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The law of psychic phenomena

a working hypothesis for the systematic study of hypnotism, spiritism, mental therapeutics, etc.

by Thomson Jay Hudson

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  • 19th century
  • Language: English
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"The Law of Psychic Phenomena" by Thomson Jay Hudson is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The book seeks to establish a comprehensive working hypothesis to analyze and classify various psychic phenomena, including hypnotism, spiritism, and mental therapeutics. Hudson aims to bridge the gaps in psychological science by proposing that many seemingly disparate psychic manifestations are connected through a general principle that can be understood and studied systematically. The opening of the work lays the groundwork for this ambitious project by articulating the necessity for a unifying hypothesis in psychology, akin to those in other scientific domains like physics and chemistry. Hudson argues that without such a framework, psychological phenomena remain chaotic and misunderstood. He quickly introduces the concept of duality in human mental processes, positing the existence of an "objective mind" that interacts with the physical world through the senses, and a "subjective mind" that operates outside of these constraints, particularly when in states of hypnosis. This duality is central to understanding the book’s deeper exploration of how the human mind navigates and comprehends psychic phenomena. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis, Parapsychology and psychical research, and Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling.

  • Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling

    Controlled discovery queries from dnb matched “Spiritismus”. Retained metadata contains “Spiritismus” in the subject metadata and “Spiritualism” in the subject metadata.

    • “Spiritismus”· via German National Library
    • “Spiritismus”· in subject
    • “Spiritualism”· in subject
  • Parapsychology and psychical research

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary, project-gutenberg, and wellcome matched “parapsychology”, “Psychical research”, and “psychical research”. Retained metadata contains “Parapsychology” in the subject metadata and “Psychical research” in the subject metadata.

    • “Psychical research”· via Open Library
    • “parapsychology”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “psychical research”· via Wellcome Collection
    • “Parapsychology”· in subject
    • “Psychical research”· in subject
  • Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis

    Controlled discovery queries from dnb, openlibrary, and project-gutenberg matched “Hypnotism”, “hypnotism”, and “Mesmerismus”. Retained metadata contains “Hypnotism” in the subtitle, “Hypnotism” in the description, “Hypnotism” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Mesmerismus”· via German National Library
    • “Hypnotism”· via Open Library
    • “hypnotism”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Hypnotism”· in subtitle
    • “Hypnotism”· in description
    • “Hypnotism”· in subject

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Nachdruck der Ausgabe von 1895

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a working hypothesis for the systematic study of hypnotism, spiritism, mental therapeutics, etc.

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1902A. C. McClurg & Co.English—Public digitized item

A working hypothesis for the systematic study of hypnotism, spiritism, mental therapeutics, etc.

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2017-05-05Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

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  • Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
  • Contributing institution: Robarts - University of Toronto
  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Contributing institution: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Digitization sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
  • Open Library reports 15 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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