The Naturalisation of the Supernatural/Index

by Frank Podmore

INDEX

A

• Agency in telepathy, discussion of, 141–148
• Aksakof, Professor, case procured by, 292
• Alchemy, 7
• Alexander, Professor, eases procured by, 225, 341
• "Angus," Miss, case contributed by, 63
• Animal, apparent telepathy from, 56
• —— apparition of, 143
• Apparitions. See Hallucinations.
• Appreciation of time in hypnotism. 334
• Automatic writing, 72, 283, 299–305, 343, 357–359
• Automatism, 283–290

B

• B., Mr. H., case contributed by, 84
• B., Madame, Prof. Janet's subject, 44
• Baggally, Mr. W. W., 65
• Bagot, Mrs, case contributed by, 143
• Banshee, 348
• Barcellos, Dr., case recorded by, 341
• Barrett, Professor W. F., 7–9
• Bealing's Bells, 150
• "Beauchamp," Miss, 280, 285
• Benecke, Mrs, case contributed by, 246
• Blavatsky, Madame, 6, 173
• Bonrne, Ansel, case of, 280
• Braid, James, 6
• Bramwell, Dr. Milne, 6
• Brierley. Mr. J. A., case contributed by. 93
• Broussiloff, Madame, case contributed by, 128
• Bruce, Archdeacon, case contributed by, 72
• Buckley, Major, his experiments in clairvoyance, 337, 339–340
• Busk, Miss, case contributed by, 343

C

• C., Mr., case contributed by, 288
• C., Miss C. P. M., case contributed by, 58
• Cahagnet, Alphonse, and his clairvoyant subjects, 306
• Calculating boys, 334
• Campbell, Miss, and Miss Despard, their experiments in thought transference, 37–39, 49
• Carbery, Lady, case contributed by, 56
• Carnot, President, dream of his assassination, 80
• Castle, Mrs., case contributed by,
• Census of hallucinations, 102–109, 231–234
• Cerebration, unconscious, 279
• Chance coincidence between phantasm and death, 105–109
• Children as agents in spontaneous telepathy, 143
• Cideville trial for witchcraft, 151–16:
• Clairvoyance, 5, 61–62, 111, 331, 335–344
• Clark, Miss C., case contributed by, 125
• Clarke. Mr. T., his sitting with Mrs. Piper, 311
• Clarkson, Miss, case contributed by, 88
• Clothes of apparitions, 111
• Cock Lane Ghost, 150
• Coghill, Colonel, case contributed by, 360
• Collective hallucinations, 230–244
• Community of sensation. 9, 44, 71
• Confessions of trickery in Poltergeist cases, 162
• Conley, Miss, case contributed by, 227
• Consciousness, composite nature of, 277
• ——dissociation of, in hallucination, 138–140
• ——in hypnotism, 279–81
• ——in pathological cases, 280–28 5
• Conscription, dreams of number drawn in, 347–348
• Contemporary notes. See Notes, contemporary.
• Continuous observation, importance of, in spiritualistic experiments, 193–195
• Crookes, Sir William, 11,12, 171, 172 n.

D

• D., Mrs. case contributed by, 59
• "Danvers," Miss, case contributed by, 118
• Davey, Mr. S. J., his slate-writing, 182, 186–195
• Death, hallucinations coinciding with, calculation of chances, 105–109
• ——predictions of, 352
• Death-watch, 349–350
• Derby, the, dreams of winner, 346
• Despard, Miss, and Miss Campbell, their experiments in thought transference, 37–39, 49
• Diary, notes in. See Notes, contemporary.
• Didier, Alexis, his clairvoynce, 337–339
• Disinterested fraud, 174–175
• Dissociation of consciousness. See Consciousness.
• Distance as affecting telepathy, 12, 21–23, 110
• Divining-rod, 7
• Dixon, Mr. E. T., 168
• Documentary evidence, rarity of, in spontaneous telepathic cases 49, 86, 88. See Notes, contemporary.
• Dog, apparition of, 143
• Dolbear, Professor, case contributed by, 223
• Dove, Mr., case contributed by, 137
• Dreams, general characteristics, 76–80, 346
• ——contrasted with hallucinations, 139
• ——prophetic, 92 n. 344–365
• ——symbolic, 95, 349
• Drowned bodies found through dreams, 229

