Alchemy, 18, 171;
problems of, 19;
modern forms of, 20;
type of occultism represented by, 20.
Analogy, as applied in pseudo-science, 23, 43, 44, 267, 268;
as a logical process, 237, 267, 272;
the natural history view of, 236 sqq., 271;
as characteristic of primitive thought-habits, 239, 241, 247;
in children, 251;
see also, Metaphor, Myth, Numbers, Superstition, Symbolism,
Unusual.
Animal Magnetism; see Mesmer.
Apperception, illustrated by diagrams, 283-295.
Astrology, 18, 171, 266-269;
interest in, 23;
logic underlying, 23.
Attention, misdirection of, 121, 124;
expectant, 294.
Automatic writing, 333.
Automatograph, 309.
Beard, Dr. G. M., 229.
Belief, fixation of, 40, 104, 105;
occult, see Occult;
psychology of, 38, 60.
Bernheim, ----, 230.
Bertrand, ----, 201.
Besant, Mrs., 10.
Binet, ----, 157.
Blavatsky, Mme., 7, 8, 9, 10.
Blindness, 340;
total, 341;
partial, 343, 344;
in dream-life, 361-363, 367, 368;
age of onset and dream-vision, 341-344, 369, 370;
and the imagination, 363, 364;
and special sensibilities, 365-367.
Braid, James, 205;
his early observations, 206, 207;
his historical position, 207, 208;
his method, 207;
his theories, 209, 211;
his relation to phrenology, 209, 210;
his later writings, 211;
detection of unconscious suggestion, 211, 212;
his status, 213.
Brand, ----, 241.
Bridgman, Laura, 366;
dreams of, 347-350.
Census Office, 301.
Charcot, J. M., 69, 228, 338.
Christian Science, 26, 44;
origin of, 27;
principles of, 27-30, 31, 32;
text-book of, 28;
extravagance of, 30, 31, 32;
antagonism to science, 33.
Clairvoyance, 14, 223, 226;
see Puységur.
Clocquet, ----, 214.
Clodd, Edward, 241, 242, 244, 245, 248, 265, 272.
Coincidences, 81, 83, 88, 90;
and chance, 84, 97.
Color, association with sound, 366, 367.
Conjuring; see Deceptions, conjuring.
Contagion, mental, 132-134.
Darlingism, 224.
Darwin, Erasmus, 346.
Davey, ----; see Hodgson and Davey.
Deafness, in relation to dreams, 347.
Deception, as dependent upon objective conditions, 109;
as dependent upon habit, 111;
love of, 111;
historical aspect of, 112;
conjuring, 113, 114-117, 120-128;
as imitation of reality, 116-118;
as dependent upon subjective conditions, 118, 120-128;
and technical knowledge, 13, 128, 148;
analysis of, 129;
as influenced by contagion, 132-134;
liability to, 150;
see also Illusion.
Deleuze, J. P. F., 217.
Deslon, 183, 184.
Dickens, Charles, 350.
Digby, Sir Kenelm, 261.
Dorman, ----, 240, 246, 249.
Drawings, equivocal, 286-295.
Dreams, sensory factors in, 364, 365;
of the blind; see Blindness; see Omens.
Dupotet, ----, 202, 224.
Dyer, ----, 256, 258, 264.
Eccentric opinions, 2.
Eddy, Mary Baker Glover, 27.
Electro-biology, 219.
Englinton, ----, 146.
Esdaile, ----, 215.
Faria, Abbé, 200;
his use of suggestion, 201.
Folk-medicine, 260, 265.
Fox, Margaret and Katie, 138.
Frazer, ----, 254.
Furness, Horace Howard, 142-144, 158, 163.
Galton, Francis, 338, 366.
Gassner, Johann Joseph, 179, 180.
Greaterick or Greatrakes, Valentine, 176-178, 180.
Gregory, William, 222.
Hall, G. Stanley, 347, 348.
Hallucinations, 71.
Hansen, ----, 229.
Heermann, Dr. G., 342, 343.
Hodgson, Richard, 8, 147, 150;
and Davey, 129, 149, 151-157.
Hollerith, ----, 301.
Houdin, Robert, 121, 122.
Husson, ----, 202.
Hypnotism, 67, 171;
history of, 172 sqq., 203, 227, 231-235;
before the Academies, 202-205;
extravagances of, 214, 217-227;
as applied to medicine, 202, 204, 214;
lessons of, 231-235.
Hypothesis, its logical status, 100, 101.
Illusion, 109, 110;
optical, 282, 284;
of ambiguous outlines, 286 sqq.;
see also Deception.
Images, their use in magic, 244.
Inertia, mental, 296, 297-300.
Interest, as creating coincidences, 88-92;
as influencing perception, 119;
in Psychical Research, 56-58, 63, 65.
Involuntary Movements, 307;
illustrations of, 312-321;
influence of bodily position upon, 322-330;
analysis of, 322-330;
varieties of, 334;
effects of object of attention upon, 331-333;
see also Subconscious.
Involuntary whispering, 335, 336.
James, William, 39, 41, 43.
Kellar, Harry, 122, 140, 150.
Keller, Helen, 366;
her account of her dream-life, 353-358;
her mental traits, 351, 352, 359, 360.
Kitto, John, 363, 366.
Knerr, Dr., 141, 142, 145.
Lang, Andrew, 14, 21, 66, 166, 176.
Le Bon, ----, 134.
Lewis, Prof. Carvill, 146.
Liebault, A. A., 216.
