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  Piper, Alta

  reaction to Stanley Hall’s testing of Leonora Piper

  Piper, Leonora Evelina

  Alice James’ sitting with

  Amy Tanner’s opinion of

  anger at being spied on

  arrow scripts

  channeling of Kate Walsh

  channeling of Richard Hodgson. See Hodgson control

  confusion over spirit control

  death of

  demand that Hodgson leave the room

  dispatched to England

  Dr. Phinuit (guide). See Phinuit, Dr.

  “Francis and Ignatius”

  Frank Podmore’s opinion of

  Frederic Myers’ belief in

  George Pellew communicating through. See Pellew, George

  health issues

  Hodgson control. See Hodgson control

  Imperator (guide)

  invitation to return to Cambridge for further investigations

  James Hyslop’s investigation of

  meeting with the James’s

  Minot Savage’s investigation of

  new spirit guides of

  Oliver Lodge investigation of

  ovarian tumor

  participation in cross-correspondence study

  reasons for retirement

  Rector (guide). See Rector

  retirement of

  return to Boston

  Richard Hodgson’s belief in

  Richard Hodgson’s investigation of

  Richard Hodgson’s report on

  sitting with anonymous Harvard professor

  slate writing

  on SPR payroll

  Stanley Hall’s investigation of

  Stanley Hall’s opinion of

  surveillance of

  talents of

  trance state

  vision of death of Kate Walsh

  vision of Richard Hodgson

  visit to William James in New Hampshire

  William James’ defense of Richard Hodgson’s belief in

  William Newbold’s sitting with

  Piper, Minerva

  Piper, William

  death of

  surveillance of

  Planchette

  A Pluralistic Universe (James)

  Podmore, Frank

  attack on Charles Richet

  death of

  on fraud

  funeral

  opinion of Eusapia Palladino

  opinion of Leonora Piper

  position on telekinesis

  as postal inspector

  report on poltergeists

  rumors about

  as “skeptic in chief”

  suspicion of spiritual powers

  Poltergeists

  Frank Podmore’s position on

  Pragmatism (James)

  The Principles of Economy (Sidgwick)

  The Principles of Ethics (Sidgwick)

  The Principles of Psychology (James) ,

  Proceedings of the SPR

  Frank Podmore’s report on poltergeists

  Frederic Myers’ report on Leonora Piper

  George Pellew case

  obituary for Frank Podmore

  Richard Hodgson’s rejection of report on Eusapia Palladino tests in Italy

  Richard Hodgson’s report on Leonora Piper

  Psychical research

  church reaction to

  effects of

  Psychical research movement

  Psychoanalysis

  Psychology as a science

  Psychometry

  Psychotherapy

  Queen Victoria, death of

  Rayleigh, Lord

  collaboration with William Crookes

  discovery of argon

  at first meeting of British SPR

  interest in occult

  as investigator

  membership in British SPR

  Nobel Prize in Physics

  support for Barrett’s hypnosis/mind-reading research

  witness to Eusapia Palladino sitting

  work on atmospheric chemistry

  work with Nora Sidgwick

  reasons for retirement

  Rector

  Reflex fraud

  Relaxation therapy

  Religious leaders, integration of science into faith

  The Religion of Evolution (Savage)

  retirement of

  return to Boston

  Revelations of a Spirit Medium (Medium, A.)

  Rhabdomancy

  Richard Hodgson’s belief in

  Richard Hodgson’s investigation of

  Richard Hodgson’s report on

  Richet, Charles

  attacks on

  championing of Eusapia Palladino

  discovery of anaphylaxis

  Eusapia Palladino tests at Mediterranean home

  Eusapia Palladino tests in Italy

  glider construction

  Hugo Munsterberg’s opinion of

  on hypnosis

  influence in Congress of Experimental Psychology

  investigations of Eusapia Palladino. See also Eusapia Palladino tests in Italy

  invitation to ailing James and Myers

  Mediterranean home

  Nobel Prize for Medicine

  opinion of Eusapia Palladino’s Cambridge sittings

  opinion of Fox sisters

  opinion of mediums

  reaction to Richard Hodgson’s report on Eusapia Palladino

  request to renew investigation in Eusapia Palladino

  research by

  studies of immune system

  understanding of psychic phenomena

  “The Romance of Certain Old Clothes” (James)