E

• E. Mrs., case contributed by, 115
• Ectenic force, 199, 204
• Eglinton, William, spirit medium. 175–77. 182
• Elliotson, Dr., 9
• Esdaile, James, 6
• Eusapia Paladino, spirit medium, 195–203
• Experimental Psychology, Congress of, 102
• Experiments in thought transference, 16–46, 112–119
• ——at distance, 21–23, 32–46,112–119
• ——difficulty of determining scale, 30
• ——evidential importance of, 47–50
• ——gradual development of percept in, 25–26
• ——with sensations of smell and taste, 32
• ——in inducing insensibility to pain, 45–46
• ——sleep at distance, 44

F

• Flammarion, Professor, 74, 103 n.
• "Fleetwood," Mrs... case contributed by, 118
• Flournoy, Professor, 281
• Fludd. Robert, 7
• "Forbes," Mrs., her automatic writing, 303–304
• "Forcing" choice in spiritualistic experiments, 192
• Forgetfulness of non-coincident hallucinations, 106–109
• Fox family, first mediums, 150
• Fraud, disinterested, 174–175
• Fryer, Rev. A. T., case recorded by, 351

G

• Garrison, Mr. T. B., case contributed by, 54
• Gasparin, Count de, 204
• Ghost, popular conception of, not borne out by the facts, 222, 272–274
• Gilbert, Dr., experiments in sleep at distance, 44
• Glanvil, Joseph, 149
• Glardon, Rev. A., his experiments in telepathy, 33–37
• ——case recorded by, 352
• Gleason, Dr. Adele, case contributed by, 80
• Godfrey, Mr. Clarence, case contributed by, 112
• Grant. Mr. Cameron, case contributed by, 218
• Gravitation, hypothesis of, compared with telepathy, 14
• Green, Mrs.. case contributed by, 110
• Grottendieck, Mr., case recorded by, 164
• Gurney, Edmund, 6, 45, 100 n., 102, 123, 128, 216, 219, 252–253, 275, 279–280, 340

H

• Hallucinations, general discussion, 99–111
• ——as explanation of ghosts, 100
• ——associated with Poltergeist cases, 167–169
• ——census of, by S. P. R. See Census.
• ——collective, 130–145
• ——dissociation of consciousness in, 138–140
• ——dreamlike nature of, 130–138, 248
• ——forgetfulness of, 106–109
• ——grotesque. 137
• ——of the sane contrasted with hallucinations of disease 105 n.
• ——popular misconception of, 100
• ——post-hypnotic, 101–102, 139
• ——telepathic, experimentally produced, 112–119
• Haly, Mrs., case contributed by, 216
• Hand-holding at Spiritualist'séances, 196–198
• Hansen and Lehmann. their criticism of telepathy, 21 n.
• Harden, Judge, case procured by, 190
• Haunted houses, 5, 245–274
• Hervey, Miss. case contributed by. 135
• Hilprecht, Professor, dream recorded by. 225
• Hobday, Mr., case contributed by, 132
• Hodgson, Richard, 6, 8:, 164, 177, 182–183, 187, 189, 193–195, 197, 198, 207, 227, 301–302, 308–310, 320, 337
• Holborn, Rev. A., case procured by, 234
• Home, D. D., 173
• Hulin, Professor, case recorded by, 347
• Husbands. Mr. John, case contributed by, 251
• Hyperæsthesia in hypnotism, 10, 106
• Hypnotism. 5–6, 10, 106
• ——work by S. P. R. in, 275–276
• ——clairvoyance in, 335–340
• Hyslop, Professor, and Mrs. Piper, 326
• Hysteria and dissociation of consciousness, 281

