The Law of Psychic Phenomena: A Working Hypothesis (Classic Reprint), by Thomson Jay Hudson
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Originally published in 1901 and republished here by Forgotten Books, The Law of Psychic Phenomena: A Working Hypothesis is author Thomas Jay Hudson's examination of what is here referred to as psychic phenomena, namely hypnotism, mental therapeutics, clairvoyance, ghosts, and many other topics that some may consider fantastical. The purpose of the book, as stated by Hudson, is to "assist in bringing Psychology within the domain of the exact sciences." While there is no disputing that psychology today enjoys the same level of academic and scientific rigour as other fields, skeptics may take issue with the phenomena that the author lumps into the field of psychology.Hudson begins the book with a discussion on the importance of formulating a working hypothesis before laying out his own. The author argues that man has two minds, an objective and subjective, with the subjective mind amendable to control by suggestion and incapable of inductive reasoning. It is with this hypothesis that Hudson carries out an examination of various forms of psychic phenomena.This is not a book for the reason-minded skeptic to enjoy. Much of the text is devoted to what many would classify as the supernatural. Nor does the author offer logic based arguments for skeptics, rather, he dismisses them outright, stating, "I will not waste time, however, by attempting to prove by experiments of my own, or of others, that such phenomena do occur. It is too late for that. The facts are too well known to the civilized world to require proofs at this time. The man who denies the phenomena of spiritism to-day is not entitled to be called a sceptic, he is simply ignorant." If you are not willing to go into this book with a blanket acceptance of the supernatural you will likely take issue with many of the passages.If nothing else, Hudson displays a daring sense of boldness by concluding the book by tackling the subject of Christ and applying his working hypothesis for psyc…
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- Published on: 2015-06-04
- Released on: 2015-06-04
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .95" w x 6.00" l, 1.22 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 418 pages
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Of First Importance for Anyone Interested in Hypnotism, Mental Healing, and Psychic Phenomena By Ileana Grams-Moog Thomson Jay Hudson, like so many researchers and thinkers on psychic phenomena, was a person of high achievement in many fields, a lawyer, head of the US Patent Office at one time, active in politics, and a gifted and clear thinker. The Law of Psychic Phenomena is his effort to provide a theory that covers the then-known (1893) facts about hypnosis and healing by suggestion. Reading it is a shocking reminder of how much excellent science has been lost to the twentieth and twenty-first century by the prejudices of the scientific and medical establishment. At the time Hudson was writing hypnosis was recovering some scientific respectability under its new name, the old one (mesmerism) having been thrown into disrepute by the French Royal Academy's jury-rigged discrediting of Franz Anton Mesmer's healing of hundreds of grateful patients through what he called "animal magnetism". Hudson distinguishes three main schools of hypnotism: mesmerism, the school of Nancy, France, and the school of Charcot in Paris at the Salpetriere. Mesmerism still used gazing into the eyes, passes of the hands over the subject, and believed that a 'fluid' of an unknown nature emanated from the practitioner to heal the subject. The school of Nancy used only oral suggestion and believed that hypnosis worked best on healthy people, while the Salpetriere school used bright object or lights to hypnotize the subject, and believed that hypnosis worked best on diseased minds. Christian Science, while not using hypnosis, was also extremely popular, and used suggestion to effect healing.Hudson lays out this history in a clear and informative way, and begins from the premise that the thousands of well-attested healings produced by these many schools are fact and need not be debated. Considering the quality of the evidence, I completely agree with him. He develops his theory that we have two minds, an objective one and a subjective one, and that hypnosis works on the subjective one, by constant reference to the known evidence. He argues persuasively that the subjective mind is capable only of deductive reasoning, whereas our ordinary mind, the objective mind, is capable of both inductive and deductive reasoning. (Aside: I taught a logic course for many years, and it is amazing and refreshing to read a writer who actually understands the difference.) He shows that this covers a number of known facts about hypnosis and its effects on subjects. At the time Hudson was writing, it was understood by those who were interested that people under hypnosis pick up the thoughts of their hypnotizers, and could respond to purely mental suggestion. His comments about why the French schools of hypnosis and their followers do not find this happening are extremely interesting, as is his explanation of why telepathy, clairvoyance, etc. are powers of the subjective mind. He also cites the research of others, as well as his own, to show that distance is not a factor in healing by mental suggestion. His comments on the successes of Christian Science and what those do and don't show are sensible and insightful. Finally, based on the large amount of evidence he cites and on his own conclusions from that evidence, he develops recommendations for the most effective way to do absent healing: Focus on the subject and her healing just before you go to sleep, and time it so the subject will be asleep, too.For anyone interested in hypnosis, mental healing, or psychic phenomena, this is a very important work. It is real science: that is, it is the attempt to develop a theory based on the evidence and going no farther than the evidence warrants. In this respect, my only criticism is that he seems either to dismiss the claim that mediums communicate with the spirits of the dead as false, or to simply cast it aside in favor of his own view that it is their own subjective mind they are in contact with.One warning: This is clear and well-written in good nineteenth century style: long Latinate sentences with lots of subordinate clauses. Take it slowly and you'll be fine.
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