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Title: The Problems of Psychical Research
Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal

Author: Hereward Carrington

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Language: English

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THE PROBLEMS OF
PSYCHICAL RESEARCH

EXPERIMENTS AND THEORIES IN
THE REALM OF THE SUPERNORMAL

BY

HEREWARD CARRINGTON, Ph.D.

AUTHOR OF

"The Coming Science," "The Physical Phenomena of Spiritualism,"
"Death: Its Causes and Phenomena," "Modern Psychical Phenomena,"
"Your Psychic Powers: and How to Develop Them," "Higher Psychical
Development," "True Ghost Stories," Etc.

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1921

Copyright, 1921,
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.

VAIL-BALLOU COMPANY
BINGHAMTON AND NEW YORK

PREFACE

In the following pages I have dealt chiefly with the _mental_ or
psychological phenomena of psychical research, and have not touched upon
the "physical" manifestations to any extent. The book is mostly
theoretical and constructive in tone; and, because of its speculative
character, it may, perhaps, prove of value to future psychical
investigators. It represents the author's conclusions after several
years' experimentation; and, in a field so new as this, scientific
hypotheses and speculations are assuredly helpful--indicating the road
we must travel, and the possible interpretation of certain facts, which
have been accumulated in the past, as the result of years of laborious
research. I believe that practically _all_ the phenomena of spiritualism
are true; that is, that they have occurred in a genuine manner from time
to time in the past; that they are supernormal in character, and are
genuine phenomenal occurrences. But as to the further question: "What is
the nature of the intelligence lying behind and controlling these