Psychic Science An Introduction And Contribution To The Experimental Study Of Psychical Phenomena Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from The Law of Psychic Phenomena: A Working Hypothesis for the Systematic Study of Hypnotism, Spiritism, Mental Therapeutics, Etc This vast array of facts, thus accumulated and verified, and awaiting scientific classification and analysis, would seem to justify at least a tentative efiort to apply to them the processes of induction, to the end that the fundamental law of psychic phenomena may be discovered. In the following pages I have attempted such a classification of verified phenomena, accounts of which I find in the literature current on the subject; and I have tentatively formulated a working hypothesis for the systematic study of all classes of psychic phenomena. It will be observed that I have availed my self largely of the labors of others, instead of confining myself to experimental researches of my own. I have done this for two reasons first, that I might avoid the accusation of having con. Ducted a series of experiments for the purpose of sustaining a pet theory of my own; and second, because I hold that sub stantial progress cannot be made in science until one is ready to accord due credit to human integrity, and to give due weight to human testimony. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.