Logic, as applied to the occult, 3, 13, 19, 23, 30, 31, 39;
logicality and rationality, 45.
Lubbock, Sir J., 242, 252.
Magic, 242, 257, 265;
sympathetic, 240, 241, 246, 254, 261-263, 273;
correspondences in, 266;
see also Images, Names, Numbers.
Mahatma, 8, 10.
Martineau, Harriet, 221, 222.
McCosh, Dr., 346.
Medicine; see Folk-medicine; see also Superstition.
Mental Community, 80-83.
Mental Telegraphy; see Telepathy.
Mesmer, Friedrich Anton, 14, 25, 36, 43, 180;
his theories, 181, 189;
his practices, 181, 190, 191;
his Parisian career, 182-189;
the commission to examine, 185-187, 192, 193;
his attitude, 187;
caricatures of, 188;
his status in regard to Hypnotism, 191, 192.
Metaphor, in relation to analogy, 248, 264, 270.
Mind, its influence over body, 26, 37, 38;
mortal, 28, 29.
Mind-reading; see Muscle-reading.
Miracles; see Supernatural.
Muscle-reading, 308, 324.
Myth, in relation to analogy, 270.
Names, their use in Magic, 243-245, 257.
Nancy, School of, 230.
Numbers, in Magic, 258;
in relation to analogy, 259.
Observation, defects of, 87, 153-155.
Occult, nature of, 3;
motives that incline to the, 4, 39, 40, 43;
conditions that favor the, 5, 57;
persistence of, 46;
antidote to the, 46.
Occult Healing, 25, 26, 33, 34;
varieties of, 34, 35;
by absent treatment, 36;
extravagances of, 35, 37.
Od, 225.
Omens, 243, 253;
by contraries, 250;
in dreams, 255-257.
Oudet, Dr. ----, 204, 215.
Palmistry, 18;
interest in, 23;
logic underlying, 23.
Perception, 106, 108, 110;
as determined by interest, 119;
and expectation, 120.
Personal interpretation of events, 17, 40-42, 56, 84.
Pétetin, ----, 197, 198;
his transposition of the senses, 199.
Phrenology, 18, 171;
interest in, 23;
logic underlying, 23.
Physiognomy, 18.
Podmore, Frank, 10, 162, 164, 167.
Prepossession, 44, 120, 126, 127, 130, 131, 151, 162-166, 296,
297-300;
a noteworthy illustration of, 301-304.
Pseudo-science, 5, 20, 21, 24;
temper of, 22;
practical aspect of, 18, 21, 25;
varieties of, 35.
Psychical Research, the programme of, 50;
the trend of, 51, 62, 75-77;
interests contributing to, 56-58, 63, 65, 66;
the problems of, 67;
relation to Psychology, see Psychology.
Psychology, scope of, 51;
relation to Psychical Research, 52-56, 58-61, 64, 65, 76;
difficulties in teaching, 298.
Puységur, Marquis A. M. J. Chastenet de, 194;
his discovery of somnambulism, 194, 195;
his views and status, 196, 197.
Quackery, 25.
Reichenbach, Baron, 225.
Rydberg, ----, 266, 267.
Salpêtrière, 202, 228, 231.
Scherer, ----, 366.
Science, the spirit of, 48;
the nature of, 49;
and error of, 69.
Sensation, and perception, 106, 107.
Seybert Commission, 140, 141, 158.
Sidgwick, Mrs., 141, 157.
Sight; see Vision.
Signatures, doctrine of, 264.
Sinnett, A. P., 10, 11.
Slade, Henry, 139, 140, 141.
Somnambulism, artificial, 197, 198.
Spiritualism, 12, 27, 44, 125;
manifestations of, 13, 128, 131;
origin of, 14, 15, 137, 166, 167;
doctrines of, 15, 161, 165;
present status of, 16, 18, 169;
fraud disclosed in, 140, 141, 142-145, 146, 157, 159.
Spiritualists, temper of, 16, 17.
Statistics, in relation to mental problems, 84-86.
Subconscious, 70, 79, 92, 108, 128, 129, 308.
Suggestion, 230;
unconscious, 68, 174, 186, 199, 211, 233.
Sully, James, 111, 345.
Supernatural, divergence between report and fact, 153, 155, 158;
conflict with science, 174.
Superstition, 252, 254, 258;
in relation to analogy, 253;
in medicine, 259.
Survivals, 240, 248, 269, 274.
Symbolism, in relation to analogy, 248, 249, 270.
Sympathy; see Magic, sympathetic.
Telepathy, 72, 73, 78;
logical status of, 74;
evidence for, 96-98, 103;
validity as an hypothesis, 99;
inclination toward, 104.
Theosophy, 7, 27;
Mr. Hodgson's investigation of, 8, 9;
alleged miracles of, 9, 10;
doctrines of, 11, 12.
Thought-habits, in children and savages, 251, 271, 272.
Triplett, Norman, 117, 123.
Tylor, ----, 167, 240, 242, 250, 253, 256, 267, 270, 273.
Tyndall, ----, 135.
Unconsciousness of defects, 79, 80;
see also Subconscious.
Unknown, attitude toward the, 49.
Unusual, in relation to analogy, 250, 260.
Vision, its nature, 276, 337;
subjective and objective, 276;
subjective factor in, 277, 279, 280, 283, 288-295;
interpretation in, 285, 286-295;
education of the visual centre, 341, 345-347, 369, 370;
its function in dreams, 339.
Visualizing power, 338.
Zöllner, ----, 139.
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