volume 7, jan-dec 1908
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The annals of psychical scienceRESEARCH
Editor
MRS. LAURA I. FINCH
. - . ~ ... .. ..
PROFESSOR CHARLES RICHET COLONEL ALBERT DE ROCHAS DR. ALBERT VON SCHRENCK-NOTZING
VoL. VII. FOURTH YEAR 1908 JANUARY-DECEMBER
PUBLISHED AT THE OFFICE OF
"THE ANNALS OF PSYCHICAL SCIENCE," 1 10 ST. MARTIN'S LANE, LONDON, W.C.
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CONTENTS jAIWARY.
A Master of Art : Blake the Visionary. By Prof. Fran,..ois Benoit
An Enquiry into Premonitions. By Prof. Charles Richet
Notes: Spirit Photograph.v. By Julia, Baroness Rosenkrantz ...
Echoes and ~ews : A Case of " Partial Transfiguration " (?)-Dr. L. Bianchi's Luture ott Spiritism-A Psychological Stud.v of the l'lfediumistic Pictt1rcs of Mlle . H . Smith-An Apostolic Sorcerer A !of arvellous Hail
Answers to Enquirers
The Lourdes Cures and Metapsychical Science. By Marcel Mangin
My Experiments with M. de Jodko in 1896. By Colonel Albert de Rocha.~ ...
Bridging the Gulf. By E. E. Fournier d'Aibe, B.Sc., A.R.C.S ....
The Significance of Precognitions. By J. W. Pickering, D.Sc., and W. A. Sad grove
Echoes and News : Still more about "Rama "-A Bewitched Wardrobe in L)•ons-A Case of Introscopia-An Official Search for Subterranean Water through a Dowscr-Disa{lreeable 1\-ledium istic Phenomena in the Home of an Italim1 Jlfagistrate-A Spirit Photo{lraph -Eusapia Paladino at the Institut Gene ral Psychologiq11e-A Telepathic Dream
Book Reviews
:\lARCH.
Sound and l\Iusic in their Physical and Psychical Relationship to Form, Light, and Colour. By Henry A. Fotherby ...
The Patagonian Mage. By Frederic H. Balfour
An Enquiry into Premonitions: A Turkish :\Ianuscript. By Edward T. Bennett ...
Notes : Psychical Influences. By J. Barker Smith, L.R.C.P. There is tw Death. By J. Ambrose Thompson, M.D. "Psy chopotence." By E. D. Girdlestone
Echoes and ~ews: An Important List of Subscribers to Promote Photor;raphy of the Invisible-An Impression of L>:•ath A not her Ca.<e of Impression of Death A Letter on the Subject of the " Medal/ion Hailstones " at Remiremont-Sir Oliver Lodl(e and the Spirit Hypothesis-An Instance of the .l'oforal Value of lite Spirit H)•pothesis
Book Reviews
Eusapia Paladino and Spiritism. By Prof. Cesar Lombroso ... . .. -~• . ..
Fraud and the Hypothesis of Hallucination in the Study of the Phenomena pro duced by Eusapia Paladino. By Guillaume de Fontenay ...
The Survival of Personality. By F. C. Constable ... ....... _ ...
Correspondence : Are we all !v!ediums? • ... Echoes and News: Experiments in Tele
pathy-1\-I ore abotll " Rama " the "Count de Sardk "-An Experimental Apparition-The !v!edium Politi at the Societe des Etudes Psychiques in 1\l ilatz Water Finders and the Divining Rod
Book Reviews
MAY. 9 Well Authenticated Metapsychical Pheno
mena of Recent Days. By Alois Kaindl Haunted Houses and their Cure. By
Hereward Carrington The Relation of Personality to Time. By
] . Arthur Hill Echoes and News : Jlfemorial to !vir.
illyers-Haunted House near London Buddhism in London, A nanda ,-,[atteya ...
jUNE-jUI.Y.
The Relation of Music to Emotion. By Dr. Henry A. Fotherby ...
Proofs of Identity of Deceased Personah .. tics. By Ernest Bozzano
Anclambar: The Indian Lourdes. By Byramji Hormusji
A Daylight Interview with a Man Recently Dead. By Dr. Charles Whitby
Correspondence: Jl!. de Fontenar's Photo graphs-A " Passing " at the M ommt of Death-Psychical I nsn1sibility-Psychic Photography-A Premonitory JI.Iessa{le
Echoes and News : "The Great Doubt" A Fatal Accident Predicted in a Drcam- 1'11 me. R11(ma N crggeratlz-A Lecture by Prof. BoutiOI4X on " The Subliminal Self"-A Pri::e of £8o offered for tlte Raisinif of an Object withot4t Contact Some Remarkablr- JI.I ediumislic Sranccs at Fonlnzay-le-Comte-E:rperimcnlal Uc searcltes Concerning Phantoms of the l.it•ing-Tize A rl of " Fidus "-A rnaldo Cervesato attd "La Nuova Parola "- 1'/ze Hailstones of Remircmoni-E:rpcri ml'lzls in illenlal Sur;gestion at Nancy
Book Reviews
CONTENTS
The Soul. By Carmen Sylva (Queen of Roumania) 353
Mediumship and Conjuring (in connection with Eusapia Paladino). By Prof. Enrico Morselli 359
Psychology and Spiritism. By Prof. C:esar Lombroso ..• 376
Vitality and the Law of Conservation. By Hereward Carrington 381
M. Boirac's "Psychologic Inconnue." By Marcel Mangin 394
The Action of Eusapia Paladino on the Electroscope. By Dr. Imoda ... 410
The Relation of Personality to Time. By F. C. Constable ... 413
Experimental Research in Motor Action without Contact ... 417
Echoes and News : The "Fl11id Motor" of Count de Tromelin by W. Warcollier The ".Mediumistic States of Hypnosis," according to Dr. ]oire, by Dr. des Cltotais -A M aterialisatiotl Seance with Miller The Report on the "Hailstone Medal lions," by the Arch-Priest of Remiremont -A Lecture by Mr. Godfrey Haupert on "Modern Spiritistic Manifestations and their Interpretation "-The Spirit11alistic Congress in Paris-The " Obsessed " Girl of Bab-el-Oued-A Curious I' ocal jlf anifestation . in Brazil-" Count A /bert de Sardk " defends himself-Photography of the Invisible-A Canadian Society for Psychical Research 421
Book Reviews 434
OCTOBER.
