CritiqueNew Thought (precursor)New ThoughtMental Therapeutics

Contents40 chapters

  1. 01CHAPTER I
  2. 02CHAPTER IV
  3. 03CHAPTER VII
  4. 04CHAPTER X
  5. 05CHAPTER XII
  6. 06CHAPTER XV
  7. 07CHAPTER XVII
  8. 08CHAPTER XxX
  9. 09CHAPTER XXII
  10. 10CHAPTER XXV
  11. 11CHAPTER XXVII
  12. 12CHAPTER IL
  13. 13CHAPTER II
  14. 14CHAPTER III
  15. 15CHAPTER IV
  16. 16CHAPTER V
  17. 17CHAPTER VI
  18. 18CHAPTER VII
  19. 19CHAPTER VIII
  20. 20CHAPTER IX
  21. 21CHAPTER X
  22. 22CHAPTER XI
  23. 23CHAPTER XII
  24. 24chapter i
  25. 25CHAPTER XIII
  26. 26CHAPTER XIV
  27. 27CHAPTER XV
  28. 28CHAPTER XVI
  29. 29CHAPTER XVII
  30. 30Chapter X
  31. 31CHAPTER XVIII
  32. 32book i
  33. 33CHAPTER XX
  34. 34CHAPTER XXI
  35. 35CHAPTER XXII
  36. 36CHAPTER XXIII
  37. 37CHAPTER XXIV
  38. 38CHAPTER XXV
  39. 39CHAPTER XXVI
  40. 40book i

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