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The eight key titles re-published in this set make important texts
accessible once again, and provide a comprehensive overview of this
influential Victorian phenomenon. Available as an eight-volume set
or as individual volumes.
The eight key titles re-published in this set make important texts
accessible once again, and provide a comprehensive overview of this
influential Victorian phenomenon. Available as an eight-volume set
or as individual volumes.
A founding member of the Fabian Society and a prominent member of
the Society for Psychical Research, Frank Podmore (1856 1910)
occupied a unique position in British political and scientific
society. From his undergraduate days at Oxford until his untimely
death in 1910, he harboured a fascination for the supernatural,
hallucinations and mesmerism. Published in the final years of his
life, during a period of prolific writing and introspection, this
1908 work was the result of exhaustive personal research and
first-hand observation. Although fascinated by his chosen subject,
Podmore never abandoned his scientific stance and demonstrates a
level of scepticism rarely found among the more committed Victorian
spiritualists. The result is a scholarly but entertaining series of
case studies, which remains one of the most authoritative works on
the phenomenon of spiritualism.
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.
For most of his life a clerk in the post office, Frank Podmore
(1856 1910) was a prolific author on psychical research. As an
undergraduate, Podmore became interested in the ideas of
spiritualism, and he joined the British National Association of
Spiritualists. Eventually disillusioned, Podmore co-founded several
organizations: the Progressive Association (in 1882); the
Fellowship of the New Life (1883); and, spurred by his desire to
see political change, the Fabian Society (1884). Podmore's
membership in the Society for Psychical Research influenced his
activities and interests, and he spent the next twenty years
investigating and writing on psychical phenomena. His second book
(of 1897) discusses a range of topics, from spiritualism to
poltergeists to telepathy. Podmore seeks to ascertain the truth
about psychical phenomena, and this work will be of great interest
to scholars interested in the history of science, psychical
research, and Victorian scientific and spiritualist movements.
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.
For most of his life a clerk in the post office, Frank Podmore
(1856 1910) was a prolific author on psychical research. As an
undergraduate Podmore became interested in spiritualism, and he
joined the British National Association of Spiritualists.
Eventually disillusioned by that society, Podmore co-founded
several organisations: the Progressive Association (in 1882); the
Fellowship of the New Life (1883); and, spurred by his desire to
see political change, the Fabian Society (1884). Podmore's
membership in the Society for Psychical Research influenced his
activities and interests, and he spent the next twenty years
investigating and writing on psychical phenomena. Podmore's
two-volume Modern Spiritualism (also reissued in this series) is a
source for this 1909 work, which 'constituted the most scholarly
history of mesmerism and its offshoots to that date', according to
one reviewer. This work will interest historians of science and
medicine, and scholars of Victorian religious movements.
Frank Podmore (1856 1910) published Modern Spiritualism in two
volumes in 1902. It was the first comprehensive history of the
Spiritualist movement. Podmore traces the historical development of
Spiritualism from its earliest origins in animal magnetism and
alchemy, to its apogee in the early nineteenth century and through
to its decline from 1870 onwards, which Podmore associated with the
growth of professional psychics and an increase in fraud. Volume 1
covers the key figures of the movement: Paracelsus, Mesmer,
Bertrand, Esdaile, and Andrew Jackson Davis. Book 1 focuses on
French, English and German Spiritualism and Book 2 on American
Spiritualism and its beginnings in Arcadia. The volume includes
invaluable accounts of scientific investigations into possession,
poltergeists, clairvoyance, and trances. Podmore was a leading
member of the Victorian Society for Psychical Research and his work
remains an indispensable source for the modern-day historian of
nineteenth-century Spiritualism and occult practices.
Frank Podmore (1856 1910) published Modern Spiritualism in two
volumes in 1902. It was the first comprehensive history of the
Spiritualist movement. Podmore traces the historical development of
Spiritualism from its earliest origins in animal magnetism and
alchemy, to its apogee in the early nineteenth century and through
to its decline from 1870 onwards, which Podmore associated with the
growth of professional psychics and fraudsters. Volume 2, focusing
on English and American Spiritualism, sets the movement in its
cultural and intellectual context and includes a discussion of the
relationship of Spiritualism to science. The volume includes
invaluable accounts of scientific investigations into
materialisations, spirit photographs, clairvoyance, hallucinations
and automatism. It contains a summary and conclusion for the two
volumes. Podmore was a leading member of the Victorian Society for
Psychical Research and his work remains an indispensable source for
the modern-day historian of nineteenth-century Spiritualism and
occult practices.
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