The Relation of Personality to Space. By J. Arthur Hill 437
Prof. Lombroso and Father Franco, S.J., on • Mediumistic Phenomena. By F. Zingaropoli 448
Science and Spiritism : An Interview with Prof. Morselli on Mediumistic Re- searches. By I. M. Palmarini ... 453
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PAGE What is Proof of Personality and of its
Persistence in this Life ? By M. K<'lly. M.A., M.D. 458
Echoes and News : A Test Seance with the 1lfedium Miller-New Expcrimeuts with Phat1toms of lite Livi11g-Tite last Cast obtained with E. Palaitino-At a Cotl· iurors' Banfjuet-Experiments with the Sthcnometer-A Case of Spirit Identit~·- A Canadian Spiritist's Challenge 460
Book Reviews 47 5
NovEMBER.
Telepathy and Automatism. By Dr. Pickering and W. A. Sadgrove ... 481
Left-Handedness : An Enquiry into this Anomaly. By Hereward Carrington ... 494
My Experience in a Spiritistic Circle at The Hague. By~H. N. De Fremery ... 503
Some Cases of Crystal Vision. By Dr. Paul Joire 522
Correspondence: Concerning Dr. ]oirc's Experiments in Crystal Visum . . . 528
Echoes and News : Tltougllt-Transfcrence Experiments with Professional Thought Readers-The Jl.fediumistic Pastels of llfme. Assmann-Apparilion seen lm· mediately after Death-Recent Facts in Glossolaly-The llfagnetic Society of France and the St11dy of " Psychic FoYce "-The History of the Sixth Sense 530
DECEMBER.
An Apparition in Rome in 1683. ByC. Carlo Galateri 555
immanuel Kant: Imagination and Tele- pathy. By F. C. Constable 562
Correspondence : Psychical Experiences . . . 577 .Echoes and News: The Double-E>:terior-
t'zed Nen•ous Force 579
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INDEX TO CONTENTS A. PAGE
Accident Predicted in a Dream (A Fatal) 330 ~Daily Express]
Alphabet of the Universe (The). By Gurney Homer .. . 477
And~mhar: The Indian Lourdes. By Byramji Hormusji 317
:\nswers to Enquirers 42 Apostolic Sorcerer (An) 39
[Cosmos ; Paris, October zoth, 1907] Apparition (An Experimental) 204
Uour11al of the American Society for Ps)'Chical Research, December, 1907]
Apparition at Rome in 1683. By C. Carlo Gala teri 55 5
Apparition seen immediately after Death 536 U01trnal Society for Psychical Re
search, May, rgo8] At t of " Fidus " (Thf') 343
[Les Documents du Pro~res] Asiatic Studies : Rt>ligious and Social. By
Sir Alfred C. Lyall, K.C.B., D.C.L. 114
B. Batailles de I'Idee. By 0. de Bezobrazow 210 Bewitched \Vardrobe in Lyons to8
[Prugres; Lyonsj Blake the Visionary. By Prof. Franc;ois
Benoit 3 Boirac's "Psychologic Inconnue." By
Marcel Mangin 394 Brainy Diet for the Healthy (A). By
Sophie Leppel 477 Bridging the Gulf. By E. E. Fournit:'r
d'Alb<!, B.Sc., A.R.C.S. 89 Buddhism in London 260
c. Canadian Society for Psychical Re~earch... 433 Canadian Spiritist's Challenge (A) 474
[L'Eclair; June 2oth, rgo8] CC'rvcrola~~ (Arnaldo) and " La Nuova
Pawea ... 346 Christ (or new) Life and How to Live It
(The). By S. George 436 Clairvoyance and Crystal Gazing. By
Madame Keiro .. . .. . . .. II S " Count Albert de Sarak •· defends Him-
self 432 Crystal Vision (Some Cases of). By Dr.
Paul Joire 522 Crystal Vision. Open Letter to Dr. Paul
Joire. By Marcel :Mangin 528 Crystal Vision. Reply to ::\1. :\Iangin. By
Dr. joire ... 528 Curious Vocal Manifestation in Brazil 431
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D. PAGE
Daylight Interview with a 1\Ian recently Dead. By Charles Whitby, M.D. 321
Death (An Impression of) ... r 59 Uournal of Society for Psychical Re
su•rclz; London, January, 19o8l Death (Another Case of Impres~ion of) ... t6o Death (There is no). By J. Ambrose
Thompson, M.D. ... 156 Do thC' Dead Depart ? By E. Katharine
Berks 478 Double (The). By E. \\', Bobbett 579 Doubt (The Great) ... 32g
[Le Malin] Dream (A Telepathic). By Frances
Eavery Peters 113 Dream (A Telepathic). By Rev. G. Henslow 578
E. Eternal Youth ; or, How to Live for Ever.
By Henry Gaze .. . 476 Eueapia Paladino (Action of, on the
Electroscope). By Dr. Imoda ... 410 Eusapia Paladino and Spiritism. By
Prof. C.:csar Lombroso ... 167 Eusapia Paladino at the Institut General
Psycho!ogique 113 Eusapia Paladino (Fraud and the Hypo
thesis of Hallucination in the Study of the Phenomena Produced by). By Guillaume de Fontenay 181
Eusapia Paladino (Latest Plaster Cast obtained through) 470
[La Tn"bune Psrchique; Paris, June, 1908]
Experience in a Spiritistic Circle at the Haguf' (My). By H. N. De Fremery ... 503
Experimental Research in Motor Action without Contact. By P.M. Archat ... 417
ExpC'riments with M. de Jodko in 1896 (My). By Col. Albert de Rochas So
Exteriorised Nervous Force. By Dr. Barker-Smith 581
Externalisation of Force (Concerning Ex perimf'nts with, made by means of the Sthenometer). By Dr. P. Joire 472
F. " Fluid Motor of Count de Tromelin "
(The). By W. Warcollier 421
H. Hailstones of Rerniremont (!\Iorc About
the) : Story of an Eye-Witnes~... 349 [Semaiue Rcligieuse de Sflillt-Die]
" Hailstone !\Iedallions " (Report on the). By the ArchpriC'st of Remiremont 426
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Haunted HouEt·s and their Cure : Can Haunting Spirits be Exorcised ? By
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Hist01v and Power of Minrl. By Richard Ingal('se 352
Hypnotism ; or, Suggestion and Psycho- therapy. By Dr. August Forel 21 1
Hypnotisme et l\lagneti~me ; Somnambu lisme ; Suggestion ct T.',Jcpathie; In- fluence I\ersone!le. By J . Filiatre 1 Ill
Hypnotism<.' Experimentale et ThPra peutique (Trait(• de 1'). By Dr. Paul Joire 118
I. Imagination the Magician. By A. Os-
borne Ea ' 'es 1 66 Immortality of Animals. By E. D.
