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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instanceOf book
non-fiction book
psychical research literature
aim to document and analyze apparitions and telepathic experiences
to provide empirical support for telepathy
approach empirical
quasi-scientific
associatedWith Society for Psychical Research NERFINISHED
author Edmund Gurney NERFINISHED
Frank Podmore NERFINISHED
Frederic W. H. Myers NERFINISHED
contains classification of types of apparitions
detailed case reports
theoretical discussions of telepathy
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
editor Edmund Gurney NERFINISHED
field parapsychology
psychical research
firstEditionPublicationYear 1886
focusesOn spontaneous experiences rather than laboratory experiments
format two-volume work
genre case study
parapsychology
historicalSignificance landmark work in psychical research
one of the earliest systematic studies of apparitions
influenced Frederic W. H. Myers's Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death NERFINISHED
later parapsychological case-collection methods
language English
methodology collection of first-hand testimonies
critical evaluation of evidence
statistical analysis of cases
notableFor early large-scale study of telepathy
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
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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