This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...others, as previously directed by their thoughts. A baroness known to me, about to send her astral body to Scotland to visit a cousin of hers, sat on the scales during the process, and found she was half a pound lighter when it had gone. My only justification for recording such frivolities is that here, at any rate, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...others, as previously directed by their thoughts. A baroness known to me, about to send her astral body to Scotland to visit a cousin of hers, sat on the scales during the process, and found she was half a pound lighter when it had gone. My only justification for recording such frivolities is that here, at any rate, there is no taint of conscious imposture; the lady is very clever, and firmly believes in the truth of her statement. The biograph and sthenometer are most interesting instruments. Dr. Baraduc, of Paris, used the former, and I use the latter, which I find of considerable value in diagnosis. The former has been shown to scientists at the French Academy, and I myself have fully described it in the Contemporary Review and shown it at the Philosophic Society, and asked in vain for a solution of its action. Dr. Baraduc's instrument was simply a short bar of ordinary iron inside a glass globe, suspended by its centre from a silk thread. Hands placed outside caused this bar to rotate in various manners. I, however, much prefer my sthenometer, which gives similar results. It consists of a balanced straw, 8 inches long, rotating on a diamond point over a circle inside a glass dome. If part of the human body (preferably the hand) is placed within an inch or two of the external glass, the straw slowly rotates for 60 or 70 degrees (8 or 10 inches) in obedience to some force emanating from the human body that is not heat, electricity, light, nor sound. I presume it is what is called the aura, and for convenience one terms it "nerve force." It is not heat, for the straw will often move much more freely if the hand be cold than if it be hot. It has been tested for electricity, and indeed examined by scientists in every possible way, to account for th...
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Good. Corners bumped, small tear on top and bottom of spine. Cover has edgewear and some stains. Pages foxed with pencil notes in margin on several pages. Inscription on cover page in ink as well as former owners name stamped on front board. Part 1 defines the rules of science as we practice them today. Part 2 covers those categories that do not fit neatly into the modern scientific model such as Covers Many aspects of science such as psychology, telepathy, psychic phenomena, evolution, gravitation, etc. Professional book dealer since 1975. All orders are processed promptly and packaged with the utmost care.