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Edmund Gurney (1847-88) is today best known for his work on
psychical research, but from a young age he harboured the ambition
to be a composer and performer. Frustrated in this aim, he began
writing on the philosophy and psychology of music. This work of
1880 was an attempt to apply a strictly scientific method of
enquiry to music, and it is regarded as one of the most important
and original treatises from the nineteenth century on musical
aesthetics. Gurney discusses the sensations of pleasure and pain in
relation to the senses, and goes on to examine how the listener
differentiates between 'noises' and 'tones'. He explores whether
there is an elemental difference between a 'good' and a 'bad'
melody, the ultimate futility of the critic trying to describe
music, and the 'moral' conclusion to be drawn from a preference for
the music of Rossini over that of Beethoven.
This two-volume work, co-authored by Edmund Gurney (1847 1888),
Frederic W. H. Myers (1843 1901) and Frank Podmore (1856 1910), all
leading members of the Society for Psychical Research, was first
published in 1886. It documents over 700 case studies of
ghost-seeing, and aimed to revolutionise thinking about ghosts by
proposing a theory that explained ghost-seeing through the idea of
telepathy. Volume 1 includes an introduction by Myers and an
explanation of the analytical methods used in the study. It then
focuses on hypnotism, the telepathic transference of ideas, mental
pictures and emotional impressions, dreams, and hallucinations, and
contains an impressive essay on the history of witchcraft. This
pioneering study is an indispensable source for the history of
psychical research. It provides detailed insights into the
Victorian fascination with the occult and the supernatural, and is
still the most extensive collection of ghost-seeing accounts
available.
This two-volume work, co-authored by Edmund Gurney (1847 1888),
Frederic W. H. Myers (1843 1901) and Frank Podmore (1856 1910), all
leading members of the Society for Psychical Research, was first
published in 1886. This collection, containing over 700 case
studies of sensory phantasms and hypnotic experiments, was one of
the first attempts to deal scientifically with the hypothesis of
psychic thought-transference and to catalogue and provide a body of
evidence in its support. Volume 2 presents data and analyses of
auditory, visual, and tactile hallucinations, and those of a
reciprocal or collective nature. It contains addenda and a
conclusion for the two volumes. This pioneering study is an
indispensable source for the history of psychical research and
nineteenth-century attitudes to the idea of telepathy. It provides
detailed insights into the Victorian fascination with the occult
and the supernatural.
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Proceedings, Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Society for Psychical Research (Great Br; Edmund Gurney; Created by Society for Psychical Research (Great B
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R969
Discovery Miles 9 690
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Additional Author Is Frank Podmore. Foreword By Gardner Murphy.
Introduction By F. W. H. Myers. Abridged.
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