  Savage, John

  Savage, Minot

  investigation of Leonora Piper

  Scopes trial

  The Scratch Eight

  Scribner’s

  Joseph Jastrow’s article

  William James’ article

  Séances

  Alfred Russel Wallace participation in

  dark séances

  Madame Blavatsky

  Newcastle mediums

  slate writing. See Slate writing

  Sensitive

  Seyberr, Henry

  Seybert Commission

  Sibley, Kate

  Sidgwick, Henry

  acceptance of Kant doctrine on morality

  admiration for Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill

  attendance at International Congress of Experimental Psychology

  attraction to Nora Balfour

  cancer diagnosis

  charm of

  communicating through slate writing

  concern about credibility

  concerns about Phantasms of the Living

  concerns about thought transference tests

  death of

  decision to investigate supernatural phenomena

  decision to test Eusapia Palladino in Cambridge

  divining rods investigation

  doubts about spirit communication

  founding of British SPR

  health issues

  influence over Richard Hodgson

  invitation to William Barrett to work with the Society

  marriage

  marriage proposal to Nora Balfour

  membership in Metaphysical Society

  opinion of Madame Blavatsky

  Palladino crisis

  partnership with Gurney and Myers. See Sidgwick group

  personality traits

  philosophical outlook

  as president of British SPR

  reaction of mediums to

  reaction to death of Edmund Gurney

  recruitment of Richard Hodgson

  refusal to publish observations from Eusapia Palladino sittings

  research abilities

  search for “friendly universe”

  shyness of

  as Society’s chief diplomat

  strengths of


  support for belief in God

  views on women

  William James’ praise for

  William James’ recollection of

  Sidgwick, Nora

  actions upon death of Henry

  antagonizing society members

  arrow scripts

  belief in science

  Charles Richet’s request to renew investigation in Eusapia Palladino

  cross-correspondence study

  efforts to carry on psychical work

  investigations of ghosts. See Ghost stories

  Newcomb’s opinion of work of

  obituary for Frank Podmore

  as president of British SPR

  as principal of Newnham College

  reaction to Newcomb’s criticism of

  receipt of report on Eusapia Palladino

  report on ghost stories

  return from Egypt

  role in rebuilding of British SPR

  study of slate writing messages

  study on women and education

  trip to Egypt

  view of telepathy

  work on Census of Hallucinations

  work with Lord Rayleigh

  Sidgwick group

  Anna Eva Fay investigation

  Newcastle mediums

  views on women

  “Sir Edmund Orme” (James)

  sitting with anonymous Harvard professor

  Slade, Henry

  Slate writing

  Edmund Gurney’s spirit communicating through

  Frederic Myers’ spirit communicating through

  Henry Sidgwick’s spirit communicating through

  Hodgson’s report on

  Leonora Piper

  Margaret Verrall

  May Pepper

  Nora Sidgwick’s study of

  Oliver Lodge’s study of

  William James’ study of

  Smith, Helene

  spirit guides

  talents of

  Theodore Flournoy’s investigation of

  Sonnets from the Portuguese (Browning)

  Spirit cabinets

  Spirit guides

  Dr. Phinuit. See Phinuit, Dr.