I

• Illness. prediction of, 351–352
• Impersonation in trance, 284–286
• Insensibility to pain produced by telepathy, 45–46

J

• Janet, Professor Pierre, 44, 281
• Johnson, Miss Alice, experiments by, 16–27, 45

K

• Kearne, Mr., case contributed by, 132, 138
• King, Mr. G., case contributed by, 217
• Kitching, Miss, case contributed by, 216
• Knight. Mrs, case contributed by, 95
• Krekel, Mrs, case contributed by,

L

• Lane, Mr. F., case contributed by, 354
• Lang, Mr. Andrew, 55, 62, 92, 149, 151, 159
• Lankester, Professor Ray, 173
• Latency of telepathic impressions, 148
• Latent memory, 223, 229, 342–343
• Lehmann and Hansen, their criticism of telepathy, 21 n.
• Liébeault, 6
• Lodge, Sir Oliver, 196–198
• ——his sittings with Mrs. Piper, 317–319
• Lombroso, Professor, 196

M

• Mann, Mrs., case contributed by, 91
• Manville, Mr. E., 190
• "Materialisation of spirits," 173
• Maughan, Miss, case contributed by, 125
• Maxwell, the alchemist, 8
• Maxwell, Dr., 202
• McAlpine, Mrs., cases contributed by. 143, 353
• Memory, errors of, in spiritualist observations. 194
• Mesmerism, 5, 8, 9, 32, 44, 61–62
• Michell, Mrs., case contributed by, 130
• Miles, Miss, and Miss Ramsden, experiments in thought transference by, 39–44
• Mirville, Marquis de, his testimony at the Cideville trial, 154–155
• Moir, William, case contributed by, 254
• Montague-Crackanthorpe, Mrs. case contributed by, 256
• Morselli, Professor, 199, 202
• "Morton," Miss, records of a haunted house, 266
• Moses, Stainton, 173, 306, 327–328
• Myers, Frederic, 6, 7, 52, 196–198, 204, 207, 220, 275
• ——his theory of subliminal consciousness, 332–334

N

• Nery, Donna, case contributed by, 226
• Newbold, Professor R., recorded by, 362
• Notes. contemporary, in cases of spontaneous thought transference, presentiments, etc.. 52, 56, 59, 67, 80, 84, 87, 91, 92, 112, 125, 135, 143, 218, 288, 292, 350, 360

O

• Observation, continuous, in spiritualist experiments, 193–195
• O'Donnell, Mrs., case contributed by, 249

P

• Pain, telepathic impression of, 69
• Paladino, Eusapia, spirit medium, 195, 202–203
• Paracelsus. 7, 8
• Parish, Edmund, on hallucinations, 139, 169 n.
• Peebles, Mr. 8., case contributed by, 213
• "Pelham, George" and Mr. Piper, 320–326
• Phantasms of the living,
• "Phinuit, Dr.," and Mrs. Piper, 307–309, 319
• Physical effluence, apparent evidence of, 45
• Piddington, Mr. J. G., 59, 105 n.
• Piper, Mrs., 208, 294, 306–330
• ——her early "controls," 307–308
• ———characteristics of her communications, 309–310
• ——illustrative cases, 311–326
• Podmore, Mr. A., 188
• Policy, Mr. John, case contributed by, 65
• Prayer incited by telepathy, 74
• Precognition, 331–332, 344–365
• Prediction of death, 352
• ——of illness, 351–352
• Prince, Dr. Morton, 280
• Private mediumship, 174–175
• Professor ——, case contributed by, 52
• Pseudo-presentiment, Professor Royce's hypothesis of, 145

