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somnambulists and ecstatics (465)—Spiritism (467)—Stigmatization (467)—Lourdes
(469) — Biblical miracles (470) — Ethnology (471)—Educational
employment of hypnosis (473) — Hypnotism and Art (475) — The sleep-dancers
(475) — Practical use of hypnosis (478).
CHAPTER XIII.
OCCULTISM 480
Occultism on the increase (48o)—Lombroso, Wallace, Stumpf, Crookes and
Zollner self-deluded scientists (481)—The duty of science (485).
Definition of animal magnetism (486)—Effects of animal magnetism (487)—Theories
(492)—Erroneous views of mesmerists (493)—Methods employed in magnetizing
(495).
The magnetopaths (496).
Action of the magnet (5oo)—Deflection of the magnetic needle (5o1)—Harnack's
experiments (503)—Transference (507) —Polarization (508)—Influence
on the respiration (508)—Babinski's experiments (509)—Influence of
non-metallic bodies (509).
Telepathy (51o)—Apparition of dying persons (512)—Involuntary signs
(515).
Clairvoyance (519)—Treatment by somnambulists (52o) —Berlin seeresses
(524)—Transposition of the senses (525) —Action at a distance (527)—The
divining rod (527)—Action of drugs at a distance (528)—Spiritism (53o)—Criticism
of occultism (531)—Sources of error on the part of the medium (535)—Sources
of error ascribable to the action of the audience (536)—Unreliability of
the reports (547)—The untrustworthiness of spiritistic authorities (551)—The
necessity of applying objective tests (552).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
INDEX OF AUTHORS, ETC. CORRECTIONS