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Apparitions and Thought-Transference

An Examination of the Evidence for Telepathy

by Frank Podmore

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  • 19th century
  • Language: English
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Frank Podmore (1856–1910) was a paranormal researcher and socialist who co-founded the Fabian Society. He became interested in spiritualism while studying at Oxford and joined the Society for Psychical Research. Forced to leave his employment at the Post Office amid rumours of a homosexual scandal, Podmore was later found drowned in suspicious circumstances. This 1894 volume is a detailed and comprehensive study of a variety of unexplained phenomena. The author reviews numerous scientific tests of telepathic ability involving the transmission of thoughts, tastes and images (illustrated by reproduction of sketches purportedly sent between psychics). Also reported are researches into clairvoyance, automatic writing and even attempts to induce sleep using telepathy. The author explores a variety of rational explanations for the phenomena, including fraud and the influence of hypnosis and suggestibility. Diligent and carefully argued, Podmore's examination of the scientific study of the supernatural is also colourful and enthralling.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists, Occultism and esotericism, Parapsychology and psychical research, Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling, and Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Retained metadata contains “supernatural” in the description.

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  • Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling

    Retained metadata contains “Automatic writing” in the description, “Spiritualism” in the description, and “Spiritualism” in the subject metadata.

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  • Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Apparitions”. Retained metadata contains “Apparitions” in the title, “Apparitions” in the subject metadata, and “Apparitions” in the edition title.

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  • Parapsychology and psychical research

    Retained metadata contains “Psychical research” in the description and “Parapsychology” in the subject metadata.

    • “Psychical research”· in description
    • “Parapsychology”· in subject
  • Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition

    Controlled discovery queries from crossref, openalex, and openlibrary matched “clairvoyance”, “telepathy”, and “Telepathy”. Retained metadata contains “thought-transference” in the title, “Telepathy” in the subtitle, “Clairvoyance” in the description, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

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    • “Telepathy”· in subtitle

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Apparitions and thought-transference : an examination of the evidence for telepathy

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1894———Public view

An Examination of the Evidence for Telepathy

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2011Cambridge University Press; Cambridge University Press eBooksEnglish
  • 9780511920349
  • 9781108028059
  • 1108028055
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an examination of the evidence for telepathy.

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1915C. Scribner's sons; The Walter Scott publishing co., ltd.English—Public

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  • Open Library reports 5 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 8 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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