Phantasms of the Living
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Phantasms of the Living is a landmark 1886 work in psychical research that systematically documents and analyzes cases of apparitions and telepathic experiences.
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| Phantasms of the Living canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ psychical research literature ⓘ |
| aim |
to document and analyze apparitions and telepathic experiences
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to provide empirical support for telepathy ⓘ |
| approach |
empirical
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quasi-scientific ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Society for Psychical Research NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author |
Edmund Gurney
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Frank Podmore NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederic W. H. Myers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
classification of types of apparitions
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detailed case reports ⓘ theoretical discussions of telepathy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| editor | Edmund Gurney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
parapsychology
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psychical research ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublicationYear | 1886 ⓘ |
| focusesOn | spontaneous experiences rather than laboratory experiments ⓘ |
| format | two-volume work ⓘ |
| genre |
case study
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parapsychology ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
landmark work in psychical research
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one of the earliest systematic studies of apparitions ⓘ |
| influenced |
Frederic W. H. Myers's Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death
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later parapsychological case-collection methods ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| methodology |
collection of first-hand testimonies
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critical evaluation of evidence ⓘ statistical analysis of cases ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early large-scale study of telepathy
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influence on later psychical research ⓘ systematic documentation of apparition cases ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1886 ⓘ |
| publisher | Society for Psychical Research NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | telepathic hallucination ⓘ |
| relatedOrganization | Cambridge intellectual circle ⓘ |
| subject |
apparitions
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crisis apparitions ⓘ deathbed visions ⓘ hallucinations ⓘ psychical research ⓘ spontaneous cases of telepathy ⓘ telepathy ⓘ veridical hallucinations ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | 19th century cases ⓘ |
| title | Phantasms of the Living NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| volumeCount | 2 ⓘ |
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