The Law of Psychic Phenomena (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Victorian Study of Hypnosis, Telepathy, Mediumship, and the Subconscious MindBy Thomson Jay Hudson
Length13h 58m
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The Law of Psychic Phenomena (1893) is a systematic attempt to explain hypnotism, telepathy, clairvoyance, mediumship, and religious ecstasy through a single psychological principle: the division between the objective and subjective minds. Written in a lucid, argumentative Victorian prose, the book belongs to the fin-de-siècle literature of psychical research, standing between scientific skepticism, mesmerist traditions, and the era's fascination with Spiritualism. Hudson's style is methodical rather than sensational, seeking laws where others saw miracles or fraud. Thomson Jay Hudson was an American lawyer, journalist, and lecturer whose intellectual formation encouraged both forensic reasoning and broad public exposition. His legal habits are evident in the book's structure: claims are weighed, objections anticipated, and testimony treated as evidence to be classified. Living during a period when hypnosis, mind-cure movements, and spiritualist séances challenged conventional science and religion, Hudson sought a rational framework that could preserve extraordinary experience without abandoning natural law. This volume is recommended to readers interested in the history of psychology, occult thought, hypnosis, and nineteenth-century debates over science and belief. Though many of its theories are now historically situated, the book remains invaluable as a disciplined, influential effort to make sense of psychic phenomena before modern psychology had fully defined its boundaries.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length13 hrs 58 mins
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Publish dateMay 18, 2020
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Table of contents
1The Law of Psychic Phenomena (Annotated)
2CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
3CHAPTER II. DUALITY AND SUGGESTION.
4CHAPTER III. REASONING POWERS OF THE TWO MINDS DIFFERENTIATED.
5CHAPTER IV. PERFECT MEMORY OF THE SUBJECTIVE MIND.
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6CHAPTER V. SUBJECTIVE MEMORY (continued).
7CHAPTER VI. PERCEPTION OF THE FIXED LAWS OF NATURE.
8CHAPTER VII. EFFECTS OF ADVERSE SUGGESTION.
9CHAPTER VIII. HYPNOTISM AND MESMERISM.
10CHAPTER IX. HYPNOTISM AND MESMERISM (continued).
11CHAPTER X. HYPNOTISM AND CRIME.
12CHAPTER XI. PSYCHO-THERAPEUTICS.
13CHAPTER XII. PSYCHO-THERAPEUTICS (continued).
14CHAPTER XIII. A NEW SYSTEM OF MENTAL THERAPEUTICS.
15CHAPTER XIV. A NEW SYSTEM OF MENTAL THERAPEUTICS (continued).
16CHAPTER XV. THE PHENOMENA OF SPIRITISM.
17CHAPTER XVI. THE PHENOMENA OF SPIRITISM (continued).
18CHAPTER XVII. THE PHENOMENA OF SPIRITISM (continued).
19CHAPTER XVIII. THE PHENOMENA OF SPIRITISM (continued).
20CHAPTER XIX. THE PHYSICAL PHENOMENA OF SPIRITISM.
21CHAPTER XX. PHANTASMS OF THE DEAD.
22CHAPTER XXI. SUSPENDED ANIMATION AND PREMATURE BURIAL.
23CHAPTER XXII. PRACTICAL CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS.
24CHAPTER XXIII. THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND PHILOSOPHY OF CHRIST.
25CHAPTER XXIV. THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF CHRIST (continued).
26CHAPTER XXV. THE SPIRITUAL PHILOSOPHY OF CHRIST.
27CHAPTER XXVI. THE MISSION OF CHRIST; FUTURE REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS.
28CHAPTER XXVII. DEDUCTIONS FROM VARIOUS ATTRIBUTES OF THE SOUL.
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