Buchner, M.D. Iou Introscopia (A Case of) 109
[l.umm ; Tarrasa, Barcelona] Isis (Lc Pr!'trt'sse d') . By Erlouard Schurr~ 210
J. Jaran (Development of Religion in) . By
G. \\'. Knox, D.O. , LL.D. :no
K. Kant (Immanuel) : Imagination and . Telepathy. By F . C. Constable 562
L. Left-Handedness. By Hereward Car-
rington 494 Lourdes Cures and 1\letapsychical Science
(The) . By Maret'! 1\langin 45 Love, Pain, and Patience. By F . A.
Simpson .. . 1u5
l\1 ,
::\lagic Seven (The). By Lida A. Churt:hill Ili5 1\lagtH't (Tlw) . By Lida A. Churchill 1o5 Magnetic Society of Franc<.' and thC" Sturly
of" Psychic Force" 541 l\larvdlous Hail lA) 40
[Un·uc du :11omlr lm·isihle ; Paris, August 15th, I<)Oj ]
;\laster Demand (The) . By Lida A. Churchill .. . 477
:O.Iall•rialisation SC:·anc<' with !\Iiller (A) 423 1\latC"rialisation S!·ann· with :O.Iill<"r (.-\ Tl'st) 4f;o " Medallion Hailstones" at Hemitl'mont
(A letter on the Suhject of) l (,o
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PACE
:!\-lerliums (Are we All ?) . By ::\1. F. Bertal 197 Mediumf.hip and Conjuring (in connection
with Eusapia Paladino). By Prof. Enrico i\lorsdli 359
1\I('diumistic Pastels (!\fme. Assmann's) 533
Mediumistic Phenomena in the Home of an Italian :Magistrate (Di~agn:eahle) . .. I 10
:\fediumistic Phenomena (Prof. Lomhro5o and Father Franco, S.J., on). By F. Zingaropoli 448
Mediumistic Pictures of Mlle. H . ~mith (A Psychological Study of) .. . 35
[Arch:'ves de Ps)·cholo~ie; Gene,·a. july, 1907J
Mediumistic Si~anccs at Fontenay-le- Comte (Some Remarkable) 334
fXutwcl/c Ret,ue] "Mediumistic States of Hypnosis" ac
cording: to Dr. Joire (The). By Dr. des Chenais 4~2
Memorial to F . W. H. Myers 255 Mental Suggestion at Nancy (Experiments
in) .. . 350 [l.'Iniliatimt; Paris. February, 19os;
:\lodern Spiritistic :\lanifestations and their Interpretation . By Godfrey Raupert.. . 4~S
l\loni~m. By S. P . l\larcus . :\1.0.. .. 212 2\lorselli (A Statement in Reply to Prof.).
By Hereward Carrington 479 Music and Emotion . By Dr. Henry A.
Fotherby ... 261 l\1\'St~res de l'llnh·crs (Les). By the
·comte de Tromelin 434
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35° 33'
" Obsessed" Girl of Bab-cl-Oued (The) .. . 431 Occultism and Common Sense. Bv
Beckles Willson ... · 476 Occult Phenomena and Mental Suggestion.
By Dr. Regnault 543 On a Gold Basis. By Isabelle De Steiger 351 On the Threshold of a !\ew \\'or\d of
Thought. By Prof. W. F. Barrett 475
P. " Partial Tran,figuration " (A Ca~e of) 33
[/.a Rcvtte de l'swhof>r>sntcr; " Pas><ing " (A) at the i\lonwnt of DPath.
Bv F. W . H . Hutchinson, i\1.:\ . , B.Ch. ... 324 Pat~gonian l\lage (Th('). By Frederic H .
Balfour I 39 Paths to the Heights. By Shddon I."a-
\'itt, J\I .D . .. . .o6
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INDEX TO CONTENTS
PAGE Personality (Powers of the) I66 Personality (Survival of). By F. C. Con-
stable I 92 Personality to Space (The Relation of).
By 1· Arthur Hill 437 Personality to Time (Relation of). By. 1.
Arthur Hill 246 Personality to Time (Relation of). By
F. C. Constable . . . 4 I 3 Personalitv · What is Proof of, and of its
Persistence in this Life ? By :\1. Kelly, :\I.A., li.D. 458
Phantoms of the Living (Experimental Researches Concerning). By M. Dur- ville 335
Phantoms of the Living (New Experiments with) . By l\1. Durvi!le .. . 464
Phenomena of Recent Days (\Veil Authen- ticated Metapsychical). By Alois Kaindl 2I3
Photographs (M. de Fontenay's). By 1. B. Shipley 321
Photography of the Invisible (An Import- ant List of Subscribers to Promote) I 57
Photography of the Invisible 433
Poems. By Elise Eleanor Gurney 1 14 Politi at the Societe d'Etudes Psychiques
at :Milan (The Medium) 206 Precognitions (The Significance of). By
1. W. Pickt'ring, D.Sc., and W. A. Sad- grove 99
Premonitions (Enquiry into). By Prof. Charles Richet 24
Premonitions (Enquiry into). By Edward T. Bennett 151
Premonitory lfcssage. By Rosalys 326 Prestidigitator's Banquet (At the) 472 Problems of the Spiritual. By Rev. Arthur
Chambers... 116 Proofs of Identity of Deceased Person-
alities. By Ernest Bozza no 3 IO Pseudo-Occult (The). By Hon. John
Harris 352 Psychical Experiences. By H. A. Dallas
and Rev. H. W. Spray ... Psychical Influences. By J. Barker Smith,
L.R.C.P. ... 155 Psychical Insensibility. By Ernest W.
Bobbett 325 Psychic Photography. By Henry Black-
well 325 Psychology and Spiritism. By Prof.
