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Psychology as a natural science applied to the solution of occult psychic phenomena

Also known as Cock Lane and Common-Sense; Cock Lane and Commonsense 1896

by Charles Godlove Raue, Harry Houdini Collection DLC, Harry Houdini Collection & Andrew Lang

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Written by folklorist Andrew Lang (1844–1912), this 1894 publication examines the ambivalent relationship the living have attempted to forge with the dead throughout history. Nicknamed 'the Wizard of St Andrews', this prolific polymath also worked as an anthropologist, classicist, historian, poet, mythologist, essayist and journalist, producing over a hundred publications in his lifetime. Largely ignored by scholarship, this book suggests expanding the study of folklore to include contemporary narratives of supernatural events. Taking its title from the legends of the notorious Cock Lane ghost, the work considers the survival of ancient beliefs such as hauntings, clairvoyance, and other phenomena believed to transcend the laws of nature, and how such beliefs have persisted through great social upheaval and change. It includes chapters on savage and ancient spiritualism, comparative psychical research, haunted houses, second sight, crystal gazing, and Presbyterian ghost hunters, among others.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Divination and oracles, Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists, Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends, Occultism and esotericism, Parapsychology and psychical research, Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling, Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Retained metadata contains “occult” in the title, “supernatural” in the description, and “occult” in the edition title.

    • “occult”· in title
    • “supernatural”· in description
    • “occult”· in edition title
  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    A contributing source assigned this topic during controlled cataloging, but the exact triggering term is not present in the merged metadata.

  • Divination and oracles

    A contributing source assigned this topic during controlled cataloging, but the exact triggering term is not present in the merged metadata.

  • Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Spiritualism”. Retained metadata contains “Spiritualism” in the description and “Spiritualism” in the subject metadata.

    • “Spiritualism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Spiritualism”· via Open Library
    • “Spiritualism”· in description
    • “Spiritualism”· in subject
  • Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, online-books-page, openalex, and openlibrary-historical matched “Ghosts” and “ghosts hauntings”. Retained metadata contains “ghost” in the description, “haunted” in the description, “Haunted houses” in the description, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Ghosts”· via Internet Archive
    • “Ghosts”· via The Online Books Page
    • “ghosts hauntings”· via OpenAlex
    • “Ghosts”· via Open Library
    • “ghost”· in description
    • “haunted”· in description
  • Parapsychology and psychical research

    Controlled discovery queries from global-grey, harvard, internet-archive, library-of-congress, online-books-page, openalex, openlibrary, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “Paranormal and Mysteries”, “parapsychology”, “Parapsychology”, and 2 additional term(s). Retained metadata contains “Psychical research” in the description, “Paranormal and Mysteries” in the subject metadata, “Parapsychology” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Paranormal and Mysteries”· via Global Grey ebooks
    • “parapsychology”· via Harvard LibraryCloud
    • “Parapsychology”· via Internet Archive
    • “Psychical research”· via Internet Archive
    • “psychical research”· via Library of Congress
    • “Parapsychology”· via The Online Books Page
  • Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex matched “clairvoyance”. Retained metadata contains “Clairvoyance” in the description and “Second sight” in the description.

    • “clairvoyance”· via OpenAlex
    • “Clairvoyance”· in description
    • “Second sight”· in description
  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical and project-gutenberg matched “Folklore”, “folklore”, and “mythology”. Retained metadata contains “Folklore” in the description, “Legends” in the description, “Folklore” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Folklore”· via Open Library
    • “folklore”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “mythology”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Folklore”· in description
    • “Legends”· in description
    • “Folklore”· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 80 editions; 8 cataloged here.

Cock Lane and Common-Sense

Global Grey ebook edition (available formats vary by title)

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Cock lane and common-sense

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1894-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon,New York, Longmans, GreenEnglish—Public digitized item

Cock Lane and common sense

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1894-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon, LongmansEnglish—Public digitized item

Subjects

37 subject headings

Identifiers & provenance

How this record was assembled, and the authority identifiers it carries.

Identifiers

ISBN-13
ISBN-10
LCCN
OCLC
DOI
Open Library work
Project Gutenberg
Internet Archive
Global Grey
  • cock-lane-and-common-sense
Harvard
  • 990063957720203941
Library of Congress
  • 10029935
Open Library work (alias)
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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
  • Contributing institution: Indiana University
  • Contributing institution: New York Public Library
  • Contributing institution: Robarts - University of Toronto
  • Contributing institution: The Library of Congress
  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Contributing institution: unknown library
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: Indiana University
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Digitization sponsor: The Library of Congress
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: toronto
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 80 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
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  • Scanner: Kirtas APT 2400
  • Scanner: rich1
  • Scanner: rich2
  • Scanner: scribe10.capitolhill.archive.org
  • Scanner: scribe16
  • Scanner: scribe7.indiana.archive.org
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BF1031 .L27
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL10333603W
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