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Dates: during 1885-1885
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...third class of psychical phenomena was especially investigated by Baron Riechenbach. He claimed some persons possessed a certain power to see luminous effects in the dark, such as the play of light around a magnet. As the experiments were performed by one man, too much confidence must not be placed in this class. Ghosts and Apparitions. The English theory is that of mind transterence; that is, if a person thinks earnestly of another, he can cause that person to see his apparition. There is grave doubt of the reality of this class of phenomena. Spiritualistic Phenomena, (a). physical phenomena, such...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Psychical Research. | 3/4/1885 | See Source »

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