Cresar Lombroso . .. 376 " Psychopotence." By E. D. Girdlestonc I 56
R.
Raising of an Object without Contact (.-\ Prize of £8o offered for the) 33z
" Rama " rStill more about) I 04
v
Recent Examples of Glossolaly 539 [A rchiv"s de Psrchologie ; Geneva,
February, I9o8] Resurrection ({Tn Essai de). By the Comte
de Larmandie 2IO
s. Science and Spiritism : An Interview with
Enrico ;\lorselli. By I. l\1. Palmarini... 453 Shakespeare's Use of the Supernatural.
By J. PaulS. R. Gibson, B.A. ... 477 Sixth Sense (History of the) 54 I Soul (The). By Carmen Sylva (Queen of
Roumania) 353 Soul's Pilgrimage (A). By Mrs. Annie
Bright I64 Soul Revealed (The Human). By
Minerva Yickers ... I I 5 Sound and llusic in tlwir Physical and
Psychical Relationship to Form, Light, and Colour. By Dr. Henry A. Fotherby I I<)
Spirit Hypothesis (Sir Oliver Lodge and the) I62
Spirit Hypothesis (An Instance of the Moral Value of the) 163
Spirit Identity (A Case of)... 474 fLuce e Ombra: Milan, June, I9o8]
Spirit, Matter and Morals. By R. Dims- dale Stocker 436
Spirit Photograph (A\ 1 I 2 Spirit Photography. By Julia Baroness
Rosenkrantz 27 Spiritism. By Dr. L. Bianchi 33 Spiritualism. By Edward T. Bennett 352 Spiritualism (Direct Phenomena of). By
Edward T. Bennett 436 Spiritualism not Spiritualism. By \Villiam
Teasdale Wilson, M.D., ~I.R.C.S. I I 5 Spiritualism (The Physic<!! Phenomena of).
By H~~~·:;o.nl Carrington 1 I I 7 Spiritualism (Sermons on). By Arch-
deacon Colley 352 Spiritualistic Congress in Paris 429 Spiritual Perfection. By Thomas Clune... 477 Spiritual Re\'Clations through Tom Glen
and others. By Chas. E. Glass 477 Subliminal_Self.I.By Prof. Boutroux 332
T.
Telepathy (Experiments in) I99 Jnumal of the A mrrimll Saciflv for
l'swhical Hcscarch, January, Iqu.'i ~
Telepathy and Automatism. By Dr. J. W. Pickering and\\' . .\. Sadgrove ... 481
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plored. By \Villiam Norman Wilson ... 115 Thought Transference. Impromptu Visit
to the Zancigs. By Mrs. L. I. Finch ... 530 Thought Transference (Experiments with
the 1\larriotts). By Dudley Wright ... 532 Thoughts on 1\Iusic, Psychology and
Christianity. By G. H. Cox 435 Thoughts on Ultimate Problems. By
F. W. Frankland 117 Transformed Hinduism 165 True Light (The). By George G. Andre... 435
V. Vitality and the Law of Conservation. By
Hereward Carrington 380
Hereward Carrington 211
[Cosmos; Paris, November 3oth, 1907, and January zsth, 1908]
\Vater through a Dowser (An Official Search for Subterranean) 109
z. Zodia (The). By E. :\f. Smith 116 Zodiacus Vit<e of Marcellus Palingenius
Stellatus (The) . By Foster Watson, M.A. 164
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INDEX TO AUTHORS A.
Albe (E. E . Fournier d', B.Sc., A.R.C.S.). Bridging the Gulf .. . . . . . ..
Andre (George G.). The True Light Archat (P. M.). Experimental Research
in Motor Action without Contact
B. Balfour (Frederic H .). The Patagonian
?.lage . . . Barrett (Prof. \V. F., F.R.S.) . On the
Threshold of a New World of Thought . .. Bates (E. Katharine). Do the Dead De
part? Bennett (Edward T .). Direct Phenomena
of Spiritualism .. • Bennett (Edward T.). An Inquiry into
Premonitions Bennett (Edward T.). Spiritualism Benoit (Prof. Fran~ois). A Master of
Art : Blake the Visionary Berta) (!\1. F.) . Are we all Mediums? Bezobrazow (0. de) . Batailles de l'ldee . .. Bianchi (Dr. L.). Spiritism Blackwell (Henry). Psychic Photography Bobbett (Ernest W.). Physchical Insen-
sibility Bobbett (Ernest W.) . The Double Bois (Jules). "The Great Doubt" .. . Boutroux (Prof.). The Subliminal Self .. . Bozzano (Ernest). Proofs of Identity of
Deceased Personalities .. . . . . . . . Bright (Mrs. Annie) . A Soul's Pilgrimage Buchner (E. D., M.D.). The Immortality
of Animals c.
Carrington (Hereward). Haunted Houses and their Cure : Can Haunting Spirits
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310 164
Phenomena of Spiritualism . . . . . • 117 Carrington (Hereward) . A Statement in
Reply to Prof. :\lorselli (Correspondence) 479 Carrington (Hereward). Vitality and the
Law of Conservation 381 Carrington (Hereward) . Vitality, Fasting,
and Nutrition .. . . •• 211 Chambers (Rev. Arthur). Problems of
the Spiritual 116 Chenais (Dr. des). The Mediumistic
States of Hypnosis according to Dr. Joire . .. ... ... ... . .. 422
Churchill (Lida A.). The Magic Seven . . . 165 Churchill (Lida A.). The Magnet ... 165 Churchill (Lida A.). The Master Demand 477 Clune (Thomas). Spiritual Perfection . .. 477 Colley (Archdeacon). Sern1ons on Spirit-
ualism 352 Constable (F. C.). Immanuel Kant : Im-
dgmdtion and Telepathy 562 Constdble (F. C.). The Relation of Per-
sonality to Time . . . 41 3 Constable (F. C.). The Survival of Per-
sonality .. . 192 Corneille (Dr. Pierre) . The Occult World 334 Co:< (G. H.). Thoughts on Music, Psy-
chology and Christianity 435
D. Dallas (H. A.). Psychical Experiences Demetrakopolis (i\1. Polykins) . A Spirit
Photographs (Echoes and News) Durvtlle. Experimental Researches Con
cerning Phantoms of the Living Dun•ille. Experimental Researches Con
cerning Phantoms of th~ Living E.
