Psychometry and Thought-Transference with Practical Hints for Experiments - With an Introduction by Henry S. Olcott


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Psychometry refers to the purported ability to learn about someone or something simply by touching inanimate objects related to them. This vintage book takes a detailed look at the subject of psychometry, exploring its various methods, notable historical cases, techniques for performing experiments, and much more with reference to contemporary science and psychology. Contents include: “Discovery of Psychometry”, “Its Fascination, Safety, and Ease of Pursuit”, “Compiler's Preface”, “History of Thought-Transference”, “What is Thought-Transference”, “Adaptability of the Universal Ether to the Transmission of Vibrations”, “Auras”, etc. “Psychometry and Thought” is highly recommended for those with an interest in telepathy and the supernatural, and it would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.













The Esoteric


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Psychometry and Thought-Transference


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Excerpt from Psychometry and Thought-Transference: With Practical Hints for Experiments As an interesting coincidence, I may state that, in the interval between laying down my pen last evening at this point, and resuming it this morning, I have receiv ed a letter from Mrs. Wife of a science professor in an Indian College, in which she says My husband tried a very simple experiment on me the other morning, after reading Buchanan's new work I resented it very much, inasmuch as, though it proved very successful, it made me very ill allday. He gave me Tarter Emetic, in thick folds of paper, to hold, with the result above statcc metrical experimenter could acquire a tithe of the psychical insight of the Indian Yogi; and, though The Soul of Things is full of most interesting accounts of the recall from the Astral Light of latent pictures of past races, past languages, forms, species, scenes, etc., and one is, as it were, crushed by the thought that nothing is lost, while everything but passes behind a screen, yet one sees how infinitely more could be known by a Yogi who had fully attained the development of Yoga. But all cannot be Yogis at this stage of cosmic evolution; and it is enough that by the help of Buchanan and Reichenbach we can get at least a glimpse into the galleries of the Astral Light where Time stores up his unfading pictures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




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The Religion of Chiropractic


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Chiropractic is by far the most common form of alternative medicine in the United States today, but its fascinating origins stretch back to the battles between science and religion in the nineteenth century. At the center of the story are chiropractic's colorful founders, D. D. Palmer and his son, B. J. Palmer, of Davenport, Iowa, where in 1897 they established the Palmer College of Chiropractic. Holly Folk shows how the Palmers' system depicted chiropractic as a conduit for both material and spiritualized versions of a "vital principle," reflecting popular contemporary therapies and nineteenth-century metaphysical beliefs, including the idea that the spine was home to occult forces. The creation of chiropractic, and other Progressive-era versions of alternative medicine, happened at a time when the relationship between science and religion took on an urgent, increasingly competitive tinge. Many remarkable people, including the Palmers, undertook highly personal reinterpretations of their physical and spiritual worlds. In this context, Folk reframes alternative medicine and spirituality as a type of populist intellectual culture in which ideologies about the body comprise a highly appealing form of cultural resistance.