Esprits et Mediums: Mélanges de Métapsychique et de Psychologie (Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Reissue, 5/19/2011
EAN 9781108027717, ISBN10: 1108027717
Paperback, 576 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm
Language: French
Written by renowned Swiss physician and experimental psychologist Théodore Flournoy (1854–1920), this 1911 publication offers a scientific treatment of nineteenth-century spiritual interests and beliefs. Dedicating his work to the Swiss scientist and psychical researcher Marc Thury and to the American psychologist and philosopher William James, Flournoy approaches the subject of 'spiritism', or communication with the dead, with great caution, claiming that it had never been adequately proven and that such practices could most likely be explained as mental processes inherent in the mediums themselves. While recognising and offering validation of the existence of phenomena such as telekinesis, clairvoyance and telepathy, as well as the survival of the soul after death, in this book Flournoy casts doubt on the living human's ability to contact the spirits of the deceased.
Préface
1e Partie. Documents d'Enquête
1. Une enquête sur la médiumnité
2. Observations recueillies
3. Résumés et remarques diverses
2e Partie. Observations Diverses
1. Introduction. Science et métapsychique
2. F. W. H. Myers et la psychologie subliminale
3. Les esprits trompeurs
4. Des esprits bienfaissants
5. De la cryptomnésie
6. Le rêve prophétique de Mme Buscarlet
7. Des phénomènes physiques supranormaux
8. Le case d'Eusapia Palladino
9. De l'identité des esprits
10. Esprits et médiums
11. Spiritisme et spiritualisme
12. A propos de la théosophie
Table des noms
Additions et corrections.