  Helene Smith’s guides

  Imperator

  Katie King

  mahatmas

  Nelly

  Rector. See Rector

  Spirit shows

  Daniel Dunglas Home

  Davenport brothers

  Fox sisters

  fraudulent. See Phony spirit shows

  Harvard investigators

  Hereward Carrington

  Lily Dale

  phony. See Phony spirit shows

  tea and tabletilting

  Spiritualism Unveiled

  SPR. See British SPR

  Stephen, Leslie

  Stoker, Bram

  Streams of consciousness

  Strutt, John. See Rayleigh, Lord

  “Studies in Hysteria” (Freud)

  Studies in Spiritism (Tanner)

  Subconscious

  Subliminal consciousness

  Subliminal self

  Sullivan, Brian

  Supraliminal

  surveillance of

  Survival of the fittest

  Survival theory

  Swedenborg, Emmanuel

  clairvoyant powers

  life-altering vision

  mystical claims

  theory of correspondence

  vision of Stockholm fire

  Table talking

  Table Talking: Disclosures of Satanic Wonders

  talents of

  Talking boards

  Talking cure

  Tallmadge, Nathaniel

  Tanner, Amy

  Telekinesis

  Frank Podmore’s position on

  William Crookes’ belief in

  Telepathic impression

  Telepathy

  Joseph Jastrow’s denunciation of

  Mark Twain’s experiences with

  Myers’ and Gurney’s testing of

  Nora Sidgwick’s view of

  Oliver Lodge’s interest in

  Richard Hodgson’s cynicism towards

  testing lab for

  theories on

  William Crookes’ belief in

  William James’ defense of research into

  Tennant, Eveleen. See also Myers, Eveleen

  Tennyson, Lord Alfred

  Testing labs

  Thackeray, William Makepeace

  Theologians, integration of science into faith

  Theory of correspondence

  Theory of evolution

  Theory of natural selection

  Theosophical Society

  Thompson, Rosina

  Frederic Myers’ investigation of

  message of Annie Marshall waiting for Frederic Myers

  Richard Hodgson’s criticisms of

  at Richet’s home in France

  Thomson, J. J.

  witness to Eusapia Palladino sitting

  Thought transference. See also Mind-reading; Telepathy

  Newcomb’s dismissal of

  testing lab for

  tests

  Titchener, Edward

  argument with William James over telepathy

  founder of structuralist theory of psychology

  Titus, George

  Titus, Nellie

  Toy, Crawford

  Trance personalities. See Spirit guides

  trance state

  “The Turn of the Screw” (James)

  Twain, Mark

  death of

  Halley’s Comet and

  praise for SPR

  telepathy

  Tyndall, John

  attendance at séances at home of Wallace

  discoveries of

  disparagement of psychical research

  membership in Metaphysical Society

  reaction to Barrett’s hypnosis/mind-reading research

  request for spiritual leaders to step aside

  Vanderbilt, Edward Ward

  Vanity Fair (Thackeray)

  Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study of Human Nature (James)

  Varley, Cromwell

  Verrall, Helen

  arrow scripts

  Verrall, Margaret

  attempt to contact spirit of Frederic Myers

  participation in cross-correspondence study

  vision of death of Kate Walsh

  vision of Richard Hodgson

  visit to William James in New Hampshire

  The Voyage of the HMS Beagle (Darwin)

  Waking self

  Wallace, Alfred Russel

  apport viewed in home of

  background of

  complaints about Society’s findings

  at first meeting of British SPR

  investigation of supernatural forces

  Oliver Lodge’s opinion of

  “On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original Type”

  participation in séances

  public declaration of paranormal theory

  research areas

  response to Widow’s Mite coin mystery

  séances at home of

  support for Barrett’s hypnosis/mind-reading research

  tour of England in support of evolution

  view of Christianity

  Wallace effect of reproductive isolation

  Walsh, Elizabeth

  Walsh, Kate

  Walsh, Mary

  Whitney, George

  Widow’s Mite coin

  Wilberforce, Samuel

  Wilde, Oscar

  William James’ defense of Richard Hodgson’s belief in

  William Newbold’s sitting with

  Willing game

  The Will to Believe (James)

  Women, church’s view of

  Woolf, Virginia

  World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago

  Wright, Chauncey

  Wundt, William
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