‘Report of the Committee on Mediumistic Phenomena’, by William James (1886).
In: History of Psychiatry, Jg. 27 (2016-03-01), Heft 1, S. 85-100
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Mediumship was a topic of great interest to some nineteenth-century students of mental phenomena. Together with the phenomena of hypnosis and other manifestations, mediumship was seen by many as a dissociative phenomenon. The purpose of this Classic Text is to present an excerpt of an article about the topic that William James (1842–1910) published in 1886 in the Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research about American medium Leonora E. Piper (1857–1950). The article, an indication of late nineteenth-century interactions between dissociation studies and psychical research, was the first report of research with Mrs Piper, a widely investigated medium of great importance for the development of mediumship studies. In addition to studying the case as a dissociative experience, James explored the possibility that Piper’s mentation contained verifiable information suggestive of ‘supernormal’ knowledge. Consequently, James provides an example of a topic neglected in historical studies, the ideas of those who combined conventional dissociation studies with psychical research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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‘Report of the Committee on Mediumistic Phenomena’, by William James (1886).
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Alvarado, Carlos S. |
Zeitschrift: | History of Psychiatry, Jg. 27 (2016-03-01), Heft 1, S. 85-100 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2016 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0957-154X (print) |
DOI: | 10.1177/0957154X15623221 |
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