Eaves (A. Osborne).…
Editor
MRS. LAURA I. FINCH
. - . ~ ... .. ..
PROFESSOR CHARLES RICHET COLONEL ALBERT DE ROCHAS DR. ALBERT VON SCHRENCK-NOTZING
VoL. VII. FOURTH YEAR 1908 JANUARY-DECEMBER
PUBLISHED AT THE OFFICE OF
"THE ANNALS OF PSYCHICAL SCIENCE," 1 10 ST. MARTIN'S LANE, LONDON, W.C.
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CONTENTS jAIWARY.
A Master of Art : Blake the Visionary. By Prof. Fran,..ois Benoit
An Enquiry into Premonitions. By Prof. Charles Richet
Notes: Spirit Photograph.v. By Julia, Baroness Rosenkrantz ...
Echoes and ~ews : A Case of " Partial Transfiguration " (?)-Dr. L. Bianchi's Luture ott Spiritism-A Psychological Stud.v of the l'lfediumistic Pictt1rcs of Mlle . H . Smith-An Apostolic Sorcerer A !of arvellous Hail
Answers to Enquirers
The Lourdes Cures and Metapsychical Science. By Marcel Mangin
My Experiments with M. de Jodko in 1896. By Colonel Albert de Rocha.~ ...
Bridging the Gulf. By E. E. Fournier d'Aibe, B.Sc., A.R.C.S ....
The Significance of Precognitions. By J. W. Pickering, D.Sc., and W. A. Sad grove
Echoes and News : Still more about "Rama "-A Bewitched Wardrobe in L)•ons-A Case of Introscopia-An Official Search for Subterranean Water through a Dowscr-Disa{lreeable 1\-ledium istic Phenomena in the Home of an Italim1 Jlfagistrate-A Spirit Photo{lraph -Eusapia Paladino at the Institut Gene ral Psychologiq11e-A Telepathic Dream
Book Reviews
:\lARCH.
Sound and l\Iusic in their Physical and Psychical Relationship to Form, Light, and Colour. By Henry A. Fotherby ...
The Patagonian Mage. By Frederic H. Balfour
An Enquiry into Premonitions: A Turkish :\Ianuscript. By Edward T. Bennett ...
Notes : Psychical Influences. By J. Barker Smith, L.R.C.P. There is tw Death. By J. Ambrose Thompson, M.D. "Psy chopotence." By E. D. Girdlestone
Echoes and ~ews: An Important List of Subscribers to Promote Photor;raphy of the Invisible-An Impression of L>:•ath A not her Ca.<e of Impression of Death A Letter on the Subject of the " Medal/ion Hailstones " at Remiremont-Sir Oliver Lodl(e and the Spirit Hypothesis-An Instance of the .l'oforal Value of lite Spirit H)•pothesis
Book Reviews
Eusapia Paladino and Spiritism. By Prof. Cesar Lombroso ... . .. -~• . ..
Fraud and the Hypothesis of Hallucination in the Study of the Phenomena pro duced by Eusapia Paladino. By Guillaume de Fontenay ...
The Survival of Personality. By F. C. Constable ... ....... _ ...
Correspondence : Are we all !v!ediums? • ... Echoes and News: Experiments in Tele
pathy-1\-I ore abotll " Rama " the "Count de Sardk "-An Experimental Apparition-The !v!edium Politi at the Societe des Etudes Psychiques in 1\l ilatz Water Finders and the Divining Rod
Book Reviews
MAY. 9 Well Authenticated Metapsychical Pheno
mena of Recent Days. By Alois Kaindl Haunted Houses and their Cure. By
Hereward Carrington The Relation of Personality to Time. By
] . Arthur Hill Echoes and News : Jlfemorial to !vir.
illyers-Haunted House near London Buddhism in London, A nanda ,-,[atteya ...
jUNE-jUI.Y.
The Relation of Music to Emotion. By Dr. Henry A. Fotherby ...
Proofs of Identity of Deceased Personah .. tics. By Ernest Bozzano
Anclambar: The Indian Lourdes. By Byramji Hormusji
A Daylight Interview with a Man Recently Dead. By Dr. Charles Whitby
Correspondence: Jl!. de Fontenar's Photo graphs-A " Passing " at the M ommt of Death-Psychical I nsn1sibility-Psychic Photography-A Premonitory JI.Iessa{le
Echoes and News : "The Great Doubt" A Fatal Accident Predicted in a Drcam- 1'11 me. R11(ma N crggeratlz-A Lecture by Prof. BoutiOI4X on " The Subliminal Self"-A Pri::e of £8o offered for tlte Raisinif of an Object withot4t Contact Some Remarkablr- JI.I ediumislic Sranccs at Fonlnzay-le-Comte-E:rperimcnlal Uc searcltes Concerning Phantoms of the l.it•ing-Tize A rl of " Fidus "-A rnaldo Cervesato attd "La Nuova Parola "- 1'/ze Hailstones of Remircmoni-E:rpcri ml'lzls in illenlal Sur;gestion at Nancy
Book Reviews
CONTENTS
The Soul. By Carmen Sylva (Queen of Roumania) 353
Mediumship and Conjuring (in connection with Eusapia Paladino). By Prof. Enrico Morselli 359
Psychology and Spiritism. By Prof. C:esar Lombroso ..• 376
Vitality and the Law of Conservation. By Hereward Carrington 381
M. Boirac's "Psychologic Inconnue." By Marcel Mangin 394
The Action of Eusapia Paladino on the Electroscope. By Dr. Imoda ... 410
The Relation of Personality to Time. By F. C. Constable ... 413
Experimental Research in Motor Action without Contact ... 417
Echoes and News : The "Fl11id Motor" of Count de Tromelin by W. Warcollier The ".Mediumistic States of Hypnosis," according to Dr. ]oire, by Dr. des Cltotais -A M aterialisatiotl Seance with Miller The Report on the "Hailstone Medal lions," by the Arch-Priest of Remiremont -A Lecture by Mr. Godfrey Haupert on "Modern Spiritistic Manifestations and their Interpretation "-The Spirit11alistic Congress in Paris-The " Obsessed " Girl of Bab-el-Oued-A Curious I' ocal jlf anifestation . in Brazil-" Count A /bert de Sardk " defends himself-Photography of the Invisible-A Canadian Society for Psychical Research 421
Book Reviews 434
OCTOBER.