R

• R., Miss, case contributed by, 141
• Ramsden, Miss, and Miss Miles, experiments in thought transference by, 39–44
• Raps, "spirit," 150–15:
• Raseco, Mr., experiments in thought transference by, 32
• Reciprocal action in telepathy, 119–123
• Reddell, Frances, case contributed by, 236
• Reichenbach's researches, 5
• Reverie, 286–287
• Richet, Professor, 196–198
• ——his experiments in telepathy. 44
• Robbery, dreams of, 92, 343
• Robinson, Mr. E., case contributed by, 7:
• Röntgen rays, 11
• Rose, Mr. F. W., case contributed by, 115
• Royce, Professor, on pseudo-presentiments, 145
• "Russell," Miss, case contributed by, 241
• Russell, Mr., apparition of, 215

S

• S., Mr. H. W., his report on Davey's slate-writing, 183
• Schiller, Mr. F. C. S., 208
• Scott, Miss, case contributed by,260
• Sidgwick, Mrs., 45, 91, 145
• ——experiments by, 16–27
• ——on the Piper case, 329
• Sidgwick, Professor H., 204, 206
• ——experiments by, 16–27
• ——and the census of hallucinations, 102
• ——his reply to Hansen and Lehmann, 21 n.
• ——on private mediums, 173
• Sims, Mr. G. R., case contributed by, 90
• Singh, Prince Victor Duleep, case contributed by, 106, 127, 138
• Skeletons in connection with psychical disturbances, 254–259
• Slade, "Dr.," American medium, 173–176
• Slate-writing by "spirits." 175–195
• Sleep, telepathic production of, at distance, 44
• Smell, transference of, experimental, 32
• ——spontaneous, 69
• Smith, Mr. G. A.. experiments by, 16–27
• ——report on slate-writing by, 178
• Society for Psychical Research,1, 4, 102–109, 231–234, 306.
• "Spirit" communication, 207–211. See also Piper, Mrs.
• Spiritualism, 5, 65, 150, 172
• Spontaneous telepathy, evidential defects, 47–50
• Stramm, Mdlle., case contributed by, 292
• Substitution in slate-writing, 178–191
• Symbolic dreams, 95, 349

T

• Tandy, Rev. G. M., case contributed by, 217
• Tedworth, the Drummer of, 149–150. 159
• Telepathy, difficulties of a physical explanation, 10–14
• Templeton, Mr. J. M., report on slate-writing by, 178
• Terriss, W., dream of his murder, 92 n., 354
• Theosophy, 6, 173
• Thorel, plaintif in Cideville trial, 151–161
• Thury, Professor, 204
• Tinel, M., defendant in Cideville trial, 151–161
• Townshend, Rev. C. H., and clairvoyance, 335
• Transition between experimental, and spontaneous telepathy, 110, 112–119
• Trickery, confession, in Poltergeist cases, 162
• ——in spiritualism. 172
• Tuckey, Dr. Lloyd, 6
• Tweedale, Rev. C. L..case contributed by, 146

U

• U., Frau, case contributed by, 67
• Unconscious cerebration, 279

V

• Venner, Mr., 190–192
• Verrall, Mrs., experiments in thought transference by. 27–31
• ——her automatic writing, 299–305, 357–359
• ——cases contributed by, 350, 357
• Vidigal, Dr., case contributed by, 297

W

• Wallace, Dr. A. R., 186
• Ward, Captain, case contributed by, 120
• Water, glass of, used for crystal vision, 64
• Wedgwood, Mr. Hensleigh, on slate-writing, 176 n.
• Wesley, John, and the ghost at Epworth, 149
• Whispering, subconscious, as explanation of thought transference, 20, 21 n., 32
• Whiting, Miss Lilian, case contributed by, 224
• Wilkie, Mr. J. E., case contributed by, 294
• Wilson. Mrs. H. J., case procured by, 236
• Wiltse. Dr. A. S., experiments by, 32–33
• Witchcraft in connection with Poltergeist disturbances, 152, 159–160

 

Y

• Young, Mr. J. F., case contributed by, 56