Studies In Psychical Research Primary Source Edition PDF Download

Excerpt from Psychology and Common Life: A Survey of the Present Results of Psychical Research With Special Reference to Their Bearings Upon the Interests of Everyday Life The object of this book is to select the most important facts from the great mass of material now accumulated by students of physical research, describe them in language easily apprehended by the general reader, and point out their bearing upon the interests of everyday life. No attempt has been made to cover the whole field of psychology or closely to correlate the topics discussed. Several of the chapters can be intelligently read by themselves, if desired, provided the most elementary facts of mind are kept clearly in view. Not many generations ago the all-absorbing theme was physics and little attention was paid to other studies. Later biology became the dominant science and gave direction to the current of thought. Now psychology has come to the front and holds undisputed sway. This is easily accounted for by the fact that the forces of nature have no real significance except for life, and life has no meaning except for mind. Everybody is dominantly interested in himself and the working of his mental powers. He cannot long be diverted from this study when once he has developed far enough to pursue it. 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.