The Relation of Personality to Space. By J. Arthur Hill 437
Prof. Lombroso and Father Franco, S.J., on • Mediumistic Phenomena. By F. Zingaropoli 448
Science and Spiritism : An Interview with Prof. Morselli on Mediumistic Re- searches. By I. M. Palmarini ... 453
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PAGE What is Proof of Personality and of its
Persistence in this Life ? By M. K<'lly. M.A., M.D. 458
Echoes and News : A Test Seance with the 1lfedium Miller-New Expcrimeuts with Phat1toms of lite Livi11g-Tite last Cast obtained with E. Palaitino-At a Cotl· iurors' Banfjuet-Experiments with the Sthcnometer-A Case of Spirit Identit~·- A Canadian Spiritist's Challenge 460
Book Reviews 47 5
NovEMBER.
Telepathy and Automatism. By Dr. Pickering and W. A. Sadgrove ... 481
Left-Handedness : An Enquiry into this Anomaly. By Hereward Carrington ... 494
My Experience in a Spiritistic Circle at The Hague. By~H. N. De Fremery ... 503
Some Cases of Crystal Vision. By Dr. Paul Joire 522
Correspondence: Concerning Dr. ]oirc's Experiments in Crystal Visum . . . 528
Echoes and News : Tltougllt-Transfcrence Experiments with Professional Thought Readers-The Jl.fediumistic Pastels of llfme. Assmann-Apparilion seen lm· mediately after Death-Recent Facts in Glossolaly-The llfagnetic Society of France and the St11dy of " Psychic FoYce "-The History of the Sixth Sense 530
DECEMBER.
An Apparition in Rome in 1683. ByC. Carlo Galateri 555
immanuel Kant: Imagination and Tele- pathy. By F. C. Constable 562
Correspondence : Psychical Experiences . . . 577 .Echoes and News: The Double-E>:terior-
t'zed Nen•ous Force 579
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INDEX TO CONTENTS A. PAGE
Accident Predicted in a Dream (A Fatal) 330 ~Daily Express]
Alphabet of the Universe (The). By Gurney Homer .. . 477
And~mhar: The Indian Lourdes. By Byramji Hormusji 317
:\nswers to Enquirers 42 Apostolic Sorcerer (An) 39
[Cosmos ; Paris, October zoth, 1907] Apparition (An Experimental) 204
Uour11al of the American Society for Ps)'Chical Research, December, 1907]
Apparition at Rome in 1683. By C. Carlo Gala teri 55 5
Apparition seen immediately after Death 536 U01trnal Society for Psychical Re
search, May, rgo8] At t of " Fidus " (Thf') 343
[Les Documents du Pro~res] Asiatic Studies : Rt>ligious and Social. By
Sir Alfred C. Lyall, K.C.B., D.C.L. 114
B. Batailles de I'Idee. By 0. de Bezobrazow 210 Bewitched \Vardrobe in Lyons to8
[Prugres; Lyonsj Blake the Visionary. By Prof. Franc;ois
Benoit 3 Boirac's "Psychologic Inconnue." By
Marcel Mangin 394 Brainy Diet for the Healthy (A). By
Sophie Leppel 477 Bridging the Gulf. By E. E. Fournit:'r
d'Alb<!, B.Sc., A.R.C.S. 89 Buddhism in London 260
c. Canadian Society for Psychical Re~earch... 433 Canadian Spiritist's Challenge (A) 474
[L'Eclair; June 2oth, rgo8] CC'rvcrola~~ (Arnaldo) and " La Nuova
Pawea ... 346 Christ (or new) Life and How to Live It
(The). By S. George 436 Clairvoyance and Crystal Gazing. By
Madame Keiro .. . .. . . .. II S " Count Albert de Sarak •· defends Him-
self 432 Crystal Vision (Some Cases of). By Dr.
Paul Joire 522 Crystal Vision. Open Letter to Dr. Paul
Joire. By Marcel :Mangin 528 Crystal Vision. Reply to ::\1. :\Iangin. By
Dr. joire ... 528 Curious Vocal Manifestation in Brazil 431
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D. PAGE
Daylight Interview with a 1\Ian recently Dead. By Charles Whitby, M.D. 321
Death (An Impression of) ... r 59 Uournal of Society for Psychical Re
su•rclz; London, January, 19o8l Death (Another Case of Impres~ion of) ... t6o Death (There is no). By J. Ambrose
Thompson, M.D. ... 156 Do thC' Dead Depart ? By E. Katharine
Berks 478 Double (The). By E. \\', Bobbett 579 Doubt (The Great) ... 32g
[Le Malin] Dream (A Telepathic). By Frances
Eavery Peters 113 Dream (A Telepathic). By Rev. G. Henslow 578
E. Eternal Youth ; or, How to Live for Ever.
By Henry Gaze .. . 476 Eueapia Paladino (Action of, on the
Electroscope). By Dr. Imoda ... 410 Eusapia Paladino and Spiritism. By
Prof. C.:csar Lombroso ... 167 Eusapia Paladino at the Institut General
Psycho!ogique 113 Eusapia Paladino (Fraud and the Hypo
thesis of Hallucination in the Study of the Phenomena Produced by). By Guillaume de Fontenay 181
Eusapia Paladino (Latest Plaster Cast obtained through) 470
[La Tn"bune Psrchique; Paris, June, 1908]
Experience in a Spiritistic Circle at the Haguf' (My). By H. N. De Fremery ... 503
Experimental Research in Motor Action without Contact. By P.M. Archat ... 417
ExpC'riments with M. de Jodko in 1896 (My). By Col. Albert de Rochas So
Exteriorised Nervous Force. By Dr. Barker-Smith 581
Externalisation of Force (Concerning Ex perimf'nts with, made by means of the Sthenometer). By Dr. P. Joire 472
F. " Fluid Motor of Count de Tromelin "
(The). By W. Warcollier 421
H. Hailstones of Rerniremont (!\Iorc About
the) : Story of an Eye-Witnes~... 349 [Semaiue Rcligieuse de Sflillt-Die]
" Hailstone !\Iedallions " (Report on the). By the ArchpriC'st of Remiremont 426
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Haunted HouEt·s and their Cure : Can Haunting Spirits be Exorcised ? By
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Hist01v and Power of Minrl. By Richard Ingal('se 352
Hypnotism ; or, Suggestion and Psycho- therapy. By Dr. August Forel 21 1
Hypnotisme et l\lagneti~me ; Somnambu lisme ; Suggestion ct T.',Jcpathie; In- fluence I\ersone!le. By J . Filiatre 1 Ill
Hypnotism<.' Experimentale et ThPra peutique (Trait(• de 1'). By Dr. Paul Joire 118
I. Imagination the Magician. By A. Os-
borne Ea ' 'es 1 66 Immortality of Animals. By E. D.
Buchner, M.D. Iou Introscopia (A Case of) 109
[l.umm ; Tarrasa, Barcelona] Isis (Lc Pr!'trt'sse d') . By Erlouard Schurr~ 210
J. Jaran (Development of Religion in) . By
G. \\'. Knox, D.O. , LL.D. :no
K. Kant (Immanuel) : Imagination and . Telepathy. By F . C. Constable 562
L. Left-Handedness. By Hereward Car-
rington 494 Lourdes Cures and 1\letapsychical Science
(The) . By Maret'! 1\langin 45 Love, Pain, and Patience. By F . A.
Simpson .. . 1u5
l\1 ,
::\lagic Seven (The). By Lida A. Churt:hill Ili5 1\lagtH't (Tlw) . By Lida A. Churchill 1o5 Magnetic Society of Franc<.' and thC" Sturly
of" Psychic Force" 541 l\larvdlous Hail lA) 40
[Un·uc du :11omlr lm·isihle ; Paris, August 15th, I<)Oj ]
;\laster Demand (The) . By Lida A. Churchill .. . 477
:O.Iall•rialisation SC:·anc<' with !\Iiller (A) 423 1\latC"rialisation S!·ann· with :O.Iill<"r (.-\ Tl'st) 4f;o " Medallion Hailstones" at Hemitl'mont
(A letter on the Suhject of) l (,o
tV
PACE
:!\-lerliums (Are we All ?) . By ::\1. F. Bertal 197 Mediumf.hip and Conjuring (in connection
with Eusapia Paladino). By Prof. Enrico i\lorsdli 359
1\I('diumistic Pastels (!\fme. Assmann's) 533
Mediumistic Phenomena in the Home of an Italian :Magistrate (Di~agn:eahle) . .. I 10
:\fediumistic Phenomena (Prof. Lomhro5o and Father Franco, S.J., on). By F. Zingaropoli 448
Mediumistic Pictures of Mlle. H . ~mith (A Psychological Study of) .. . 35
[Arch:'ves de Ps)·cholo~ie; Gene,·a. july, 1907J
Mediumistic Si~anccs at Fontenay-le- Comte (Some Remarkable) 334
fXutwcl/c Ret,ue] "Mediumistic States of Hypnosis" ac
cording: to Dr. Joire (The). By Dr. des Chenais 4~2
Memorial to F . W. H. Myers 255 Mental Suggestion at Nancy (Experiments
in) .. . 350 [l.'Iniliatimt; Paris. February, 19os;
:\lodern Spiritistic :\lanifestations and their Interpretation . By Godfrey Raupert.. . 4~S
l\loni~m. By S. P . l\larcus . :\1.0.. .. 212 2\lorselli (A Statement in Reply to Prof.).
By Hereward Carrington 479 Music and Emotion . By Dr. Henry A.
Fotherby ... 261 l\1\'St~res de l'llnh·crs (Les). By the
·comte de Tromelin 434
0 .
35° 33'
" Obsessed" Girl of Bab-cl-Oued (The) .. . 431 Occultism and Common Sense. Bv
Beckles Willson ... · 476 Occult Phenomena and Mental Suggestion.
By Dr. Regnault 543 On a Gold Basis. By Isabelle De Steiger 351 On the Threshold of a !\ew \\'or\d of
Thought. By Prof. W. F. Barrett 475
P. " Partial Tran,figuration " (A Ca~e of) 33
[/.a Rcvtte de l'swhof>r>sntcr; " Pas><ing " (A) at the i\lonwnt of DPath.
Bv F. W . H . Hutchinson, i\1.:\ . , B.Ch. ... 324 Pat~gonian l\lage (Th('). By Frederic H .
Balfour I 39 Paths to the Heights. By Shddon I."a-
\'itt, J\I .D . .. . .o6
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INDEX TO CONTENTS
PAGE Personality (Powers of the) I66 Personality (Survival of). By F. C. Con-
stable I 92 Personality to Space (The Relation of).
By 1· Arthur Hill 437 Personality to Time (Relation of). By. 1.
Arthur Hill 246 Personality to Time (Relation of). By
F. C. Constable . . . 4 I 3 Personalitv · What is Proof of, and of its
Persistence in this Life ? By :\1. Kelly, :\I.A., li.D. 458
Phantoms of the Living (Experimental Researches Concerning). By M. Dur- ville 335
Phantoms of the Living (New Experiments with) . By l\1. Durvi!le .. . 464
Phenomena of Recent Days (\Veil Authen- ticated Metapsychical). By Alois Kaindl 2I3
Photographs (M. de Fontenay's). By 1. B. Shipley 321
Photography of the Invisible (An Import- ant List of Subscribers to Promote) I 57
Photography of the Invisible 433
Poems. By Elise Eleanor Gurney 1 14 Politi at the Societe d'Etudes Psychiques
at :Milan (The Medium) 206 Precognitions (The Significance of). By
1. W. Pickt'ring, D.Sc., and W. A. Sad- grove 99
Premonitions (Enquiry into). By Prof. Charles Richet 24
Premonitions (Enquiry into). By Edward T. Bennett 151
Premonitory lfcssage. By Rosalys 326 Prestidigitator's Banquet (At the) 472 Problems of the Spiritual. By Rev. Arthur
Chambers... 116 Proofs of Identity of Deceased Person-
alities. By Ernest Bozza no 3 IO Pseudo-Occult (The). By Hon. John
Harris 352 Psychical Experiences. By H. A. Dallas
and Rev. H. W. Spray ... Psychical Influences. By J. Barker Smith,
L.R.C.P. ... 155 Psychical Insensibility. By Ernest W.
Bobbett 325 Psychic Photography. By Henry Black-
well 325 Psychology and Spiritism. By Prof.
Cresar Lombroso . .. 376 " Psychopotence." By E. D. Girdlestonc I 56
R.
Raising of an Object without Contact (.-\ Prize of £8o offered for the) 33z
" Rama " rStill more about) I 04
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Recent Examples of Glossolaly 539 [A rchiv"s de Psrchologie ; Geneva,
February, I9o8] Resurrection ({Tn Essai de). By the Comte
de Larmandie 2IO
s. Science and Spiritism : An Interview with
Enrico ;\lorselli. By I. l\1. Palmarini... 453 Shakespeare's Use of the Supernatural.
By J. PaulS. R. Gibson, B.A. ... 477 Sixth Sense (History of the) 54 I Soul (The). By Carmen Sylva (Queen of
Roumania) 353 Soul's Pilgrimage (A). By Mrs. Annie
Bright I64 Soul Revealed (The Human). By
Minerva Yickers ... I I 5 Sound and llusic in tlwir Physical and
Psychical Relationship to Form, Light, and Colour. By Dr. Henry A. Fotherby I I<)
Spirit Hypothesis (Sir Oliver Lodge and the) I62
Spirit Hypothesis (An Instance of the Moral Value of the) 163
Spirit Identity (A Case of)... 474 fLuce e Ombra: Milan, June, I9o8]
Spirit, Matter and Morals. By R. Dims- dale Stocker 436
Spirit Photograph (A\ 1 I 2 Spirit Photography. By Julia Baroness
Rosenkrantz 27 Spiritism. By Dr. L. Bianchi 33 Spiritualism. By Edward T. Bennett 352 Spiritualism (Direct Phenomena of). By
Edward T. Bennett 436 Spiritualism not Spiritualism. By \Villiam
Teasdale Wilson, M.D., ~I.R.C.S. I I 5 Spiritualism (The Physic<!! Phenomena of).
By H~~~·:;o.nl Carrington 1 I I 7 Spiritualism (Sermons on). By Arch-
deacon Colley 352 Spiritualistic Congress in Paris 429 Spiritual Perfection. By Thomas Clune... 477 Spiritual Re\'Clations through Tom Glen
and others. By Chas. E. Glass 477 Subliminal_Self.I.By Prof. Boutroux 332
T.
Telepathy (Experiments in) I99 Jnumal of the A mrrimll Saciflv for
l'swhical Hcscarch, January, Iqu.'i ~
Telepathy and Automatism. By Dr. J. W. Pickering and\\' . .\. Sadgrove ... 481
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plored. By \Villiam Norman Wilson ... 115 Thought Transference. Impromptu Visit
to the Zancigs. By Mrs. L. I. Finch ... 530 Thought Transference (Experiments with
the 1\larriotts). By Dudley Wright ... 532 Thoughts on 1\Iusic, Psychology and
Christianity. By G. H. Cox 435 Thoughts on Ultimate Problems. By
F. W. Frankland 117 Transformed Hinduism 165 True Light (The). By George G. Andre... 435
V. Vitality and the Law of Conservation. By
Hereward Carrington 380
Hereward Carrington 211
[Cosmos; Paris, November 3oth, 1907, and January zsth, 1908]
\Vater through a Dowser (An Official Search for Subterranean) 109
z. Zodia (The). By E. :\f. Smith 116 Zodiacus Vit<e of Marcellus Palingenius
Stellatus (The) . By Foster Watson, M.A. 164
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INDEX TO AUTHORS A.
Albe (E. E . Fournier d', B.Sc., A.R.C.S.). Bridging the Gulf .. . . . . . ..
Andre (George G.). The True Light Archat (P. M.). Experimental Research
in Motor Action without Contact
B. Balfour (Frederic H .). The Patagonian
?.lage . . . Barrett (Prof. \V. F., F.R.S.) . On the
Threshold of a New World of Thought . .. Bates (E. Katharine). Do the Dead De
part? Bennett (Edward T .). Direct Phenomena
of Spiritualism .. • Bennett (Edward T.). An Inquiry into
Premonitions Bennett (Edward T.). Spiritualism Benoit (Prof. Fran~ois). A Master of
Art : Blake the Visionary Berta) (!\1. F.) . Are we all Mediums? Bezobrazow (0. de) . Batailles de l'ldee . .. Bianchi (Dr. L.). Spiritism Blackwell (Henry). Psychic Photography Bobbett (Ernest W.). Physchical Insen-
sibility Bobbett (Ernest W.) . The Double Bois (Jules). "The Great Doubt" .. . Boutroux (Prof.). The Subliminal Self .. . Bozzano (Ernest). Proofs of Identity of
Deceased Personalities .. . . . . . . . Bright (Mrs. Annie) . A Soul's Pilgrimage Buchner (E. D., M.D.). The Immortality
of Animals c.
Carrington (Hereward). Haunted Houses and their Cure : Can Haunting Spirits
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310 164
Phenomena of Spiritualism . . . . . • 117 Carrington (Hereward) . A Statement in
Reply to Prof. :\lorselli (Correspondence) 479 Carrington (Hereward). Vitality and the
Law of Conservation 381 Carrington (Hereward) . Vitality, Fasting,
and Nutrition .. . . •• 211 Chambers (Rev. Arthur). Problems of
the Spiritual 116 Chenais (Dr. des). The Mediumistic
States of Hypnosis according to Dr. Joire . .. ... ... ... . .. 422
Churchill (Lida A.). The Magic Seven . . . 165 Churchill (Lida A.). The Magnet ... 165 Churchill (Lida A.). The Master Demand 477 Clune (Thomas). Spiritual Perfection . .. 477 Colley (Archdeacon). Sern1ons on Spirit-
ualism 352 Constable (F. C.). Immanuel Kant : Im-
dgmdtion and Telepathy 562 Constdble (F. C.). The Relation of Per-
sonality to Time . . . 41 3 Constable (F. C.). The Survival of Per-
sonality .. . 192 Corneille (Dr. Pierre) . The Occult World 334 Co:< (G. H.). Thoughts on Music, Psy-
chology and Christianity 435
D. Dallas (H. A.). Psychical Experiences Demetrakopolis (i\1. Polykins) . A Spirit
Photographs (Echoes and News) Durvtlle. Experimental Researches Con
cerning Phantoms of the Living Dun•ille. Experimental Researches Con
cerning Phantoms of th~ Living E.
Eaves (A. Osborne).…